No Meat by 2030!

Colonel’s Blog, Earthdate 6 September 2023…

Hey Y’all!

Good evening and happy Wednesday from FREE Missouri! The storms did move through last night with another strong gust front but no damage here on the farm. The weather was low 80s and sunny today. The animals are doing well. The storms prompted 7 lambs, 1 dog, and 1 hog to leave their assigned areas so that took us some time this morning to get everyone back where they belonged. The farm project today was working the lamb flock. The pics are of the set-up. We tried something different this time. Instead of moving the entire group to the pens, we set up a portable pen using 4x T-posts, 4x 16’ metal panels, 2 sheep nets, and 4 bungie cords. We made a small pen area with the 4x panels and used the 2 nets to make a funnel into the pen. We slowly pushed the entire flock towards the pen. We paused at the opening as they were hesitant to enter. After giving them a moment to think about it, we pressured them just a bit and they walked on in. We closed the pen by swinging the last panel. A few of the lambs from our farm were needing some care dealing with parasites. It was the calmest and easiest “working” of the sheep yet. Backing up a bit…yesterday afternoon as I was setting up the temp pen, it would seem that I angered a Red Paper Wasp. It snuck up behind me and stung me on the back of my arm, almost to my armpit. It was easily the most painful insect encounter of my life. After I recovered my composure, I stood in the middle of the field swinging my hat, knocking them out of the air, and stepping on them until the entire nest was gone. I’m glad no one was recording that dance! By the time I went to bed, my arm was starting to swell. I took some Benadryl and went to bed. By this afternoon, I had a Popeye forearm and my elbow was at least twice the size of my other. Shelley wisely insisted I go to the Dr. Thus, this afternoon was spent as a walk-in waiting for and receiving a steroid shot in the buttock. The swelling is reversing and the redness is almost gone. I have never had an allergic reaction to an insect bite. The Dr. said she has had a lot of stings this week. So happy I’m not alone…I guess…

I’m learning about some “stuff” going on that I didn’t know about. I thought maybe I was living under a rock but maybe not. I’ve got a bit more research to do so I can formulate a cogent thought for you. Have you heard of the 2030 Agenda or C40 Cities? The 2030 Agenda believes you have not only heard of it but that you are a key player in bringing its agenda to fruition. It boldly states “The future of humanity and of our planet lies in our hands.” You are part of the “our” they speak of. There’s a C40 Africa Climate Summit ongoing. The C40 Cities started out as 40 but is now 96 Cities, including Austin, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC from the United States. To me, their agenda seems bonkers, like “no meat or dairy by 2030,” but they are serious. The Mayors of these cities think they are going to lead the world into the future. Notice I made FREE Missouri all caps in the opening sentence? As I said, I need more time to research, but I think this is going to push my freedom button and alarm bells are starting to ring…

Local Farm Report for 5 September 2023

Harvest:

22 Chicken eggs

8 Duck eggs

4 1/2 Gallons of milk

Cheers!

Psycho & Shelley