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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> > What kind of sled do you use?  I have a huge wheelbarrow that I put
> > large tiller tires on(for traction), but I know that wouldn't work in
> > heavy snow.
>
> It's a heavy plastic sled that I bought many years ago. It's about 30x48" 
> and pulls as easily on grass as on snow. Over the years I've hauled 
> firewood, kids, compost, dead sheep, live calves, and everything else in it. 
> It's starting to fall apart. I've been looking at replacements, but the cost 
> is prohibative...I KNOW I didn't pay anywhere near what they are asking 
> today.

When I cut up my leaking plastic water tank, I saved a few pieces of it. 
 It is thick plastic.  I saved one side of the cube to use as a 'pond'. 
 I will grow rice in it this year.  I saved one 'slab' for use as a 
sled.  I just need to drill some holes and add a rope or chain and I'm 
set.  The sled would be fun for sledding or for pulling wood, moving 
rocks, etc.  If you know what kind of tank I am refering to, you might 
find a cracked one and cut it down to suit your sledding needs.


> The humididty stays high (it's 82% right now, at 17 degrees). Someone from 
> Canada commented that it feels colder here because the humidity is higher. 

Our humidity is usually high, too.  Like I was telling Van Dell in the 
other post, it is hard to dry clothes outside.


> Already I am slowing down,
> > like a rusting tin man.  It took me 10-15 minutes(with pain) to bring in
> > wood for the day's fire this morning, a task that normally only takes 5
> > minutes or less sans pain.
> I hope it helps you. Being fit is so important. It often comes down to 
> things just not getting done if WE can't do them. I often wonder what would 
> happen if I was incapacitated...if I'm just sick or injured I drag myself 
> around, but if I couldn't...

This year, financially, we HAVE to have a garden.  There is no other 
choice.  I have to be fit enough to garden.  Period.

Bev


--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will 
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius 
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the 
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone 
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve 
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge