Had an open window and a spider bite (black widow or wood spider) on left elbow ... whole arm swelled up to double size. Took 3-4 weeks for swelling to go down. No playing around with these. West Nile and Zika virus mosquitoes (got bit by West Nile). Worse than whole-body tetanus lock up or slammed-into-bed pneumonia, every move was painful. Thank you very much ... no Lyme disease tick bites (although they are massive here). Also ground squirrels have PLAGUE. Field mice have hanta virus.
I live in Phoenix Arizona. I’ve been bitten by the black, widow, spider, female. It really really hurts extremely bad it messes with all your nerves endings how I got bit by her I was in an abandoned house, and I saw a subwoofer, A lot of thick of spiderwebs from her, and when I put my finger without seeing the web because it was really messy web, she bit me it felt like a needle prick and I knew right away I messed up and then within the first five minutes to 30 minutes. The pain was so intense. I took a bunch of my narcotic pain, medication, Percocet, and OxyContin. OP/80 mg it was so damn painful I had to take those pills 💊
Wonderful video. So much honesty and sincerity. The heat is my challenger too. Sometimes the sun sends too much energy to absorb and absolutely gets in my way or when there's a huge forest fire and it heats up the neighboring atmosphere. Making winter feel more like summer. Your are right though, what makes this channel work is the community versus any Hollywood drama tv show.
I'm on the High plains in NW Kansas. Had to do some service to the well one day. My well head is in a concrete and steel reinforced pit about 6 feet in diameter and 7 or 8 feet deep. I lifted the cover off and climbed down inside, knocking away some fairly tough spiderwebs as I went. As soon as my feet touched bottom, I looked up and right next to me was a black widow. I turned around and counted at least a half dozen of them just from where I stood. So, being careful of where I placed my hands and feet, I climbed back out. Stood there for a moment wondering what to do and then it dawn on me. Here is a bunch of big juicy black spiders on light grey steel and concrete. So I left the cover off and waited a day. The birds took care of the rest. No bug bombs needed. We've got coyotes out here too but apart from getting into the garbage and taking the occasional small dog or chicken, they don't bother folks too much. The state has a year round open bounty on them, mostly for population control as they are considered a pest. I think the biggest critter that you have to be careful of is prairie rattlers. Yes, they are a rattlesnake and yes, you don't want to get bit by one. But they are also one of the least venomous of the pit vipers. A dog or a child might be in danger but an adult probably is not going to kick the bucket, although he's going to wish he would because it's going to hurt like hell for a while. I think the last time someone died from a snakebite in this state was around 1950. The biggest real threat around here is drought. We only get around 20 inches of rainfall here annually, which means that most of our water comes out of the Ogallala Aquifer. That's a non-renewable source. Once it's gone, it's gone. Parts have already dried up. You'd think that some farmers would plant less water intensive crops. Nope. Central pivot + corn = $$. I'm thinking about building a cistern as a supplemental source, but my roof is insufficient for the average needs of just one person, let alone a family so I'm gonna have to get creative.
apartment dweller here and my biggest danger is the crazy cat lady downstairs. flora fauna wise yeah them Chinese squash stink bugs ughi have only been bit by a black widow once and it was bigger than your lil lady. good thing i got to a hospital fast enough. got only a little sick from it. anyhow enjoy.
I have to ask, I live in Massachusetts and just this morning came into a large amount of spider's both the Redback and Black Widow could be mistaken for. The only real identifying feature is they were very difficult to kill by smushing them and what I thought was the mother was fairly large and managed to temporarily escape
apart from man. maybe to much rain , which we have had loads this year , only a few days of sunshine and i mean that , its been a dreadful year most of my veg failed and fruit , but hay it is what it is , also the hawks and buzzards they had a few ducklings but thats nature i spose xx
Other than ticks and poison ivy it's power tools. My dad used to say, "Familiarity breeds contempt." So watch out when you get too comfortable with power tools. Like I did with a table saw and almost took my thumb off. Nice job on the video.
Even the humble drill can torque and injure you. A friend just had a spiral fracture in his hand because the drill let lose and broke a bone in his hand. Ouch!
Not any more, They have a black widow. The only option at this point is to burn the entire property down and start over. Standard homesteading life, everyone knows this.
Snapping a drag line when pulling logs using a come along. Chain saw and people on the farm that have never been on a farm before and how dangerous equipment is if you do not know how to use it. Even my dogs are smart enough not to walk behind a running rotary cutter. ;)
My yard suffers from flash floods, so every time rain is in the forecast, I get very nervous. So really, it's the constant threat of flooding which is almost as bad as the actual flooding.
Mosquitoes are my biggest threat. They now carry so many diseases in my part of the country, they are also bothersome, leave whelps on me and I have tried various methods to rid the property of them but can't. Would love to hear some viewers comments on how they kill them. The other one is Squash bugs, yuck! killed all my squash plants.
So, people who aren't homesteading don't have to worry about spiders and other things that could potentially hurt or kill you? Kudos to the Mrs. for videoing. My thought on my biggest threat? Probably not being careful when I do things. I get too used to things and tend to get a little careless.
I have an infestation of black widows. It really freaked me out but I've kind of gotten used to them. I hate to kill them, but they are all around the house and I just don't want to get bit and I especially don't want my kids to get bit! I have arachniphobia but I have to say those spiders are beautiful! But I still kill them...
J&J Acres when we first moved here it wasn’t bad. My mom had a little homestead here. The chickies and ducks must have taken care of them. I’m more of a hunter/gatherer than a farmer. So I don’t have any birds to take care of things for me. My plan is to start burning off the back field in the spring. Hopefully that works because I don’t really like chickens.
Had an open window and a spider bite (black widow or wood spider) on left elbow ... whole arm swelled up to double size. Took 3-4 weeks for swelling to go down. No playing around with these.
West Nile and Zika virus mosquitoes (got bit by West Nile). Worse than whole-body tetanus lock up or slammed-into-bed pneumonia, every move was painful.
Thank you very much ... no Lyme disease tick bites (although they are massive here). Also ground squirrels have PLAGUE. Field mice have hanta virus.
You are quite the magnet for danger!
Big three dangers: 1 chain saws. 2 Trees being cut down. 3 Post hole auger on tractor.
I live in Phoenix Arizona. I’ve been bitten by the black, widow, spider, female. It really really hurts extremely bad it messes with all your nerves endings how I got bit by her I was in an abandoned house, and I saw a subwoofer,
A lot of thick of spiderwebs from her, and when I put my finger without seeing the web because it was really messy web, she bit me it felt like a needle prick and I knew right away I messed up and then within the first five minutes to 30 minutes. The pain was so intense. I took a bunch of my narcotic pain, medication, Percocet, and OxyContin. OP/80 mg it was so damn painful I had to take those pills 💊
Mechanical injury. Easiest thing is to slip or have misstep that makes you break a bone or sprain an ankle. Especially during deer season.
Good point!
Wonderful video. So much honesty and sincerity. The heat is my challenger too. Sometimes the sun sends too much energy to absorb and absolutely gets in my way or when there's a huge forest fire and it heats up the neighboring atmosphere. Making winter feel more like summer.
Your are right though, what makes this channel work is the community versus any Hollywood drama tv show.
And we are being told by the National Weather Service that this will be a warmer, drier, winter. Miserable, in other words.
Just became my subscriber. And I love the rose bush I love that there is another homesteader channel
Great story, I can picture a few shows that do just that!
Quite a few, I imagine.
I'm on the High plains in NW Kansas. Had to do some service to the well one day. My well head is in a concrete and steel reinforced pit about 6 feet in diameter and 7 or 8 feet deep. I lifted the cover off and climbed down inside, knocking away some fairly tough spiderwebs as I went. As soon as my feet touched bottom, I looked up and right next to me was a black widow. I turned around and counted at least a half dozen of them just from where I stood.
So, being careful of where I placed my hands and feet, I climbed back out. Stood there for a moment wondering what to do and then it dawn on me. Here is a bunch of big juicy black spiders on light grey steel and concrete. So I left the cover off and waited a day. The birds took care of the rest. No bug bombs needed.
We've got coyotes out here too but apart from getting into the garbage and taking the occasional small dog or chicken, they don't bother folks too much. The state has a year round open bounty on them, mostly for population control as they are considered a pest.
I think the biggest critter that you have to be careful of is prairie rattlers. Yes, they are a rattlesnake and yes, you don't want to get bit by one. But they are also one of the least venomous of the pit vipers. A dog or a child might be in danger but an adult probably is not going to kick the bucket, although he's going to wish he would because it's going to hurt like hell for a while. I think the last time someone died from a snakebite in this state was around 1950.
The biggest real threat around here is drought. We only get around 20 inches of rainfall here annually, which means that most of our water comes out of the Ogallala Aquifer. That's a non-renewable source. Once it's gone, it's gone. Parts have already dried up. You'd think that some farmers would plant less water intensive crops. Nope. Central pivot + corn = $$.
I'm thinking about building a cistern as a supplemental source, but my roof is insufficient for the average needs of just one person, let alone a family so I'm gonna have to get creative.
Thank you for sharing!
The heat slows me down thanks for your time take care 😅
Im the most dangerous person to myself on my homestead lol
I feel that way sometimes too!
I'm with you on the heat, also have copperhead snakes but it isn't like they are coming after you.
Yeah, dangers exist, but typically it is us coming across them, not them searching for us. Well said.
My hormonal 16 year old son is the most dangerous threat in my home.
Hahahahaha!
Sometimes the biggest threat is people.
Very true
apartment dweller here and my biggest danger is the crazy cat lady downstairs. flora fauna wise yeah them Chinese squash stink bugs ughi have only been bit by a black widow once and it was bigger than your lil lady. good thing i got to a hospital fast enough. got only a little sick from it. anyhow enjoy.
My wife likes cats, and has a few, so I cannot comment. ;-) :-p
The biggest threat that we have are copperheads. It is so easy to walk up on them without even seeing them. They love hanging out in my garden.
I have to ask, I live in Massachusetts and just this morning came into a large amount of spider's both the Redback and Black Widow could be mistaken for. The only real identifying feature is they were very difficult to kill by smushing them and what I thought was the mother was fairly large and managed to temporarily escape
apart from man. maybe to much rain , which we have had loads this year , only a few days of sunshine and i mean that , its been a dreadful year most of my veg failed and fruit , but hay it is what it is , also the hawks and buzzards they had a few ducklings but thats nature i spose xx
Excess rain is just as bad as no rain, that is for sure.
I have to admit Brown recluse terrify me.
At least it is a poisonous spider you are afraid of :-)
The dog cables wrapping around this sleepy old man
That's one way to get tied up.
Other than ticks and poison ivy it's power tools. My dad used to say, "Familiarity breeds contempt." So watch out when you get too comfortable with power tools. Like I did with a table saw and almost took my thumb off. Nice job on the video.
Even the humble drill can torque and injure you. A friend just had a spiral fracture in his hand because the drill let lose and broke a bone in his hand. Ouch!
I would say predators after garden or chickens.
Totally. We had raccoons take out over a dozen birds in a day once.
Heat and tractor work.
Amen!
Exactly what I was thinking...
Not any more, They have a black widow. The only option at this point is to burn the entire property down and start over. Standard homesteading life, everyone knows this.
Are we sure the fire kills spiders?
I founds a black widows in my stone garden and I want to keep him for lunch locust problem. My neighbor has children so I’m torn. Do I keep it kill?
On my current property? My biggest threat is my neighbor! LOL (she's a bit of a control freak. ;P )
Neighbors - either the biggest help or biggest trouble of any property!
Great video, great message! I live in the NW so the rain is my nemesis. . 💦💦
Y'all get a lot of rain? In the NW? Surely not! :-p
Here it's Lyme disease ticks and a small amount of West Nile mosquitoes.
Two animals with dangerous diseases who do in fact seek us out. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah man the most dangerous thing for me is the heat and myself cause I trip over everything
That made me think about my kids leaving toys everywhere and me tripping over those... lol
Rattlesnakes and Scorpions (stepping on them) I saw 6 black widows this morning lol...
And you lived? Well done! lol
Injury and fear of injury
Truth!
Snapping a drag line when pulling logs using a come along. Chain saw and people on the farm that have never been on a farm before and how dangerous equipment is if you do not know how to use it. Even my dogs are smart enough not to walk behind a running rotary cutter. ;)
I agree about people who don't understand the equipment being around it or working it - can be scary stuff.
My yard suffers from flash floods, so every time rain is in the forecast, I get very nervous. So really, it's the constant threat of flooding which is almost as bad as the actual flooding.
Great point! Thank you for sharing.
Mohave green snakes, and rattle snakes
Yet I wager that there are those around you who would kill any snake, not just the ones dangerous to humans.
Yellow jackets,and the heat.
Been there, done that, got the stings. Horrible.
Mosquitoes are my biggest threat. They now carry so many diseases in my part of the country, they are also bothersome, leave whelps on me and I have tried various methods to rid the property of them but can't. Would love to hear some viewers comments on how they kill them. The other one is Squash bugs, yuck! killed all my squash plants.
I cannot say that I know a single person who likes, or even doesn't mind, mosquitoes or squash bugs :-)
So, people who aren't homesteading don't have to worry about spiders and other things that could potentially hurt or kill you? Kudos to the Mrs. for videoing. My thought on my biggest threat? Probably not being careful when I do things. I get too used to things and tend to get a little careless.
That does seem to be what they were basically saying.
most dangerous in any garden is humans
I can see where you are coming from.
Hear is number one killer but black widow let live
I have an infestation of black widows. It really freaked me out but I've kind of gotten used to them. I hate to kill them, but they are all around the house and I just don't want to get bit and I especially don't want my kids to get bit! I have arachniphobia but I have to say those spiders are beautiful! But I still kill them...
House fire from electrical failure
people rich or poor trying to force progress onto nature if I'm being honest I shared this on fb :)
Thanks for sharing!
Ticks. Millions of ticks
Our property was like that when be bought it. Thankfully having birds like chickens and ducks really helped.
J&J Acres when we first moved here it wasn’t bad. My mom had a little homestead here. The chickies and ducks must have taken care of them. I’m more of a hunter/gatherer than a farmer. So I don’t have any birds to take care of things for me. My plan is to start burning off the back field in the spring. Hopefully that works because I don’t really like chickens.
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Snakes
Indeed! Always good to be familiar with what dangerous snakes actually look like - as you would want to keep the ones that are not dangerous.
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