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Little bags of dog shit 🐶 💩

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I saw another bag of dog shit walking the trail today. Seems silly to pick up your dog’s shit and then leave it in a little bag along the way.

I don’t like pets. While I’m all for raising livestock for meat, milk, eggs or even manure to fertilize the soil, I’ve always seen owning a dog or cat to be rather deprived. I can’t imagine having to scoop up and carry a bag of dog shit around town. Dogs and cats are omnivores and their poop is loaded with pathogens. If you need a friend maybe you should join a community organization or try online dating rather than subjectating a domestic animal.

Pet ownership is gross in my book. Livestock is fine in a barnyard, I have no problem tying a dog on a chain in a barn to keep away predators or a barn cat to control mice. But in the house, just yuck. Especially with my allergies. Maybe a dog is fine for hunting and duck retrieval but I can’t see being such an empty person that needs a dog for companionship.

Things I plan to do to be climate resilient when I own my own land 🌎 🚜 🏘

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Climate change is real and its impacting us all already and it’s going to only get worse. The politicians’ solutions – where they exist at all – are kind of bad, mostly consisting of evacuation centers and welfare and reminding people that it’s okay to walk away from the post storm deterus – they’ll cart it off to the landfill for you.

  • First off, recognizing that political activism is not going to protect me from climate change. The buck stops with me.
  • Buying a Prisus or electric car won’t protect me but buying a backhoe might.
  • Own a house that has metal roofing and remove trees nearby that could burn in a wildfire
  • Make sure the house and barn are well away from streams and flood plains that could flood in extreme rain
  • Have an independent off-grid electric system and on site fuel storage
  • Have a tractor with a front end loader to both bury debris and dead stock, and also fill in and repair washouts
  • Have extra materials like timber, plywood, gravel, dirt and culverts to make repairs after wash outs.
  • Not own a lot of material things that are easily damaged by water or smoke
  • Be willing to do with a lot less with the land rather than the property