wow are we cleaned up ! ---cell tech sent 20 people, huge case loader, a bobcat for 2 days--add to that 3 huge loads of stone dust from lisa warren--( of bentley warren- my favorite rock store and i mean real rocks not diamonds )-- and 2 loads ( 20 yards) of perfect looking top soil-- which may be janine's repurposed manure pile--
at any rate teh paths are perfect-- linda tried tehm.. around teh pond and around "A"-- from my memory of the mile long raCE TRACK AT SUFFOCK DOWNS... I BET TOGETHER IT IS 1/2 MILE. HAVE AT IT SOMEONE.... WE SHOLD KNOW THAT NUMBER-
NOW TEH TOP SOIL--- AKA DO IT YOURSELF MUD PILES...-- TEH DRIVE BY THE GUEST HOUSE- POND HILL , FLAT FIELD AND OUTSIDE TEH PUPPY HILL AREA ARE ALL WITH MORE THAN A LIGHT COATING OF BLACK DIRT.-- THE ONLY FIELDS LEFT FOR EXERCISING ARE "A" AND PUPPY HILL-- THE REST WE CAN TRY AND RAISE GRASS-- WHICH MEANS A COUPLE WEEKS ?MONTH? OF NO TRESP-ASSINGG..
I.E. WE NEED HAND WALKERS-- ?JOGGERS? TO GET THE BARN BUNCH TO THE "A" FIELD FOR A GOOD OFF LEASH RUN.... MINUS MUD.....
I REALLY NEED ONE MORE TRUCKLOAD OF TOPSOIL TO SKIM THE REST OF TEH FLAT FIELD AND TEHN HAVE A PILE FOR GRACE AND JANNA'S MOM-OUR RESIDENT BENT OVER GARDNER
.*** WE ARE LEFT WITH A GENEROUS SUPPLY OF RAKES , SHOVELS AND DRAGGING TARPS APPARENTLY DONATED TO CELL TECH BY HOME DEPOT.
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RESULT REPORT GRASS
TEH 15 DISHES OF EXPERIMENTAL GRASS GROWING IN MY BEDROOM ARE SPROUTING..
I HAVE RYE FAST/ONCE A YEAR -- ESSEX #3-- APPARENTLY FOR ESSEX COUNTY MIXTURE AND EXPENSIVE SCOTT'S PERFECT LAWN--
STUFF IS GROWING-- IT IS TEH RYE... AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE RYE IN THE ESSEX MIXTURE -- NOTHING FROM THE SCOTT DISHES-- SCOTT LOOKED GOOD...IN IT'S ENTICING GREEN CONTAINER ( THE RYE COMES IN A BROWN PAPER BAG)
STAY TUNED---
I ALSO EXERCISE MY GRASS .. BY TURNING THE TRAY SO IT LEANS TOWARD TEH WINDOW..? LIKE THE SUN MOVES ?-
RESULT REPORT PIXIE-- NONE YET
RESULT REPORT BABY'S ANTIBODIES.. NONE YET
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I REMEMBER---- I WENT THRU A PHASE OF TRYING TO GROW GRASS IN AN OLD REFRIGERATOR..--IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY --- I MEAN GRASS--- AS IN LAWN TYOPE GRASS... LET THERE BE NO CONFUSION.-- THE PROBLEM BEING
RACE HORSES ARE CONSIDERED 1 YEAR OLDER EVERY JAN 1ST.-- CONCIEVEBLY YO COULD HAVE 2 HORSES IN A RACE AND ONE COULD BE 364 DAYS OLDER THAN THE OTHER...
I BET YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING....
SO YOU WOULD LIKE A RACE FOAL BORN THE FIRST FEW WEEEKS IN JANUARY-- CERTAINLY NOT JUNE OR JULY...THE GESTATION IS 11 MONTHS FOR HORSES ( DONKEYS IT IS 12 MONTHS-- THE EXTRA MONTH IS FOR THE INTELLIGENCE PART) -- SO.... YOU REAQLLY WANT TO BREED TEH MARES IN FEB - PROBLEM THERE IS-- THEY DON'T START CYCLING TIL MOMMY NATURE DECIDES IT IS TIME..
HOW DOES MOMMY NATURE DECIDE??? I AM TOLD...... A FEW MOUTHS FULL OF GREEN GRASS WILL BRING THE MARES INTO HEAT---- HENCE MY FASCINATION WITH OLD REFRIGERATORS AND HEAT LAMPSAND HYDROPHONICS???? THIS WAS IN THE 1960'S
NOW I AM TOLD THERE IS SOMEONE GROWING LETTUCE IN TEH SAME KIND OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS WE USE TO STORE PURINA DOG FOOD... -- PROFITABLY--- NEAR BOSTON----
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THE REST OF THAT STORY IS -- DAUGHTER GWEN AND HUSBAND RON- SAW A NICE HOUSE COME ON THE MARKET SUDDENLY AND CHEAPLY-- IT WAS SET UP TO SELL LOBSTERS IN THE GARAGE-- AND TO GROW ALL SORTS OF STUFF IN THE CELLAR-- WHICH CAUSED THE OWNER OT NEED FUNDS FOR LEGAL COSTS VERY QUICKLY-- THEY BOUGHT IT ...LOVELY PLACE... HAD TO DEMOLISH TEH CELLAR PROJECT-- IT HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BY HELICOPETER AND HEAT SOURCE RECOGINTION..??
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ANOTHER FYI- RACE HORSES-- MAY NOT BE REG WITHTHE JOCKEY CLUB UNLES TEH PREG WAS CAUSED BY "NATURAL COVERAGE" NOT ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION..
I THINK---=
THERESA'S SON-- THAT LITTLE KID-- IS NOW NOT A LITTLE KID ----WORKS FOR ONE OF THOSE HUGE FARMS IN KENTUCKY AND KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS STUFF..
ALL I KNOW IS GROWING GRASS IN REFRIGERATORS IS NOT EASY--AND IS SMELLY IF YOU DO IT WRONG.
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PIXIES DIAGNOSIS
PIXIE HAS WHAT THEY CALL
IMMUNE-MEDITATED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
WE HAVE HAD ALOT OF EMAILS ABOUT THAT -- AND THE GENERAL IS-- IT IS A LITTLE CHALLANGING TO GET USED TO BLOOD TESTS AND ALTERING MEDS, BUT ONCE ARRIVIED AT NORMAL, SHE CAN LEAD A FAIRLY NORMAL LIFE-- SOMEONE'S MOTHER HAD THIS BACK IN THE 1970'S AND MANAGED TO LIFE AN ACTIVE LIFE TIL 97.
WE HAV ALSO HAD ALOT OF MONEY TO SUPPORT PIXIE-- STACY HAS BEEN GREAT AT STAYING IN TOUCH SENDING US EMAILS- DOING VOLUNTEER WORK WITH PIXIE-- SO WHEN SHE NEEDED HELP, YOU ALL WERE RIGHT THERE... WE HAVE- WITHOUT USING ANY MORE OF OUR FUN FUND, ABOUT $2000 FOR ANY OF PIXIE'S FUTURE VET CARE..
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BACK TO THE GRASS PROJJECT...
THE SEED NEEDS TO BE SPREAD-- BEST WAY IS BY HAND IN A SLIGHT BREEZE-
SO THE SEEDS LAND 6 SEEDS TO T HE INCH-- THE OLD COUNTRY FAIRS USED TO HAVE SEED TOSSING CONTESTS-- ONCE I KNEW THAT, I PRACTICED AND I AM PRETTY GOOD AT IT. PROBLEM IS SINCE THAT %^&*( ELEVATOR ACCIDENT , I CAN'T DO MUCH MORE THAN 30-40 FEET BEFLORE I HAE TO SIT DOWN..
SO I THINK WE SHOULD MARK OFF AREAS AND HAVE STAFF DO A SECTION AND THEN SEE WHAT GROWS BEST... DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO DO 1/4 ACRE.
WE HAVE ALOT OF AREA TO SEED...
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I HOPE WE HAVE ALOT OF VLUNTEERS TODAY
WE ALSO HAVE ALOT OF LEFT OVER PIZZA INTEH FRIDGE IN TEH T TENT.
