BIG EXCITEMENT OF TEH DAY--- I BOUGHT A NEW INNERTUBE FOR THE WHEELBARROW....- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT --- WAS IT SHAKESPERE??--- FOR WANT OF A NAIL THE SHOE, HORSE,RIDER , BATTLE , WAR, AND NATION WAS LOST... WELL IN OUR CASE FOR WANT OF A WHEELBARROW THE POO PILES UP IN THE WRONG PLACE. WHICH MIGHT ANGER THE NEIGHBORS, ANIMAL CONTROL, ZONING BOARD , AND MY FAVORITE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
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ONE MIGHT SAY I AM A STUDENT OF MANURE-- BY NO MEANS A PHD TYPE STUDENT, BUT I DO THINK ABOUT IT.
EVERY FRIDAY I WATCH THE DODGE GRAIN TRUCK COME HERE AND LEAVE 20 BALES OF HAY ( @ 45 POUNDS EACH) , 10 BALES OF SHAVINGS, 300 POUNDS OF HORSE GRAIN AND 100 POUNDS OF CHICKEN FEED--- EVEN WITH JANINE AND RACHAEL ( BELLA'S MOM) TAKING A FEW BALES, MIXED WITH A BIT OF WATER, THAT BECOMES THE BEST PART OF 3 TONS OF INPUT MONTHLY AND THEN WHEELBARROWED OFF TO THE MANURE PILE-- TO BE THEN LOADED ONTO A DUMP TRAILER- AND DUMPED AT BRICK ENDS FARM-- WHERE THEY SIFT, SORT, LIME, AND AGE IT SO I CAN THEN BUY IT BACK FOR $130 A TRAILERFULL.
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MANURE IS BY NO MEANS "TRASH" ----- BRICK END FARM'S CURRENT MANURE DUMPING PILE - IS BIGGER THAN OUR WHITE INDOOR ARENA- AND THERE IS NOT ONE PIECE OF HAY STRING HANGING OUT OF THAT PILE . I ALSO KNOW ... THAT THE PLACE IS SO WELL RUN THAT IF I DUMPED A LOAD WHICH CONTAINED 3 STRINGS AND 2 SODA CANS, I WOULD BE INVITED NOT TO DUMP THERE ANYMORE. THEY KNOW WHO DRIVES PAST THAT OFFICE ON THE WAY IN... AND I AM SURE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHO LEFT THE STRINGS... i know we are one of the elite who are allowed to dump there... being accepted in that country club is teh kind that really matters. being "unliked" in facebook is not as devastating as being unliked in the manure dumping club. SDP HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE MANURE APPRECIATION
DEPARTMENT - TIME WAS WHEN I SCOOPED THERE WOULD BE A DANGLER--- NOW GRACE AND TOM ARE THE USUAL HAY STrING MANAGERS... And they are doing very well....
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TO SHORTCUT THE SYSTEM A BIT, I HAVE LOCATED SEVERAL PLACES AROUND THE FARM WHICH ARE "OUTSIDE" THE DOG DOMAIN AND MIGHT JUST MANAGE TO GROW A FEW WILDFLOWEERS IF THERE WAS SOME ORGANIC MATERIAL TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH.. THERE IS AI SIGNIFICANT DEPRESSION 1/2 WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, OUTSIDE THE GATE, AND IN A SUNNY SPOT --- I THINK, IF WE TRUNDLE MANURE THERE FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS WE WOULD , NEXT SPRING BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME WILDFLOWERS. THE TRUNDLING PROCESS CHANGES TEH "MANURE PILE " INTO "COMPOST HEAP"
WHICH PUTS IT INTO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEGAL DEFINITION .. BESIDES... I AM SURE I CAN FIND SOME PERSON WHO HAS ALWASY WANTED TO DRIVE A TRACTOR-- TO DO THE TRUNDLING.... IT IS PRETTY BORING-- TH ONLY EXCITING PART IS AVOIDING 2 MASSIVE POTHOLES IN TEH PART OF THE DRIVEWAY WE DID NOT REPAIR. IF YOU HIT THOSE YOU DUMP HALF TEH LOAD WHERE IT IS TOUGH TO PICK UP AGAIN....
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WE HAD INTERSHIP EDUCATION YESTERDAY--- THE 6 STITCHING AWLS WERE SENT BY SAM KEISS-- TEH AWL IS A BIT OF A WIERD THING... SO SIMPLE AND USEFUL MANY TIMES WHERE A TYE WRAP WON'T QUITE DO THE TRICK... LIKE HOLDING TEH PUPS HARNESS AT SIZE TIL THEY GROW AND NEED ADJUSTING AGAIN.... BESIDES AWL IS A GREAT WORD FOR SCRABBLE.
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I WAS THRILLED TO SEE THE NEW FLOOR IN TH E TRAINING ROOM-- PAM AND DONNA PICKED IT OUT-- LOOKS WONDERFUL--- I TOLD THE COMPANY "IT WAS THE BEST $3000 I EVER SPENT-- AND THEY COULD QUOTE ME..."
NOW TO GET A SWIFTER AND FUNNY STEAM THING WE HAVE HERE THAT KEEPS THS PLACE SMELLING SWEET.
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SHATTING TOMORROW-- SOLD OUT AND ONTO THE PURPLE DIVISION !!
