He bought the Farm. :hihi:

"bought the farm ? " :confused:
I've aways thought that meant you died !

LOL Ronnie, no he really bought A farm. :D

ok,
In that case, congrats :uhuh:

duck farm? :hee:

Congratulations, Rave!

Congrats and way to go!!:jump:

Best of luck

Now grow some good stuff >><><:think:

Raven...Congrats

nice-- now get growin'

Hey Raven, should we call you ... Mr. Douglas now? :bl2:

Hey Raven, should we call you ... Mr. Douglas now? :bl2:


well not until a pig lives in my house...
and my wife goes blonde...
lol

oh ....and thankyou kindly....

more like OLD maC Donald
EEE III EEEE I OOOOOOO
and on this farm raven has some ducks...:kewl:

yes salty , the ducks are coming...
they will be my bug munchers...
trained to de bug the garden
on the way to their lil pond

i have to build some predator proof
enclosures though first.

nice-- now get growin'


YES SIR mr NEBE SIR ! :rotfl:

where is this farm?

Best of luck Farmer Raven.

where is this farm?


it's at the STATE hospital

it's the funny Farm :rotflmao:

SOMEHOW this doesn't surprise me :hee:

planting the vegetables finally....

coldest winter/spring i can remember

its still only 22 degrees outside right now...

but next week all that will change

Congratulations - Are you going to do organic?

but yes to answer ....your question....

i will not sell it as Organic however

because once again the federal Government
has completely interfered where they don't belong
and screwed it up so bad
it isn't worth the hassle...

instead i'll call it
grown naturally
or) without chemicals
as Nature intended

anything but the word "Organic"

because in order to use that Label

you have to catalog every single thing you do
like an accountant to the point of insanity...

like say for example....you notice one plant in a row
has a clogged drip emitter and hasn't been getting the water
all the other plants have been getting...

so you decide to give it a drink of compost tea....

well technically... you have to go enter that step in a log file
that says when, how much? what the NPK amounts are
where the fertilizer came from what it's made from
when it was made... on and ON and on....it goes until
you are ready to be committed...to an insane asylum

which is why i made the reference to the funny Farm.

the Government F'd the whole thing up!

i have enjoyed your past gardens so make sure you take pics along the way!

keeps me motivated to work on my small piece of arrid soil

Best of Luck. What MR Hunters said,,share your garden with pix

He is a gentleman Farmer of Charlton Massachusetts, where I have a home on South Charlton Resevoir.

Charlton is located in south central mass and is known locally as "Little Vermont" because of its hilly terrain and some spectacular views from the top of Dresser Hill and Route 31. You can see the Berkshire foothills and the tops of Mount Monadnock and Wachusett on clear winter days to the north.

Southbridge and Sturbridge are western border towns and Oxford/Dudley and Webster to the east. It's 19 miles southwest of Worcseter, my hometown.

Charlton is a Turkey hunters paradise with huge flocks and lots of really good deer hunting as well.

My lake, though private, is loaded with big largemouths.

I don't get up there much anymore. My mother and my brother and his wife from Florida stay there in the summers, my wife goes up now and then but Striper fishing keeps me here on Cape ( I just can't give it up for some reason, even for a weekend!)

Congrats Raven, I will stop by some time to check out the spread! Good luck you'll love it there!

it shall be done :wavey:

Oliver!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2WlYgDe1Vs

Congrat's and good growing to ya!! :btu:

VB

Oh - wow - I did not know the post was over a year old.

Congrats Scott, want some pumpkins seeds?

not sure if you were speaking to me...

but, i would like some...humongous pumpkin seeds yes!


when do you plant your onions Swimmer ? outside... in MAY?

i have some red onion sets i'm gonna git growing in the GH.

pm me for address

i think i'll paint that on my Barn Roof

funny thing is i live on Arnold st


and wow i want my cereal served on a tennis Racket

that is AWESOME !! :uhuh:

then i'm gonna teach my wife to smile with grape nuts in her mouth:drool:

LOL.
Love Mr. Hanney ............" Howdy Mr. Douglas"
You will have to get a Hollywood star pig like Arnold Ziffle, sunglasses and all.
Do you have to climb up the telephone pole to make a call in your neck of the woods?

:cheers:

LOL.
Love Mr. Hanney ............" Howdy Mr. Douglas"
You will have to get a Hollywood star pig like Arnold Ziffle, sunglasses and all.
Do you have to climb up the telephone pole to make a call in your neck of the woods?

cell phone reception sucks cuz of the lum--a-nim Sidin

closest i'll git to a pig

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/Star2.jpg

anything but the word "Organic"

because in order to use that Label

you have to catalog every single thing you do
like an accountant to the point of insanity...

like say for example....you notice one plant in a row
has a clogged drip emitter and hasn't been getting the water
all the other plants have been getting...

so you decide to give it a drink of compost tea....

well technically... you have to go enter that step in a log file
that says when, how much? what the NPK amounts are
where the fertilizer came from what it's made from
when it was made... on and ON and on....it goes until
you are ready to be committed...to an insane asylum



the Government F'd the whole thing up!

Sounds like another great government program. ;)

We need an even bigger government and more taxes to add to the regulations

and have an inspector come and check the analysis of your compost tea. :hihi:

They haven't pushed food prices high enuff yet. :doh:

good luck with it raven . you will do fine and enjoy it .

thankyou kindly Chris L

ok you want pictures of progress on todays little project... OK

well i am a little tired now....but feel like i accomplished something...

my very sweet wife helped me install that heavy S.O.B
and so... it went in pretty easy actually.

We did some major renovations to the ole Barn

we were tired of how dark it was facing EAST so

I grabbed the skill saw and saws- all and cut a big old hole

and installed a Free vinyl window into that wall for much more light for a transition and over flow space.

the truck you see outside is just an antique body and is my super funky :agree:
water tank...thats got a 500 lb chunk of ice floating in it
at the moment....lol


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/window1.jpg

this next picture shows the awesome glass i got from a super cool guy &quot;JIM &quot; aka Bite-me who traded me for a Salty Bugger plug...

they were 4 feet wide and with-em i created a glassed in section

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/window.jpg

this next picture is the green house complete with a sink and new shelving... and that great big old Meat hook is for when i run into East end LU next... as my chickens all chipped in and took out a contract on his ass... :o

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/greenhouse-done.jpg

and lastly this is a older picture of a green house operation we did
and all the plants we grew to set out in the big fifty by fifty...plot

thats my awesome ole Lady in the foreground

and i have to build a green house this size this year... too..

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/oldgreenhouse.jpg

Raven,
Spectacular. Good for you. You deserve now keep us all happy with mucho pics.

Holy Moses, Rav, you are crankin. :hihi: :btu:

Congratulations!
Farmers Rule!

nice pictures. keep them coming. I wish you lived down the road and I had more time I'd love to give you a hand. I really enjoy that stuff.

i do live right down the road... Paul

it's just a very LOng road,,,, ;) and with the price of

gasoline these days ... a trip you'd have to finance....

heh heh heh...

Congrats Raven and best of luck

Raven, Paul, anyone...Spurge, Euphorbia. Are you familiar with the perennial?

I have a bunch of clippings from it and was thinking about soaking before planting. The plant likes drout. any suggestions? thanks

looks like hens n chickens?

looks like hens n chickens?
That's what I thought.

-spence

i have never seen it before sorry...

but if it likes drought try just

a plastic bag over it...

in a succulent soil mix...

use very little water or it'll rot.

Paul might know

Never seen Hens and Chickens that tall, that is not to say that it is not. It is a very common plant in gardens and rock gardens and die back a lot but reproduce readily. Where did you get it? Can you see parent and how does it look like it spreads. Looks like a succulent though.
Could be a spurge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Euphorbia_myrsinites.JPG

If so it should be very easy to root as most are. I don't think I would soak it though. Are there any roots at all? Might just stick into some moist soil in a pot and see. It is an outdoor plant right? Really not sure what you have there.

Thats what it is, the plant in your pic is the same. What I know about it is...its invasive, Euphorbia's can give you a rash and is milky when broken like poinsettias. They do well in gravel paths or near stone steps but I seen them everywhere else too. I wasn't sure where to start the root system in water or soil. They're long shoots drape on the ground, some plants has 5-8 shoots like in the pic.

i just want to kick the living B out of that plant
and then i'll be one with the universe

:hihi:

Raven, Paul, anyone...Spurge, Euphorbia. Are you familiar with the perennial?

I have a bunch of clippings from it and was thinking about soaking before planting. The plant likes drout. any suggestions? thanks

Goose...Keep the clippings small (only about three inches or so) Cut right below a leaf node and carefully remove the leaves from the bottom inch of the cutting. Stick themalmost up to the last set of leaves in a tray of sand (you can dip them in rooting powder to urge them but I doubt you will really need it) wait a few weeks and carefully remove them from the sand as to not break roots. Then pot them up!

also the best sand is not to fine or course (like the white sand you can buy for kids sandboxes) and keep it warm and evenly moist not soaked or too dry....but you probably knew that already!

awsome Jenn. thanks everyone. wouldn't it great to have a yard thread;) instead of hi-jackin

i just want to kick the living B out of that plant
and then i'll be one with the universe

all though they grow anywhere they are not suited for all gardens....it going in my gravel patio, it'll loook nice on the edges.

If that is spurge then watch lawn fertilizer with weed killer as it is designed to kill spurge.

Just read this thread ??/best of luck Bud ><><><:wavey:

A Clammer siting everybody..... wooohooo http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/clammersign.jpg


HI CLAMMER Buddy :wavey:

i just want to kick the living B out of that plant
and then i'll be one with the universe

:hihi:

That and purple loosestrife

Rav is the weed Nazi

Yard thread would be great. We could stick to the thread and then no one would know how strange we are.

without the B it becomes euphoria

hitler never smoked weed - that A-hole

which is why he was trying to conquer the world

never insult such a peaceful plant with a NAZI reference

thats just so sacrilegious.....and wrong...:hang:

i have none... but the door of perception
got kicked down...so now to cross over to cosmic
(artistic) thinking is easy as pie...

Good luck Raven. I have the farm bug a bit myself, but right now it is limited to a fairly small garden and a tractor. If the bass weren't so far, I would probably end up back in PA on a farmette. You also bought in a great area. I tried to convince my wife to find a job so we could live in that area when we were in grafton during her tufts days. Those were the days. She studied and I spent my time split between disc golf at buffumville dam and night runs to the canal.

i have paid my dues so to speak and now what most people would consider to be back breaking work

is pure play to me... so thats the "key"

love what your doing!!!

listen to what Jessie Ventura had to say about food prices

its right at the very end of this video

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/04/01/lkl.jesse.ventura.cnn