tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post4684770747111220805..comments2023-11-05T01:38:03.385-08:00Comments on New To Farm Life: Spring CleaningAimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-34940271053159949642009-03-20T09:33:00.000-07:002009-03-20T09:33:00.000-07:00Sorry to hear about the junk the previous owners l...Sorry to hear about the junk the previous owners left behind. We have been on our farm for 11 years and we are still finding junk from the previous owners. I don't think they threw a thing away in the 20 years they lived here.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664824920459341153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-866085222471599632009-03-17T09:55:00.000-07:002009-03-17T09:55:00.000-07:00I am sorry to hear about your garbage plight. We b...I am sorry to hear about your garbage plight. We bought an acre and a half that was a farm and after we had built our house and lived here several years we were finding old rusted pipe coming out of the ground and other metal junk. We had to dig them up so the kids wouldn't cut their legs. I don't know why people are like that, but I sure do understand your problem. What is this hemlock? A plant type? I was thinking trees. Good Luck...debbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-52247595160310645612009-03-17T06:25:00.000-07:002009-03-17T06:25:00.000-07:00Oh, Aimee, that really stinks! Don't people know ...Oh, Aimee, that really stinks! Don't people know that metal does not make good compost?? sheesh! I hope the weather will at least cooperate with your plans. ;)~ Denise ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09206852795849193748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-53981837027085926662009-03-16T08:45:00.000-07:002009-03-16T08:45:00.000-07:00Gene, yes, I have to use some poison, but instead ...Gene, yes, I have to use some poison, but instead of using it over two and half acres, I'm going to use it over about 40 square feet. I'll probably use Roundup, which, although produced by the truly evil Monsanto corp, does have one advantage. It binds to the soil, so it stays around and does it's job for a while, and it doesn't run off in the rain and pollute nearby wetlands. It will be safe to let the animals back in in two months, but I'll keep them out longer than that to allow the grass a good foothold.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-59438299731206648392009-03-16T06:49:00.000-07:002009-03-16T06:49:00.000-07:00So you're doing a scrape and till AND dumping pois...So you're doing a scrape and till AND dumping poison? yikes.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what I did, but whenever I've sown you and 'penelope maude' pictures of my lawn, you accuse me of using chemicals. It looks that good. And I've never done anything but mow. I suspect that the old owners used them, but I imagine that after 4 years, there's not much left of them. Of course Mr. Fernandez down the street covers his lawn with enough noxious gunk I guess maybe there are residual effects for the whole neighborhood. <BR/><BR/>As for the buried trash, what dicks. I don't know why people seem to think that plastic and modern garbage is 'taken care of' when it's buried. When I was in Bolivia, there were whole fields that an inch below the surface were suddenly layers of disgusting detritus. <BR/><BR/>It's as if some people thing we can still use middens. Well, it didn't even really work in the ancient world! We're still excavating preserved middens 25,000 years later.Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-45127583157243916672009-03-15T20:21:00.000-07:002009-03-15T20:21:00.000-07:00That oh was supposed to read ooohohThat oh was supposed to read ooohohLannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018584509455303394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-80821023741698209912009-03-15T20:20:00.000-07:002009-03-15T20:20:00.000-07:00oh we had nubians once upon a time, for years and ...oh we had nubians once upon a time, for years and years. I miss them, their babies, the milk that no one could tell the difference between it and cow, but I don't miss the twice a day milking chore.<BR/><BR/>Nice picsLannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018584509455303394noreply@blogger.com