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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29521 |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2021 at 7:47am |
Friday wife and I went to Washington MO to PU her car at Ford, she and I went to Orscheln's there to kill time where after we left she kept snickering.
FINALLY last night she told me why. Seems was a young Couple(Late twenties, citified) in the garden tools section while I was other side of store, asked a Clerk then looked at my wife and asked her if they could garden a 100'x100' patch with hand tools and grow enough to eat all summer. She stated she told them 'Sure' if you have nothing else to do but weed and scrape and amend and whatever else is required. She explained planting cycles, dark of the moon schedules, that a Fuel Powered Tiller was their only reasonable option for larger tillage, would take DAYS to cut one row with a pick/mattock then chop that up with a Hoe then turn that every few days with organic matter then till some more, figure that on ten to twenty rows 100x100 and MAYBE by a year from start date could have a nice garden. She walked away from them giggling to herself as they left the store empty handed mumbling to themselves. She still giggles when think on their dumbfounded stares.
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tadams(OH)
Orange Level Access Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 9640 |
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Some have no idea what it takes to grow what they eat.
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LeonR2013
Orange Level Joined: 01 Jan 2013 Location: Fulton, Mo Points: 3500 |
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Yep, almost worked myself to death last year keeping the weeds at bay. Hardest year of gardening I've ever had. To much rain the first half and not enough the last half. Leon
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Ray54
Orange Level Access Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4352 |
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Yes so funny in many ways, so so sad in so many others. They seem to fit the term citydot I have stumbled across on the net.
I have rented pasture from a software designer he wanted grass feed organic beef in trade. My wife will not let grass feed beef in our kitchen, I vaccinate against a number of dieses in my cattle. I explained I fed a lot of seed screenings not much grain you would find another use for. And he agreed vaccinating so I did not get sick cattle that might need antibiotics was a reasonable thing. When I was ready to butcher, find out he only wants steak. It worked in the end but was learning experience for him as well as me.
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tadams(OH)
Orange Level Access Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 9640 |
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Only wants steaks and how many does he think he should have?
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Ray54
Orange Level Access Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4352 |
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Used the value the up your nose grass feed organic meat market uses. Something like $10 dollars a pound. Another land owner was glad to take hamburger off my hands at a reasonable price.
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29521 |
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LOL
We bought a quarter beef from local grower, mostly burger and large cuts as roasts, around a dozen packs of Two steaks of varying types. All Steaks, evidently does not know where the better tasting meat is!!!
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DougG
Orange Level Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Location: Mo Points: 7946 |
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Seems to be a few of those all natual ppl more and more- also seems ppl didnt think that when the - meat shortage- that never happened a, bought 1/2 a beef etc for big money , have paid so much for just hamburger, few prime cuts in beef- but they are good
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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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some of them type folks are moving out by me, they stop and ask all kinds of questions, asking why/what/when on bouts everything. one couple moved out near-by and Sugarmaker thinks he has lots invested in his new shop, they just built a $265,000. Cleary steel building to live in. whew!
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Thad in AR.
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Arkansas Points: 9273 |
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We have a coworker that’s a California transplant.
He was telling me he and his girlfriend were gonna get a milk cow. I smiled and asked if he was seriously gonna get up early every day and feed and milk a cow. Are y’all ready for this??? He said we don’t need milk every day. |
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29521 |
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Another clueless!! Get a few cups to half a bucket dependent of the day/diet of a cow, stop milking and bag goes dry until re-breed and carrying a calf.
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desertjoe
Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13358 |
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,,,,like ole Dave says,,,,they gots a few things to learn,,,but all is not lost. You might get to buy that milkless cow for next to nuttin after they realize the cost of hay,,,,, UMmmmm,,,they didn't bring their liberal beliefs with them,,,,?
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29521 |
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Oh and a BTW, Milk Cows get milked TWICE per day, EVERY Day or bag stops producing. So No Vacation For YOU!!!!
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Ray54
Orange Level Access Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4352 |
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Maybe he could explain to you where the on/off switch is so you only milk on the days you feel like it. I better back out of here and stay quiet. Cause I have a son married one of the citydots. They got a house on 1/2 or 3/4 of a acre just before Christmas. So she went and bough 2 goats. Talked of maybe having to start milking one. Son had "the talk" about birds and bees. So she is over milking goats. They are also educating her on fence building too.
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