Did I tell you?
Well I am
sure I did, and if not then I am having my open house may 17th, 2014
from 10 -6 with the last 2 hrs. will be a customer appreciation, we will
provide hot dogs , and amenities and you provide the covered dish and we will
have an old fashioned get together. A free
chainsaw carving will be drawn by the oldest person in attendance at 6 o clock.
Bring your old folks and have them up your ante and see if you could win a free
chainsaw carved bear, by me personally. This is the best I can offer besides a
free six pack of tomatoes for showing up. Also I will be having a hay ride at
3:30 P.M. weather permitting. This is to view our farm from the highest point
on farm. We have a commanding view of both landfills in Southern Stark County. If
you view it at night one could easily see the luminescence of the Ashland
marathon refinery in the distance as it its 4 foot high flame burns bright the
noxious after effects of spewing unwanted hydrocarbons, offering yet another chance
to warm our environment for no good reason . Although the burn off light is not
nearly as bright as it once was.
The top part of
our farm has suffered a loss of identity to its former self and this was before
me and was around the early 50’s I assume when strip mining was in its infancy.
In fact at that time there was still a lot of backyard miners who would try
their luck at mining the easy coal out from the top layers of coal. Ours was strip
mined and left open for years. Subsequent mining has left it reclaimed but not totally,
and nowhere close to what it was before. It is a bald mountain compared to its
former self. Still work needs to be done in a lot of respects. That would be mainly
tree planting as I leave the open areas I can farm easily with a minimum of
runoff, and I create more woodland to increase wildlife habitat and retain
moisture and soil loss.
With the
purchase of a new wood chipper I intend to supplement my ornamental wood chips
and improve my wood lot at same time. Normally I allow the chips to heat before
using them. Wood chips I harvest from wood lot this year will be used next
season at earliest. No matter where we live we are all responsible for our environment,
and in not only the world but in our back yard. We need to be better managers
and leave this old place a little better than before. How do we do it?
By picking up a
piece of litter or a plastic bag floating by, plant a tree here and there and
next thing you know, you become attached to the land a little more. With pride
you watch your tree grow and wildlife comes to visit. A pond or waterfalls
would enhance your viewing efforts of nature as it allows up to ten times the
wild life activity as animals are drawn to water to refresh. By retaining the
runoff water of the greenhouse I am able to generate a small waterfall’s environment
which will be suitable for my newly installed bees to drink. The pond I built
in a low swampy area that we had in our field, and has underwent several
transformations and now it is becoming more aged and settled. Never is there a
second go by that one doesn’t hear a bird chirp as once again wildlife enjoys
our back yard. I do have a little bigger back yard and front yard than most,
but it still needs tending to. I try and do my best, and consciously think of
how it affects the nature of things in general. Bloom where you are planted.
I also want to
mention from 10 -3, I will be having a carving demonstration weather
permitting. Demo’s will be every hour on the hour till 2. I might do a demo
later in evening if interest desires it. We will have a camp fire and hope you will
come and enjoy yourself first. Take time to view the farm and enjoy the
peacefulness here. If you are lucky you may be able to view Mudder, the errant
cow if she decides to stay home that day. Beware of the electric fence and do
view the bee hives from a distance. Be smart and be safe. This is a working
farm.
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