My Grandparents had 160 acres out in Lake Labbish north of Salem, Oregon.......most of it was Filberts and they had Three 100 foot long Hen Houses where they raised hens for their "Egg Business". We moved from California in 1957 and my Dad and older Brother worked in the business with my Grandparents till my Dad found work contracting a year or so later. I helped out where I could.....mostly candling and grading eggs and packaging etc. Later on as a Teen, I worked for an old Swedish gal who went to Church with my Grandmother. She had 40 acres out near Molala, Or. and she had a bunch of milking cows and the dirtiest barn I ever did see.......she only wanted me to clean it when the cows wouldn't go in anymore. She also had some pigs, goats, a Steer, a couple of Apaloosa horses and a Buckskin gelding named Barney. Also some of the meanest domestic Turkeys you ever saw......she kept an old rake handle next to the gate and would carry it when she went through the corral into the barn....if they gave her any trouble, she'd start laying it to them and they parted like the Red Sea. :tongue-out3: Yeah Lee, I worked on a farm or two and loved every minute of it. Rick H.
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Great story Rick thanks for sharing it. I’ve never heard of a domestic turkey being so mean. Like you I’ve worked on many farms around here when I was I kid you were talking about the dirty barn I remember I had to re-stack the hay in a farmer’s barn one time what a job the bales were old and the twine kept breaking what a nightmare.Comment
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Yup........I know exactly what that's about.
Rick H.
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Busy day on the Hobby Farm yesterday. I finally got around cutting a doorway in the little barn cleaned up the area behind it and cut a few saplings down as well moved a plow that’s been sitting up in the woods for long time and tried out my Grandpa’s old logging Tongs. My Dad gave these to me about 20 years ago they haven’t been used since 1968 the year my Grandpa passed away. They work great but I need to use them on bigger timber. I thank God every day I can work and do a little more on the Farm. He has blessed me so much. I still deal with breathing problems but I never thought I would be doing this stuff again 6 months ago.Comment
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This is all great news. Really glad you are getting back to normal Lee.Comment
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Hi Lee
Main thing is the good news that you're on the mend. Each day a little better but don't overdo it and set yourself back. Great to see this old machinery doing what it should.
Have you come across this YouTube channel - really an amazing guy. Although he is a carriage maker/wheelwright his last video was about restoring an old sickle mower.
JimComment
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Sunday is a day of rest for me here on the Hobby Farm. This morning I got up early and went to the Barn Lot and pick my wife some Ox Eyed Daisies. I’ve done this for many years as the Daisies start to bloom here. Just something I can give to her for all the things she does for me. Without her being a Respiratory therapist my out come last fall might have been different but she was there helping and coaching me all the way and still does when I’m having a bad dayComment
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Lee, that is one nice vase of daisies. All the ladies love their flowers. Here are some of my wife's favourites. She has four pots of these Agapanthus and waits eagerly every year for them to bloom.
The mosaics on the wall behind them are my wife's work. I model and she mosaics. We can do it together.
Cheers John.Comment
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I love Agapanthus...saw lots of them growing along roads in Sydney and parks in Summer. Tried bringing seeds back here but failed trying to grow them.
Cheers,
RichardComment
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We had these all over the place.....particularly in the freeway medians and parkway strips in California when I was living there. Also referred to as "Freeway Lillies".......great consumers of hydrocarbons and other noxious fumes from vehicular emissions. Rick H.Comment
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Looks great on both counts. Well done both.Comment
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Sorry guys never seen those types of purple flowers. John. Thanks for sharingComment
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