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  • From: Pat E Vester <nitty4 AT juno.com>
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: market-farming Where Did Everyone Go
  • Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:42:06 -0800


Wow Dori, and I thought I was busy! I hope your elbow heals quickly and
that you find some reliable help. pat in NM
**************

On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:00:37 -0500 "Dori Green" <dorigreen00 AT hotmail.com>
writes:
> Pretty busy here dealing with 3-foot drifted snow, busted water line
> to the
> barn, unemployment, and tenant-caretakers who elected to rent a
> truck and
> move back to Kansas City with less than 24 hours' notice after I
> pointed out
> that their rent and utility deficit had exceeded $2000 and we had to
> talk
> about what we were going to do to reverse that pattern. They never
> did fix
> any of the windows they had broken while they were here.
>
> I separated my left elbow hauling water to the barn but it'll heal
> eventually if I'm careful with it. There's oil in the tank so not
> being
> able to haul firewood is a nuisance rather than a disaster.
>
> But taking on the bottle feeding of two nursemare farm foal rescues
> is going
> to have to wait. It breaks my heart but darn it, there will be more
> of
> those babies next year and maybe I'll have some help then. I
> already took
> on the pony and the puppy and the two pregnant pygmies thinking that
> these
> folks were going to be here helping.
>
> I did manage to save a neighbor's new goat kid last week -- he's new
> at this
> breeding business and didn't know about dipping umbilical cords or
> slipping
> the new baby into a "kid glove" coat to keep it warm. He'd lost one
> the
> week before; the young first-time mom pushed it out of the stall
> onto the
> cold concrete.
>
> My own guys are holding their own even if the barn needs some
> serious
> cleaning because I'm giving the elbow a rest. I'll probably just
> rent a
> Bobcat for a day or two this spring. The roof is nice and high and
> there's
> a deep dry bed of wasted hay.
>
> Believe it or not, I'm still willing to consider taking on
> housemates and
> even eventual farm partners. But no more free riders. On that one
> I've
> learned my lesson -- finally!
>
> Dori Green
> Ash Grove Community Farm
> Corning, NY
>
> http://www.ic.org/agrove/index.htm
>
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