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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 9:50:23 GMT -5
that was beautiful! You have a wonderful variety, more than I can perceive in the photos, I am sure. I am so hungry for green things. Good to have help. I loved the time I spent working in a greenhouse. Men are candy asses when it comes to plant prep. Something about our backs I suppose. Women make the best plantsmen. Enjoy the work. And will work you into the dirt. You guys are patient and precise.
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 3, 2015 10:02:39 GMT -5
that was beautiful! You have a wonderful variety, more than I can perceive in the photos, I am sure. I am so hungry for green things. Good to have help. I loved the time I spent working in a greenhouse. Men are candy asses when it comes to plant prep. Something about our backs I suppose. Women make the best plantsmen. Enjoy the work. And will work you into the dirt. You guys are patient and precise. Back in North Dakota,my property was about two acres...........Only three trees were on it,the day I bought it-the day I sold it to move to Oregon,I had planted 79 trees,100's of perennial flowers and plants ..........In that one area of the county,there were only three men that did this kind of hobby,I was one of them,the other two were retired farmers... We always stopped at each others properties from time to time,to take notes and BS about plants... Tammy is helping me here and it's coming together-give me a few more more years-Thumbs up.....Nothing like driving up to a property and asking who lives there,that's a beautiful place-You say,it's mine and thank you..........
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 10:34:01 GMT -5
Beautiful pics, jamesp! Love the yellow irises (?) and pink flowers on your lily pads. James, do you eat periwinkles or periwinkle soup? Used to like to watch them "stand up" then scoot back in the sand. They sure don't smell too good when they die.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 10:38:18 GMT -5
jamespOne summer, I collected some sand dollars and bleached them. Didn't let them dry and took them up the stairs to my room. My dad followed the bleach trail on our dark brown carpeting to my room, and...I got busted and in some hot water, lol.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 11:18:13 GMT -5
Men are candy asses when it comes to plant prep. Something about our backs I suppose. Women make the best plantsmen. Enjoy the work. And will work you into the dirt. You guys are patient and precise. Back in North Dakota,my property was about two acres...........Only three trees were on it,the day I bought it-the day I sold it to move to Oregon,I had planted 79 trees,100's of perennial flowers and plants ..........In that one area of the county,there were only three men that did this kind of hobby,I was one of them,the other two were retired farmers... We always stopped at each others properties from time to time,to take notes and BS about plants... Tammy is helping me here and it's coming together-give me a few more more years-Thumbs up.....Nothing like driving up to a property and asking who lives there,that's a beautiful place-You say,it's mine and thank you.......... I need to import you down here about now Michael. You may be sick of plants before you go back home. Me and Denise like the garden thing too. Healthy and wholesome work, keeps your mind clear. Get some photos up when you get it filled out. She is getting ready to plant some tomatoes and peppers-here James, plant this. Ha, actually we do fine doing it together as long as I listen and do.
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Post by quartz on Apr 3, 2015 14:41:10 GMT -5
Nice looking place there, I thought we did pretty good w/15 raised beds for the garden, that's nuthin' compared to your operation. You making a living and ours just for eating does play a part in it though. Does all that water come from runoff or do you have to pump a well?
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Post by snowmom on Apr 3, 2015 16:12:25 GMT -5
those little periwinkle clam shells are awesome, and if I remember right, the insides can be colored, too. I had a small jar full when I was a shell collector (before I became a Michigander). I liked their smooth almost plastic feeling... really neat little critters. Didn't realize they were edible, but it makes sense that they would be. so many neat things in this world. Thanks for the show!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 16:15:44 GMT -5
Nice looking place there, I thought we did pretty good w/15 raised beds for the garden, that's nuthin' compared to your operation. You making a living and ours just for eating does play a part in it though. Does all that water come from runoff or do you have to pump a well? The property is long and has several creeks. We diverted one of the creeks into a 6 inch pipe along a terrace for a long ways till it gravity fed about 6 acres. It runs about year round and has supplied low pressure water for 25 years. So we are lazy when it comes to watering. The rest is fairly hard work. Wife, me and a part time worker of 12 years gets er done. Those photos were when the place was at full tilt, we only do half that much stock now, economy messed up things bit. It is a 6 month per year business and has sent me all over the place. Plant folks a lot of fun, we like our clients.
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Post by MrP on Apr 3, 2015 16:41:17 GMT -5
Nice looking place there, I thought we did pretty good w/15 raised beds for the garden, that's nuthin' compared to your operation. You making a living and ours just for eating does play a part in it though. Does all that water come from runoff or do you have to pump a well? The property is long and has several creeks. We diverted one of the creeks into a 6 inch pipe along a terrace for a long ways till it gravity fed about 6 acres. It runs about year round and has supplied low pressure water for 25 years. So we are lazy when it comes to watering. The rest is fairly hard work. Wife, me and a part time worker of 12 years gets er done. Those photos were when the place was at full tilt, we only do half that much stock now, economy messed up things bit. It is a 6 month per year business and has sent me all over the place. Plant folks a lot of fun, we like our clients. It is not very often that I see where another puts there partner first. I think it is great to see that you are doing that. I have taught my children to put others first, especially there spouse.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 18:21:20 GMT -5
MrP, leadership or management position should be as a servant to workers. Best way to run a business or manage is to act in a servant capacity. Take care of the workers and they usually take care of the work at hand. Take it a step further, do as I do and not as I say. As far as wife, LOL, she is better person than I. I can't argue that.
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Post by MrP on Apr 3, 2015 19:28:27 GMT -5
MrP, leadership or management position should be as a servant to workers. Best way to run a business or manage is to act in a servant capacity. Take care of the workers and they usually take care of the work at hand. Take it a step further, do as I do and not as I say. As far as wife, LOL, she is better person than I. I can't argue that. Can't or don't dare? ..........................................MrP
You are very correct on leadership.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 3, 2015 19:51:28 GMT -5
MrP, leadership or management position should be as a servant to workers. Best way to run a business or manage is to act in a servant capacity. Take care of the workers and they usually take care of the work at hand. Take it a step further, do as I do and not as I say. As far as wife, LOL, she is better person than I. I can't argue that. Can't or don't dare? ..........................................MrP
You are very correct on leadership.
"Can't or don't dare?" Both MrP, definitely both
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 21:38:27 GMT -5
jamesp you are lucky to have fingers left. Naw, his fingers are asbestos.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 4, 2015 3:24:24 GMT -5
jamesp you are lucky to have fingers left. Naw, his fingers are asbestos. So is brain.
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Post by 1dave on Apr 4, 2015 11:06:26 GMT -5
those little periwinkle clam shells are awesome, and if I remember right, the insides can be colored, too. I had a small jar full when I was a shell collector (before I became a Michigander). I liked their smooth almost plastic feeling... really neat little critters. Didn't realize they were edible, but it makes sense that they would be. so many neat things in this world. Thanks for the show!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 4, 2015 13:47:51 GMT -5
Oh, that's an oldie but a goodie 1dave!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 4, 2015 14:51:37 GMT -5
Might be before I was -I won't say it 1dave.
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Post by KathyG on Apr 9, 2015 9:24:11 GMT -5
Looking over this thread, I must say that the periwinkle clams are beautiful! I love all seafood but I wouldn't want to do anything to those shells but take pics. Well, I guess I'd want to save the shells, clean them real good.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 9, 2015 11:32:32 GMT -5
Looking over this thread, I must say that the periwinkle clams are beautiful! I love all seafood but I wouldn't want to do anything to those shells but take pics. Well, I guess I'd want to save the shells, clean them real good. Those little clams 'run' in the summer Kathy. When a wave breaks the water comes up the beach(to wet your ankles) carrying those clams by the thousands. When it recedes the little clams dig in. Unlike other clams, they stay shallow in the sand and are vulnerable to being dug and sifted easily. There is no shortage of them. So the harvest. A good chef can make killer chowder with them.
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