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[cheryl98117]

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Woo hoo! Welcome to the club (tentatively, knowing the history...)

 

[hallerlake]

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So what if it's a volunteer. Congratulations.

 

[cheryl98117]

Thanks guys! Now to just stop freaking out about it...

 

[SadieSue]

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Exactly. Babies are good things. There's just a few details to take care of in planning their arrival, huh? I know the timing might not feel right, but fortunately this baby isn't arriving tomorrow.

Congratulations.

 

[hallerlake]

Both my boys were volunteers, and yes, I was freaked out, but by the time they were born, I was happy to have them, and still am. Sometimes, they say they don't care about celebrating their birthday, but I tell them I want to celebrate their birth.

 

[cheryl98117]

At least this time I found out earlier... With Chloe I didnt find out until the beginning of second trimester. This explains why I have been such a clutz and ditz lately...

 

[blueducklings]

Congrats!

Babies...I love babies

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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I know presactly what ya mean I remember my grandpa doing the same. I sometimes get VERY NICE heavy drums. Often they have a funny bunch of letters like USN or USAF or ARMY. I have no idea where they came from but are very heavy.
I will watch for some for ya.

I'm especially looking for the ones which were originally used for machine-grade grease and heavy hydraulic fluid. A 55 will hold a LOT of feed, and not have the lid pop off when a front comes through in the middle of the night.

 

[Kaneke]

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So you are saying your soil suxs. What is the area ratio per acre for goats, cattle and pigs. Here I can have 15 goats per acre. She pulled it out of her

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There are river valleys with good soil, but for the most part we're talking glacial dirt.

I can sure tell you about our glacial till, since we had to dig holes to "perk" before we could install septic system

there are only TWO inches of anything approaching humus -- after that it assays out about 40% large rocks, 30% small rocks and gravel, 28% sand, and 2% clay and mixed soil

so it drains VERY well, you can drive anywhere on the supposed-to-be-lawn without bogging down, you can even park a heavy motorhome on it for months, and unless you let thatch build up, you won't get any moles or gophers and only a few voles, since the worms don't have enough to eat on it

long-time pastures and lawns with lots of fertilizer applied, do get mole tunnels ... I just get MOSS ....