Farm and Garden

[Lefty]

As Stalin once said "Quantity has a quality all its own"

Kids don't speed anything up, it is fun to watch them learn and do things though.

 

[Lefty]

EXACTLY! It's not all work and no play either.

He converted the hayloft inside the barn and made it into a basketball court. The kids can come in the summer time and camp out in the woods. He set up a cross country run/fitness trail, a bird blind nature observation center. He built a wood fired pizza oven which they love. He works very hard, but he's got the best job in the world.

 

[racsan]

The chickens are making a comeback after 3 months of barely any eggs. These things should be gold with the way retail prices are headed.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The chickens are making a comeback after 3 months of barely any eggs. These things should be gold with the way retail prices are headed.
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Ours are starting to justify their existence again too!

 

[Roert42]

He is a Montessori school teacher. The kids come and help work on the farm. They actually slow down the work, but he's getting paid. You might like this picture of a tree "house" which we built. It's big enough to hold classes there when the weather is good.
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I always thought the theory behind the Montessori school was excellent. Really helps prepare people to exist in the real world instead of in the vacuum of the education system.

 

[Lefty]

I always thought the theory behind the Montessori school was excellent. Really helps prepare people to exist in the real world instead of in the vacuum of the education system.

I think they call it consequential learning. Either you get a great big pumpkin or you do not. It's all your doing, not the teacher's.

 

[Lefty]

I think they call it consequential learning. Either you get a great big pumpkin or you do not. It's all your doing, not the teacher's.

 

[Lefty]

The farm makes plenty of sense, so do their field trips. You learn about something like the Battle of Gettysburg, then you all get on a bus and drive there.

 

[Roert42]

The farm makes plenty of sense, so do their field trips. You learn about something like the Battle of Gettysburg, then you all get on a bus and drive there.

Makes sense when you say it that way.

i went to one in grade school, and looking back, it seems to be structured more like a job the school.
Opposed to a regular public school. Guy in the front of the room says 2+2, people in the back of the room say 4. Type deal.

 

[Lefty]

Makes sense when you say it that way.

i went to one in grade school, and looking back, it seems to be structured more like a job the school.
Opposed to a regular public school. Guy in the front of the room says 2+2, people in the back of the room say 4. Type deal.

Most schools are pretty good, but it all seems to depend on the principal. I once taught grade school. One was in a rich nieghborhood. The kids were all brats. I taught in a poor niehborhood where there was a lot of crime. The kids were wonderful and so were the teachers. Disciplinary problems were rare. My son's school has gone through its phases too, depending on who was boss.

 

[racsan]

Moved the rear blade to its off-season storage spot, put the grill guard/hitch on the front of my new to me ‘52 8N. need to paint it, funny thing is when I got it for the 2000 it was painted red & I changed it to match the tractor it was going on. I will probably paint it black later rather than go back to red. Now to make it better & give it some upgrades.

 

[RobbieD]

Moved the rear blade to its off-season storage spot, put the grill guard/hitch on the front of my new to me ‘52 8N. need to paint it, funny thing is when I got it for the 2000 it was painted red & I changed it to match the tractor it was going on. I will probably paint it black later rather than go back to red. Now to make it better & give it some upgrades.
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I see a red Ford
And I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black

Thought it sounded kinda familiar . . .

 

[Lefty]

Moved the rear blade to its off-season storage spot, put the grill guard/hitch on the front of my new to me ‘52 8N. need to paint it, funny thing is when I got it for the 2000 it was painted red & I changed it to match the tractor it was going on. I will probably paint it black later rather than go back to red. Now to make it better & give it some upgrades.
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lovely

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I have a question if I may. Why is it that my Stihl MS193T can cut up a chord or two worth of splitting before needing sharpening, regardless is a 12", 14" or 16" chain/bar....Yet my Stihl MS661C can't make more than two cuts before getting dull running a 25" chain/bar?

Im cutting pine, oak and eucalyptus.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Same style of chain?