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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
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 Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 07:05:50 AM
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With prices rising on everything and everywhere including our property tax(it doubled last year) my husband and I are trying to find ways to make ends meet. This comes into the picture. 
I have this photo on my site with Do you know what this is? We built it last weekend and plan on using it starting friday.
This is a way we plan on making enough extra money to pay our property tax from nature off our property. Second clue is posted today. I figured some of you wise farmgirls could figure this one out. Good luck!
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:02:21 AM
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I would say some sort of fruit press?? Grapes perhaps???
Cheers,
Heather
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:17:43 AM
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Bridget,time will tell..
Heather, you are on the right track. It does press something,not fruit though. But what???
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
1262 Posts
Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:26:03 AM
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OK...Does it press manure? Compact it? 
I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one...
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:31:41 AM
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Rhonda- I was thinking of a "poop" press myself...I saw on one show that they press manure with sand and water to make bricks...hmmm??
Cheers,
Heather
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 10:51:33 AM
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LOL That's what I was thinking! I was thinking a press for manure or compost or something.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 11:16:55 AM
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No girls. Not a manure,compost or poop press. Good guesses though. Keep trying!
You can never have enough friends.
Please come and sit a spell with me at Life on a Southern Farm
http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 11:43:07 AM
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Ooo! I know! It's a money press! To press more pennies out of the dollar! LOL
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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ChicChick
True Blue Farmgirl
64 Posts
Joy
64 Posts |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 11:55:21 AM
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My Mom has an old book press that looks very similiar to this..hmmm?? Got me stumped...
But if it is a money press, I will gladly volunteer to test out the product.... ; )
Cheers,
Heather
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 12:11:21 PM
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A straw or hay press to make a bale?
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 1:44:25 PM
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Jonni, it will make a bale but not hay and not the straw from grass or wheat. Another kind of straw?
You can never have enough friends.
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http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 1:50:31 PM
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Alfalfa? Wheat?...let's see...there's barley straw, corn stalk compression bales....
Duh, you said "not wheat".  In my excitement of being half right, I didn't comprehend what I was reading!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
Edited by - KYgurlsrbest on Feb 27 2008 1:55:02 PM |
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 3:45:00 PM
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Oh Jonni, so close. Not alfalfa,wheat,barley, or corn stalk. Oh, I almost want to give it out. But I have one more clue to post tomorrow and no one has guessed it on my site yet either.
You can never have enough friends.
Please come and sit a spell with me at Life on a Southern Farm
http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 3:52:15 PM
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Sugar Cane?
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 3:53:15 PM
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Cotton?
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 4:20:43 PM
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Sorry Joy, it is not cotton either but you all have had some great guesses.
You can never have enough friends.
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http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 4:34:58 PM
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Tobacco? Flower Press?
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
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Edited by - Firemama on Feb 27 2008 4:35:51 PM |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 4:45:40 PM
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A bale of pinestraw?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 5:07:08 PM
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Yes! Alee! It is going to bale pinestraw. I don't know about other parts of the country but in the south we use lots of pinestraw for mulch. We planted about 20 acres of pinetrees when we moved here almost 15 years ago. They now have enough pinestraw under them to rake and bale. Hopefully we can bale enough to sell and help make a good dent in the property tax for next year.
Thanks everyone for taking time to guess. And Alee, how did you know?
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http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 5:19:50 PM
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I looked through your blog and saw the pile of pinestraw that you used for your raised gardens. Once it was established that you were bailing something and not something that is a grass based straw, I guessed that was it! :D
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
571 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 06:51:50 AM
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| what a fabulous idea! we live in south carolina on 7 acres surrounded by pine trees and even on this smaller piece of land we feel like we get burried in the stuff! good going and i hope you make lots of extra cash!! |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 07:38:54 AM
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Yay!!! Good Job, Alee!!! I probably wouldn't have guessed Pine straw. Not something we have in the Bluegrass, but sounds like a great idea! I was told, though, by an heirloom apple farmer NOT to use pine mulch around apple trees...too acidic. I sure hope that it helps you with your costs--anything to make some extra!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 08:32:39 AM
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So by pine straw, do you mean all the pine needles that fall off the pine trees? Excuse my ignorance, but we don't have pine trees in western WA. And if that is what it is - what do people use pine straw for? I'm really interested because we have 20 acres of pine trees in Montana and I didn't know there was any use for the needles. Someone told me not to put any on my garden because they were too acidic. Is that wrong? Thanks for the info!
Farmgirl Sister #98
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - Feb 28 2008 : 10:53:56 AM
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Yes, it is the pine needles that fall off. The pinestraw isn't recommended for a lot of fruits and vegetables but landscapers use pinestraw around shrubs and flowers. You see it around azaleas alot. Since we have long and usually very hot summers here mulch of any sort is in demand. If you have good clean(which means not leaves and sticks in the straw) you can get a good price for a bale. I hope tomorrow to have pictures of how the baler will work and the finished pinestraw bale. Thanks everyone.
You can never have enough friends.
Please come and sit a spell with me at Life on a Southern Farm
http://georgiafarmwoman.blogspot.com |
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