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Londa
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Londa
Savona
NY
USA
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 Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 4:17:21 PM
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THis might sound shocking to you all, but when I was younger, I didn't live on a farm but there was a farm across the street. So I was over there alot and I remember waking up mornings to the smell of fresh spread cow manure. It never bothered me.
Now chicken manure is a different story!
I also remember helping to bring the cows in for milking and stepping in manure with my bare feet. Today you would never see me do that. But I smile at the memories.
I remember also, I always had to put chocolate in the fresh milk for it was so different than the milk I drank from the milkman. I use to call fresh milk from the cow..cow milk, and milk from the carten..city milk.
I use to love help cleaning out the barn. I still go to farm days around here where I live. I truly respect our farmer. So much work..and we need them to survive.
May God bless all of you farmers and your crops and stocks this year.
Nice chatting with you!
Love, Londa |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 6:15:10 PM
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yep....cow (or horse) manure is not a smell I mind one bit (well.....depends how close I am to the fresh stuff!!) but chicken manure is much more ...powerful..concentrated maybe.
My kids are so used to fresh milk that they think store milk tastes like chalk. I don't know. I don't have to ever drink it..they do have it at school sometimes.I love that you called it city milk.....that is perfect.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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mulegirl
True Blue Farmgirl
184 Posts
rosemary
cottonwood pass
co
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 8:27:22 PM
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Pig poop is the WORST! But I agree cow and horse manure are notoffensive and yea they evoke happy memories. We had a chicken house across from us growing up A big long no windows, factory -chicken house. It was awful when they cleaned it out once a month. Yuck. Imagine eating the chickens who came out of there a day beofre it was cleaned. That's why I won't eat store bought chickens unless they are organic free range!
Rosemary
smile, follow your heart and don't look back
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 9:24:53 PM
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Londa, it's so funny that you mentioned the cow manure. As DH and I were coming out of the muddy coral yesterday I told him this:
I really like the smell of cow manure, but, when it's mixed with water and mud and sits here not able to dry up for a couple of months, it sure does stink!
It is starting to slowly dry up around here a bit now. Soon it will be so tinder dry our soil will be like concrete.
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
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