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drjeff

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Our soil is crappy too. I built a raised bed and we bought a bunch of 2 year seasoned manure from the local Dairy as well as some peat moss and garden soil from Lowes. I think we paid $15 for 3 100lb bags of the manure.

I'm lucky enough and have a good enough neighbor in my farmer, from who I buy alot of produce from each year, that when I need any manure for my garden all I half to do is hook the yard cart upto my lawn tractor and drive down the road to the farm where he'll fire up the bobcat and fill up the yard cart for me free of charge! Just another advantage of living in a small, rural town :)
 

Moe Ghoul

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Our soil is crappy too. I built a raised bed and we bought a bunch of 2 year seasoned manure from the local Dairy as well as some peat moss and garden soil from Lowes. I think we paid $15 for 3 100lb bags of the manure.

Sounds like a good blend. Mine are raised as well about 15" above ground so I have a solid couple feet for root structure. I added manure and peet that I picked up at a local garden spot on the cheap.
 

Moe Ghoul

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I'm lucky enough and have a good enough neighbor in my farmer, from who I buy alot of produce from each year, that when I need any manure for my garden all I half to do is hook the yard cart upto my lawn tractor and drive down the road to the farm where he'll fire up the bobcat and fill up the yard cart for me free of charge! Just another advantage of living in a small, rural town :)

That's a nice deal. Only thing free from our city is cooked sewer sludge. I have to drive to another county to load up with free organic material like soil and mulch.
 

drjeff

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That's a nice deal. Only thing free from our city is cooked sewer sludge. I have to drive to another county to load up with free organic material like soil and mulch.

I just need to remember to bring the nose plugs with me when I pick up a load, as my yard tractor pulling a couple of hundred pounds of manure uphill isn't exactly the quickest of rides, especially when you're sitting about 2 feet away from a freshly dug up scoop of it! ;)
 

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I just need to remember to bring the nose plugs with me when I pick up a load, as my yard tractor pulling a couple of hundred pounds of manure uphill isn't exactly the quickest of rides, especially when you're sitting about 2 feet away from a freshly dug up scoop of it! ;)

Curiously, I don't mind the smell of a freshly fertilized field. Something earthy and farmy about it.
 

drjeff

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Curiously, I don't mind the smell of a freshly fertilized field. Something earthy and farmy about it.

I don't mind the smell when the "poop flinger" as my 4 1/2 year old daughter calls it :), does the fields in the early spring/late fall as while they're close to my house they're also far enough away that there is *some* air dilution, but when you're sitting 2 feet away from a fresh steaming pile of it, that's takes the smell factor to new levels!

Right now I'm just post whoring and waiting to see if my business partner will successfully be able to remove a portion of broken tooth from the patient he's working on, or if he'll ask me to lend a hand(let's just say that taking teeth out isn't his favorite thing to do)
 

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Right now I'm getting ready to head down into the basement on hop on the excerise bike for an hour "ride to nowhere":rolleyes:
 

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Just watching the sportscast on the 11PM news, then its a quick shower to clean off the sweat/salt that I'm coated with after my hour on the excercise bike, and then its off to bed. Big day tommorrow, I've got to take out every last one of one of my 20 something year old patients teeth :eek:
 

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Just watching the sportscast on the 11PM news, then its a quick shower to clean off the sweat/salt that I'm coated with after my hour on the excercise bike, and then its off to bed. Big day tommorrow, I've got to take out every last one of one of my 20 something year old patients teeth :eek:

I'll never really get over that scene....
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severine

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Just got back from running continuously for 25 minutes!!!!!!!!! :D I'd say that's a vast improvement over my personal best of 16 minutes continuously prior to this. :D :D :D

I'm not a morning person, but that was worth getting up at 5AM for.
 

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Just got back from running continuously for 25 minutes!!!!!!!!! :D I'd say that's a vast improvement over my personal best of 16 minutes continuously prior to this. :D :D :D

I'm not a morning person, but that was worth getting up at 5AM for.

Way to go 25 minutes is a nice improvement !! Early am running is a great time fewer dogs on the loose. less traffic and COOLER

-- Keep up the GOOD work and you'll be running races in no time

Up early myself have Dr's appt @9 tehn if the rain stops going out to play 18
 

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Just finished washing dishes and now I need to pack. I can't believe how much crap I'll have to bring for just 2 nights away. 2 little ones who are in diapers end up needing A LOT of stuff when away from home! :eek:
 
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