Richard

Sunfish (Tony) and Mason stopped by this morning with a van full of plants to trade! We had a great visit, and they helped me remove two pups from my 1000 Fingers in a 15-gallon pot. They went away with 1 1000-F pup, an Osborne Prolific fig rooting, a Golden Globe Pomegranate rooting, and a jar of Apricot preserves. In return, I received a 6" high Dwarf Namwa TC, a Manzano banana, and a Sugarloaf Pineapple. Also Mason learned the art of eating berries straight off the plant.



Something else I noticed in a sort of grandfatherly way: Mason refers to Tony as his uncle, but Tony is also a saint in disguise.

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sunfish

Richard Thank You For The Plants And Tour. Mason Enjoyed Himself , And I Learned Alot In The Short Time. Thanks Again.

Dean W.

Sounds like that was some great trading!

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Chironex

Another great day in bananaland!

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mskitty38583

"we want to welcome you to na-na land....". sounds like yall had a great day! congrats on all the awesome trading!

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damaclese

its so nice to have friends you can talk dirt to heheheh Richard I'm going to be in your town this fall I'm going on vacation to dig pink trumalens ( sorry Spelling) at that place down there

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Richard

Love to see ya then. PM me when your time approaches.

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Mason

Richard, I had a great time when I came to your house. You have an anmazing backyard and a lot of plants.

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harveyc

Hey, I met Richard last month when I went down to do some "nursery hopping" and enjoyed those raspberries. I didn't bring plants to trade, just came to meet and get a tour, but Richard was kind enough to give me an Osborne Prolific also. Thanks Richard!

I must say that I think Richard has the steepest back yard I've ever seen in the city! He's done a lot of work to make it what it is and has more things planned.

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mskitty38583

did you need one of those mules to get from the front to the back? or did you have a moped? lol! richard has done an awesome job of scaping his yard. when the area is long and narrow it can be a challange to utilize the space and make it lok great! richard you have accomplished that...and did it well!

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harveyc

It wasn't hard to walk (hike?) up the hill to the far back, but I wasn't carrying anything either. To think about the times I'd need to carry up a bag of something, a potted tree, etc. is what could be challenging. The switch-back pathway to the top was wide enough for my little Kubota tractor/backhoe/loader I kept thinking. Pretty hard to justify getting something like that for a city lot, but I might just be tempted if I had Richard's place! If you got one, Richard, you might be able to do a sideline business of hiring yourself out for other jobs. My little backhoe is only 4' wide and can get into tight spaces and I often use it around my farm even though I have a large backhoe also. I once took my backhoe to my sister's to replace a sewer line. Someone who was driving by asked if I was for hire. Since that was 2 hours from my place, I declined.

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Richard

After about a year of using conventional wheelbarrows, I bought a motorized one with a hydrostatic transmission. It will haul 8 65-lb bricks or a full load of soils up or down the terrace switchbacks no problem!

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Dean W.

Very nice, Richard! I need to get another wheel barrow myself. Although that one would be to big for my place. I guess on a large hill that would be necessary.

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damaclese

Richard you are a better man then i i ues to have a front yard like your back i had to mowe it was 20 acr and all never do that agen i think the moterised willbaral is grate

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mskitty38583

tell you whats sad.....im a garden, flower and tree freak and had to borrow my dads wheel- boro( my dads from mi thats what he calls it). ive had it 6 months and he still hasnt gotten it back yet.(hes got 2 more so im not too worried!) lol. but he did give me the pitch fork i have. lol!

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harveyc

Richard, cheater! Here you had Jack and me all impressed with the work you had done and you never showed us the motorized wheel barrow! Okay, you still did a lot of work anyways. I never saw such a thing. Does the tub dump? Who makes it? My brother might need something like that, he's had back surgery and is still in terrible shape.

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Richard

Harvey, maybe you were distracted but I believe Jack noticed it when we were immediately behind my house next to the dirt-mixing pile.

I bought that 6 years ago from DR® Power Equipment. At the time it was the least expensive tool for the job. I don't know what is now. I would caution against a motorized wheelbarrow with standard mechanical gears and go with a hydrostatic transmission.

Yes, the payload section on mine dumps -- manually, you can purchase a power assist option which I've never needed. The upkeep has been minimal: last year I had to tighten the brake cable.

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harveyc

I was probably scheming on something or other! LOL

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microfarmer

I like the wheelbarrow lineup you have. I have one too. I picked up 1/2 dozen wheelbarrows from the various neighbors when we have neighborhood cleanups and the county picks up piles of trash from the street. Many people toss them out when the tire goes flat and they can't figure out how to fix it.

I also got from my work a Radio Flyer wagon, a dumping plastic tub wagon, and a 4 wheeled cart that folds up but will hold 2 large wheelbarrow loads. All for free!

I like to have more than one tool to move heavy objects. I'll sometimes be moving something heavy/bulky and need to move something else to put my first load there. The extra tools are handy. I also have 1/2 dozen ladders so I don't have to keep moving the one around, and 4 different hand trucks and assorted dollys for engines/transmissions/ transfercases/etc.

All were free. I even found one appliance moving dolly/hand truck in the middle of an intersection. While waiting for a light to change, I loaded it in the truck and took it home.

Tools are my friends!! Can you ever have too many tools?

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Dean W.

I used to use fix a flat for flat tires on the wheel barrow. Now I use the compressor.

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