Jason closes his journal... Thanks!! I love you!!

[Dace]

Sorry about the loss....that is a lot of money and hurts!
The trouble with employees is they are just no you....they do their best, but it isnt always up to your own standards

 

[Henrietta23]

Oh ouch! Sorry... that really does stink!
We've got bridges closed around here still too. No fun having to drive 8 miles out of the way to get 4 miles to my doctor's office.

 

[modern_pioneer]

Inspired to build a Gothic style mail box for a client, and it turned out to be very pretty and should last a few hundred years I should think. This piece headed to Italy will sit upon a 400 year old pillar outside of what once was a public bath house, than sometime in the 1700s it was turned into a house. The current owner, an Opera singer sent me a signed CD she just completed, this is her third CD. I thought it was a nice thing to do, although I must admit I am not big on on it personally.

Included is a close up of my personal stamp, if you see some copper items with this stamp you will know I made it.

I think it turned out very pretty?

Please don't ask what did this cost? As you might fall off your chair....

 

[modern_pioneer]

My mark, let me explain it to you.

The symbol is a J T F which are the first letter of each of my names first, middle and last put on top of each other. The diamond represents the the four levels of my apprenticeship.

 

[Wifezilla]

That is VERY nice!

"Steampunk" even!

 

[Dace]

Wow, that is gorgeous! How wonderful to know that it is going to go 'live' somewhere with such rich history! Very cool.

 

[justusnak]

WOW! Thats just BEAUTIFULL!!!

 

[dragonlaurel]

Very nice!

 

[modern_pioneer]

So the clay is going away and I added the alfalfa meal so it will break down and add much needed nitrogen to the soil in a cheap way.

I did something different with my onions this year, I am a bit scared to share it here right now, and after last years almost fab onion turn out I am sure it will work. I wanna see how they do before I share the new idea.

I got the green house up in less than 30 minutes, that was great!!

I will admit how sore I am this evening, I put 7 hours in working on/in the garden today.... Oh I am not complaining, better to be sore than to look at 3 feet of snow!!!

Happy Easter!!

ETA Please do something to clean up Mother Earth tomorrow. We are going to do a roadside pick-up....

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

alfalfa meal... hum.... great idea.

we busted out the lime yesterday...and then we busted our butts busting the hard pan on a never been plowed section. wowza!

our clay is starting to 'soil up' also.. thank heavens for all these critters and all their free compost! we have been adding a LOT of straw over the winter. this has seemed to help also. i havent been brave enough to add sand...

great work!