Ran into one of my territorial neighbor's posts

[Hay Dude]

On a similar note, there used to be a mushroom factory in the town just north of us. I had to pass it daily on my way to the little airport I worked at up there. They used a lot of manure in rows about 10' high by 10' wide by a hundred yards long. A big machine would straddle the rows and paddles would aerate the manure. When it was juuuuust right, some poor guy in a large open-station wheel loader got the job to take it one scoop at a time into row buildings where they grew the shrooms. WHOOOOEEEE! Was that ripe!

Thats a way of life and a billion dollar industry about 10 miles from me (Kennett Square & Avondale). Its known as the Mushroom capital of the World. Fortunately, Im well outside the "smell zone". :laughing:
I deliver 500-1000 tons of hay to them. They make those rows of mushroom compost to grow shrooms in. In fact, some companies make the mushroom soil and sell it to smaller mushroom growers who dont have the land & capital to make their own.

 

[Jstpssng]

One of my wife's good friends raises hogs on contract. They get them as little pigs and feed them up to a given weight, then turn them back in to the company that they contract with. Somewhere around 6000 hogs at a time. Yep... it stinks. :laughing:

I raise two every year, one for me and the other I sell to my vet, at cost. They are up in my field, about 1000 feet from the house. I wouldn't have it any other way. This year it was so dry that they didn't smell that bad, but lately we've gotten about 4 inches of rain. I've dumped about 2 yards of topsoil/composted stumps into their pen, and as much again into the turkey pen. Both may stink now, but should be great garden soil later. :thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Should have gotten some popcorn before reading.

 

[ovrszd]

Should have gotten some popcorn before reading.

You need to hone your thread title analysis skills. This one is definitely a popcorn thread!!!!

 

[Jstpssng]

You need to hone your thread title analysis skills. This one is definitely a popcorn thread!!!!

The giveaway should have been 8 pages posted in a day...

 

[Hay Dude]

You need to hone your thread title analysis skills. This one is definitely a popcorn thread!!!!

Butter, anyone? opcorntub:

 

[JethroB]

An old cabbage field. Like sauerkraut being made alfresco.

 

[two_bit_score]

At the farm many of the neighbors are casual about the property lines. Of course farm land isn't being used for anything useful. Have you noticed when neighbors are casual about property line it is to their advantage?

Chris

100% of the time.


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[MossRoad]

Thats a way of life and a billion dollar industry about 10 miles from me (Kennett Square & Avondale). Its known as the Mushroom capital of the World. Fortunately, Im well outside the "smell zone". :laughing:
I deliver 500-1000 tons of hay to them. They make those rows of mushroom compost to grow shrooms in. In fact, some companies make the mushroom soil and sell it to smaller mushroom growers who dont have the land & capital to make their own.

Yep. They mixed the poop with hay and let it sit. Then the mix it all up and let it sit some more. Repeat, repeat, repeat until it's ready for the barns.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yep. They mixed the poop with hay and let it sit. Then the mix it all up and let it sit some more. Repeat, repeat, repeat until it's ready for the barns.

Ours is a mix of hay, straw, water, horse manure, lime and topsoil. Sometimes poultry litter is used, too.