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Reflection on Farm Work and Future Plans

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THE ROMANCE OF FARMING..WORK..DUST AND HAY..LOVING LIFE EVERY DAY!

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The farmer and his wife reflect on the hard work involved, discussing the hours spent on various farm tasks like mowing, baling, and raking their 25-acre field. They express satisfaction with laying out the hay before the upcoming rain, which will prevent further erosion by composting the hay and building biomass in the soil. They also mention future plans to plant fruit trees in the field, including fig and blueberry trees, highlighting the long-term vision for their farm. They emphasize the reality of farm work, which is often physically demanding and not always 'romantic,' but essential for maintaining the land.

Goal: Summarize the effort, purpose, and future benefits of the farm work

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  • Fruit trees — Future planting in the field

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so get a synthetic poly string if you can mrs. Stoney Ridge never gets on camera so I got to put her on the spot what do you think about working with hey you got to get the job done yeah yeah how many hours do you think I've spin out in this field right here working this year forty hours twenty sixty a lot probably 150 hours out in this field working this year I think that puts things into perspective a little bit more it takes about an hour per acre to mow and about a half hour per acre to bale in about 20 minutes per acre to rake it this is a 25 acre field lot it's a lot of work you ready to get itchy itchy here we go got a hump to go over here there we go [Music] well guys we got it done we got all their hay bales laid out well most of our hay bales laid out and we're wiped out and we're tired and the Sun is setting back here I'll get you a pretty shot at sunset we're just gonna hang out here with the dog woof got a little ear lick it's gonna hang out here with the dog and we thank you a whole lot for joining us thank y'all so come on back and see us here on the Stoney Ridge farm just thought we'd take a little bit of the romance out of the farm here and show you what it's like to roll out big old bales of hay to keep it from Washington we got rain coming later on this week and you wanted to get all this stuff out before it started washing let mother nature take its course and start to composting this hay and build some biomass in the soil right here so we have a nice pretty field hopefully come spring or by next fall you won't even be able to tell where the tractor trailers and stuff drove in and out of here so that's what we're sitting on is where the tractor trailers came in and out thanks a lot for joining us here on the Stoney Ridge farm got a beautiful sunset here hard day's work yep well worth it we got a bunch of fruit trees set out over here and tomorrow or the next day hopefully we'll be planting some fruit trees so we got about now I'm gonna say about 30 fruit trees to plant you know and we got fig trees and blueberries and all kinds of good stuff so thanks a lot guys come on back and see me and mrs. Stoney Ridge here on the farm and I appreciate you alright [Music] we had some ways opposed to me stone Tyrion oh my lord I love a black lady oh yes

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