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Nirvana 06-22-2010 11:16 AM

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The mint field

Nirvana 06-22-2010 11:19 AM

I would say corn will be planted after the 4 years.

TheMercenary 06-22-2010 11:24 AM

Is that the overhead center pivot irrigationwatering system in pic 1?

glatt 06-22-2010 11:26 AM

there seems to be a lot of space between the mint plants. Do you have to do anything about weeds?

jinx 06-22-2010 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 665436)
Thanks, Nirvana.

Any one else here farm?

I inherited a share of a dairy farm.
I don't like the cow milk though, trying to grow gas instead...

monster 06-22-2010 11:28 AM

do you have tenants/employees to run it, jinx?

jinx 06-22-2010 11:31 AM

Not much to run atm. It's me, my sis, my dad (who don't live there) and my uncle (who does). Uncle has some organic grass fed beefs hanging out until the gas crop is ready to harvest.

edit: We recently had the zoning changed to tree farm - lowered the taxes by quite a bit...

Nirvana 06-22-2010 11:56 AM

That is a pivot irrigation system.
This is the first year so this is called row mint and I took that photo on the edge of the field. By harvest there will be no more space.
The field is sprayed for weeds we had some volunteer corn in it earlier.

jinx 06-22-2010 12:20 PM

Couple pics of my place...

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../288640837.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../278779134.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../278780636.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../278792238.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../278792210.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL162.../278779131.jpg

glatt 06-22-2010 01:09 PM

Nice place, jinx. That's 6 miles east of my ancestral home (where my aunt lives now) and 4 miles east of the lake where I am a trustee of the family cottage. Real familiar looking scenery.

Nirvana 06-22-2010 01:20 PM

What is a gas crop?

lumberjim 06-22-2010 01:23 PM

glatt, this lake?
http://home.ptd.net/%7En3cvj/wallenpaupack.jpg

jinx 06-22-2010 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nirvana (Post 665492)
What is a gas crop?

Natural gas.

Nirvana 06-22-2010 01:46 PM

That is interesting, I wonder how its decided there is NG?
I wish we were the Clampetts :)

lumberjim 06-22-2010 01:58 PM

marcellus shale


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