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Feeding the birds

Posted by Sharkey

A lot of things are changing at the farm along with the season. For example, I discovered a long line of shiny barrels in the carport and I just had to know what they were for. I finally got Francesca interested in having a look and of course, we wanted to get in on the action. We later found out that the bird seed in the shiny barrels was brought over by a nice man named Jim Nordgren from the Bedford Audubon Society – we even heard that he was going to be on Martha’s show today!

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1 Francesca! Come into the carport and see all of these shiny new pails.

2 Honestly Franny! Stop scratching your back and come over here!

3 Oh, I see. These pails must be where all the wild bird food is stored. Martha likes to feed her feathered friends during the cold months.

4 Maybe we could help by filling some of the bird feeders.

5 I don't know - this scoop is kind of heavy.

6 Sharkey, I can't even reach this scoop. It's so far down. I think we're going to need some help.

7 Oh Gyurme - you make filling the feeders look so easy.

8 This looks like really good quality bird seed. There are so many large seeds and assorted nuts.

9 It even smells good. Gyurme, have you ever been tempted to eat the bird seed? Oh, I remember - you prefer cupcakes! Ha-ha!

10 Well Franny - another job well done. All the feeders are hanging and awaiting bird customers. And do you remember what also is attracted to bird seed? SQUIRRELS!!!!

Posted on November 17th, 2009 in Photo Galleries, Working | direct link to this entry |

Helping operate heavy machinery

Posted by Francesca

We heard Martha talking to Mike, the property manager, about when the tub grinder was going to arrive, and then finally, we heard that it was here. A tub grinder is an enormous machine that grinds up branches and logs and of course, we just had to take a look. We took the Kawasaki back to the compost yard, where we met Dan, working his excavator. He was moving piles around, getting them ready for the tub grinder and, of course, we wanted to help.

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1 This is Martha's compost yard and there's been some talk about grinding up all that wood over there.

2 Franny and I always like being in on the action and here we are in the cab of the big excavating machine.

3 Dan, the operator, was so nice to let us help him out.

4 Hey Dan, is this the joystick that controls the claw?

5 Oh, I see - depending on how I move these levers, the machine will go forward or backward.

6 Wow! I'm really getting the hang of this now!

7 Very good, Sharkey! You are handling this thing with great precision!

8 Egads! Look at the size of these tire tracks. There must be another big machine around here.

9 You're right, Franny. Those tracks were probably made by that huge tub grinder over there. That's what grinds up all the wood.

10 Let's climb up and take a look.

11 You go on, Sharkey - I think I'll stay right here.

12 Well look at that English bulldog logo! That must mean this is a Mack Truck. Pretty cool, but I think they should have used a French bulldog, instead.

13 You know, Franny, it's always an adventure learning about new things, but from what I recall, this tub grinder makes a lot of noise and I don't think we want to be here when it's operating.