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Yes, that would be the best for Tony. Down sizing a farm is difficult unless you are able to sell off the animals to another farmer. Tony could always make sausage out of the animals except the horses.
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So Charlie, how are the horses?” That opened the door to a discussion on enlarging the barn for goats. I was beginning to think these boys will make a farmer of me if I wanted to be one or not. The next words out of Tom’s mouth concerned expanding the garden. That led to a discussion concerning property lines. I told them I’d get a plot of the land, and we can have it surveyed. That opens the discussion of what we could do with the extra land. Tom said we should use the land to grow oats fo
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Yes, you might be right. I didn't really calculated the years when I wrote this. I think thee timing would be about that time
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No problem. I'm glad to add to the story
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That will be my next story
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Yep, Charlie will be very comfortable there and the boys have realized that the farm is home
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I'm sure Charlie had friends back home, but never a family. Now he has a family. Tony and his family more or less adopted Charlie
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I think Charlie will be busy keeping the cars and Tony's dad's tractors in good shape. There will be enough on the farm to keep Charlie busy. The sausages are overstuffed links
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Charlie is living on the farm, the boys built a room over the tool shed for him. When he returned to work on the Olds, he told Tony and the boys he was retiring. They encouraged him to come and live with them. I hope this helps.
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Two weeks later, they deliver my meat. I paid Uncle Angelo for the meat and started the salting process. This year Charlie would help as well as the boys. During Thanksgiving break, I started to cut and grind the meat. Charlie and the boys left to bring Charlie’s things back. I expected them to be gone for at least three weeks. I was surprised when they returned a week later. Looking at Brad, “I didn’t expect you for another two weeks.” “There wasn’t much to pack, so we thought we
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What a better world this would be if people accepted each other for who they are and not who they love.
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They are doing what they love and yes, they have been accepted by Tony's extended family as well as his Mom and Dad
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There are always those who hate the idea you are not as miserable as they are if you are single and they are married. Then there are those who are happily married and want you to be in the same relationship. All with the intent of getting you married to a woman or man. The key is getting you married. I have found best friends do not make a happy marriage. Do your own hunting, alone.
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A clutch are the eggs a hen is sitting on. You need to remove the hen, I'm sure you have heard the term 'mother hen' when it refers to a woman as she treats her children. Yes, it would be difficult to separate the boys from the farm.
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I wrote the story around Tony, the contents of the safe was to add to the history of the house. It seems that teh grandfathers didn't. have much faith in banks,.
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Yes, normally horses are in the paddock where there is room for them to walk around and graze. The once a week is to keep them trained on pulling teh carriage.
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I think it is a one with entourage deal. I don't think who ever Tony marries would toss out the boys. They do a lot of the work not he farm and Tony could never do it alone even with a wife.
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Yes, every Italian family I know had an adopted non-Italian that I would meet often when I visited.
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During the first week of the break, I spent time in the garden, with the horses and gathering eggs. I think I missed a clutch, and I noticed the day before the boys were due back, a few peeps in the yard. Mom and Dad came over on the weekend, and I spent Easter with them at their place. We made our usual Easter visit to our relatives. This seemed to be part of our holiday tradition. Mom had an Easter cake for everyone that we visited; that was a lot of cakes. I asked Mom if she wanted to de
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They will. Camping outdoors is always interesting. They will be hooked on it
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I don't think after all those boys went through they would be tempted by hairy bears. Come to think of it, I never seen a skinny bear or one with out hair.
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No we have jelly which is clear (made from the juice) and jam which contains the whole fruit. Animals can be a pest, not only rats, rabbits will do a good job on lettuce and other greens. I would have set all kind of traps after that. Mice I can tolerate to an extent, rats-no way
