Excellent idea Brenda.... I had thought of this before but haven't checked on it... I'd even be willing to make a donation in exchange for their assistance.. Good thinking girl! Thank you ... :-)** On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:18 PM, brenda <bgormley5@verizon.net> wrote: > Doug > Have you checked with your local fire dept to see if they need a training > day? Just a thought... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> > To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] Another weekend at da ranch... > > > > Eventually, I would love to do a controlled burn over this entire portion > > of > > the ranch in an effort to control weeds and prickly pear but right now, > > there isn't enough grass/weeds for a burn to be very effective. A > > controlled burn requires a permit and enough people on site to make > > certain > > the burn doesn't get out of control. I can't afford such nonsense. No > > doubt my controlled burn will be in small portions until I get the entire > > field burned.... I also have another 35 acre tract that needs a good > grass > > fire... No doubt I'll have more to write about as these events take > place. > > lol > > > > :-)** > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > > >> I can remember helping Daddy burn off a field that hadn't been planted > in > >> several years, judging by the bushes....We very young weren't expected > to > >> do much work, so it was fun for us....Spent most of our time hunting > down > >> the snakes and watching them keep squirming on the fire. We were in the > >> habit of killing ALL snakes because they'd scared us with stories about > >> the dreaded stinging snake..... > >> > >> After Dad died we were burning off a field and Mama said " I smell cloth > >> burning !You kids check your clothes !!! " Turns out she was wearing an > >> old pair of daddy's overalls and her rolled up pants leg was on > >> fire....Women didn't have pants/slacks of their own back then..dresses > >> all the way. Young girls could wear pants to school but I was told in > the > >> 7th grade that I was too old for that. I pled cold weather and walking > to > >> the bus...Didn't work... Jeannie T > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:15:55 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > >> > Last Friday morning, as we drove to the ranch, it was obvious that > the > >> burn ban had been lifted. Everywhere we looked, for miles around, we > saw > >> large plumes of smoke, which indicated that many ranches had one thing > >> on their minds... burning brush piles! The Dougster > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! > >> Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo > >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5e936d0b0f6em06duc > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >