Using the Green Giant Arborvitae To Block Windmills: Green Giant Arbs and Windmills…..Plant Arbs to block the wind and the action of windmills.

Our farm, Highland Hill Farm, is located in solid clay. We therefore like plants that grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, NOT well-drained soils. One of the arborvitae, the Green Giant,a hybred of the Western Redcedar Tree, or botanically, the Thuja Plicata, is our favorite tree to help block the effect operation of unsightly windmills. This is a great choice for the areas effected by windmills. Here is why: It is deer resistant, ez to plant, fast growing, and will help block the flow of air that must be available to operate windmills. Low or reduced air flow blocks the operation of windmills reducing noise and flicker of the mills. In addition wind mills that are not operating can not kill birds.

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young. These conditions are generally found near wind mills.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastern Pennsylvania. This tree can reach 120 feet in some locations. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage. This makes it a great choice for windmill mitagation.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. Since this tree grows fast and tall, it is sould be your first choice in plant mitagation selection. Not only visually, but there height can interfer with windmills catching the free flow of air by upsetting the wind patterns. It only takes a small decrease in wind velocity to stop some windmills as they do require a minimum operational windspeed to turn on. Small decreases in wind velocity on sites can render windmills unprofitable. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. Being evergreen, they will block windmills all year round. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves while helping to hide windmills.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren and for sure the windmills. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arborvitae is hypersensitivity to salt.

If a windfarm comes to your area, you will need the fast growing Green Giant. You will want to protect your property from these Eagle chopping, bird and bat killing machines. Another major problem of windmills is a problem called shadow flicker. “Shadow flicker” - the effect of the sun shining at a low angle through the moving blades, which means they might have to be shut off at sunset and sunrise if built near houses or if a house is built near a windmill. This is an effect that wind farm operators try not to talk about. Public officials who want the tax dollars that are extracted from windmills fail to address this issue because less hours of operation means less tax dollars will be available. Public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You may not get any compensation to boot. You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located with 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda.

Please call all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

Here are their Email addresses:

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com)

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. Thanks, Bill Hirst

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

Bill’s web site and farm specializes in The Green Giant Arborvitae…He is located in Doylestown and Milan Pa. Thbe web site is http://www.greengiantarbs.com

Report #A104 Using the Green Giant Arbor vitae To Block Windmills: Green Giant Arbs and Windmills…..Plant Arbs to block the wind.

Our farm, Highland Hill Farm, is located in solid clay. We therefore like plants that grow well in dense, heavy, rather impermeable, NOT well-drained soils. One of the arbor vitae, the Green Giant,a hybred of the Western Redcedar Tree, or botanically, the Thuja Plicata, is our favorite tree to help block the effect operation of unsightly windmills. This is a great choice for the areas effected by windmills. Here is why: It is deer resistant, ez to plant, fast growing, and will help block the flow of air that must be available to operate windmills. Low or reduced air flow blocks the operation of windmills reducing noise and flicker of the mills. In addition wind mills that are not operating can not kill birds.

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arbor vita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young. These conditions are generally found near wind mills.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastern Pennsylvania. This tree can reach 120 feet in some locations. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage. This makes it a great choice for windmill mitagation.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen. Since this tree grows fast and tall, it is sould be your first choice in plant mitagation selection. Not only visually, but there height can interfer with windmills catching the free flow of air by upsetting the wind patterns. It only takes a small decrease in wind velocity to stop some windmills as they do require a minimum operational windspeed to turn on. Small decreases in wind velocity on sites can render windmills unprofitable. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. Being evergreen, they will block windmills all year round. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves while helping to hide windmills.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren and for sure the windmills. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arbor vitae is hypersensitivity to salt.

If a windfarm comes to your area, you will need the fast growing Green Giant. You will want to protect your property from these Eagle chopping, bird and bat killing machines. Another major problem of windmills is a problem called shadow flicker. “Shadow flicker” - the effect of the sun shining at a low angle through the moving blades, which means they might have to be shut off at sunset and sunrise if built near houses or if a house is built near a windmill. This is an effect that wind farm operators try not to talk about. Public officials who want the tax dollars that are extracted from windmills fail to address this issue because less hours of operation means less tax dollars will be available. Public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You may not get any compensation to boot. You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located with 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda.

Please call all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

Here are their Email addresses:

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com)

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. Thanks, Bill Hirst

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

Bill’s web site and farm specializes in The Green Giant Arborvitae…He is located in Doylestown and Milan Pa. Thbe web site is http://www.greengiantarbs.com

The recent increase in media interest in personal identity theft has provided a reminder that company identity theft at Companies House is still a major problem for UK limited companies. These companies are being encouraged to proactively take action to deal with company filing fraud at Companies House. There are over two million company records held by Companies House which currently reports that of the five hundred thousand documents filed at Companies House each month, including company accounts, approximately fifty are identified as false.

Company hijacking at Companies House can involve:

The company directors are changed - Fraudsters file change in company director forms 288 to notify Companies House of a change to the company’s officers. These will either be stolen identities of real people or completely fictitious individuals pretending to be a company director. They will also notify Companies House that the company’s true officers have all resigned.

The companies registered office is changed - Fraudsters file a form 287, signed by a bogus company director, to change the company’s registered office to an address of their choice at Companies House. Once this is done, any communications from Companies House will be sent to the company at the new registered office, ensuring that the company itself doesn’t receive notifications from Companies House of any future changes.

Supporting documentation may be obtained - The fraudsters notify Companies House and effectively have the company under their control as far as third parties are concerned, as they appear to be the legitimate company directors. In order to give credibility in their subsequent dealings with third-parties, the fraudsters may request, for example, a Certificate of Good Standing from Companies House. This official document then confirms the status of the fraudsters as being the company directors.

As far as third parties are concerned, the fraudsters appear to have gained control of a company and appear to be the geniune company directors. This can include obtaining supporting documentation from Companies House and then approaching suppliers of high value, easily disposable, goods and placing orders apparently on behalf of the company, with delivery being made to the company’s “new” bogus registered office, which the fraudsters can obviously access.

In another case, the owner of a business was surprised to discover that the registered office of his family business had been changed from the address at which it had been located for the last hundred years. Even the company’s nameplate was stolen from the building where it was located.

Since April 2005, identified instances of company filing fraud seem to have leveled off below the peak, but are still at a relatively high historical level of approximately fifty incidents a month. The Metropolitan Police agree that a single filing fraud could cost £1 million and could very seriously damage the victim business.

One large part of the fraud is that the company itself doesn’t discover the changes at Companies House until the fraudsters have had time to complete their scam and then disappear.

Other frauds include setting up bogus companies, falsely adjusting company accounts and even stealing the identity of the auditor to ensure that these company accounts appear to be credible. A credit agency has recently revealed that nine auditors have had their details taken to approve a false set of company accounts over the last nine months. Another hundred sets of company accounts have been set up using completely fictitious auditor details over the same period.

Companies House now offers a protected on-line filing scheme (PROOF) where only mutually approved documents, including company accounts, are registered. Companies are also advised to use an online monitoring service advising companies each time a change of record has been made.

It is highly likely that the new Companies Act will create a new offence under which a person who knowingly or recklessly delivers or causes to be delivered to Companies House a document, including company accounts, that is misleading, false or deceptive in a material particular, will be liable to imprisonment for up to two years, or a fine, or both.

Phil Smith is the managing director of creditgate, one of the UKs leading and fastest growing online providers of business credit and company information. Before setting up creditgate.com two years ago, Phil was previously employed for over 20 years within the insolvency department of Pricewaterhousecoopers.

As an employee of famous fitness star Kathy Smith, personal trainer of many movie stars, and best selling author, it came to my attention of a few things that prevented Hollywood types from losing the weight they wanted. Here they are;

“Exercise Resistance” or ER means a conscious or unconscious block against participating in a regular active program. Studies show that some people have barriers built up from past experiences that give them a negative mindset toward exercise and food. In many cases, this prevents a person from starting or following through on an exercise program.

RESENTMENT

I thought the golden years were supposed to be filled with relaxing things to do, not more activities I usually put off before?
Not wanting to exercise is one thing, but resenting exercising can be paralyzing. There are only a small percentage of people that truly like to exercise. And most do it for a sport or profession. That’s usually not true for the average person.
Building up resentment toward exercise goes much deeper than just not liking the effort it takes to do it. Resentment brings out a rebellious attitude in us. “It is down right maddening that our bodies are aging and we can not do what we used to do!”
Every say or think that? We feel it and we see it happening right in front of our eyes. Inside, we are like children. We stomp our feet, cross our arms and say, “You can’t tell me what to do; I’ll show you.”
The sooner you accept the fact that exercise is going to have to be a part of the rest of your life, the more likely you will start — the more likely you will continue exercising. Resentment is usually fueled by his cousins: Denial, Pride and Laziness. The best thing to do is never let them play together. Resentment is a form of pride.

FAILURE

Why should I start exercising? I will not follow through–never have. It will be just another failure of mine.
The only failure is not starting. Success is not measured in numbers. It is measured in your growth through the process. Just because your track record may show some ups and downs has no bearing on your future efforts. Plus, your self-worth is not based on how many times you started an exercise program. Fear of failure is an excuse to never try.

PERFECTION

Why am I not doing this the way I know I can do this? I might as well not do it at all if I cannot do it right.
If you think for one second that you are going to be perfect in sticking to a plan, forget it. It’s not possible for anyone. The truth is you will never be perfect. Once you reach a goal, you will have another one. It’s a repetitive cycle, like running on a treadmill that will never stop. Perfectionism is an illusion.

COMPARISONS

Why does Jane look like she does and I have to work so hard at it. It does not seem fair!”
Life just isn’t fair, is it? For some, it seems effortless to look thin and feel healthy. These people may even do the exact workout plan as you and get totally different results than you do. For you, it is a constant trip to the dentist’s office. You dread it. You know it’s going to hurt, and it may even cost a lot in the end. You are right that it’s not fair, but that’s life. You need to get beyond this. Comparing yourself to others and your past is a losing battle.

EXPECTATIONS

Why is it so hard to balance my fitness goals and lifestyle?
Unless you have such paralyzing health problems that you can’t move, there is NO reason in the world not to get some form of exercise. However, you have to be smart about it and you have to be realistic in what you choose to do.
If your expectations are too high, you set yourself up for failure and then begin comparing yourself to others. In some cases, ER sets in before you even start. This is hurtful. Setting expectations that are too high is self-defeating before you even start.
Here is what I told them and I will tell you the same -

One out of three of you will break a bone. Half of you are on the verge of obesity and diabetes. A third of you will suffer a heart attack. Half of you will end up in a nursing home. And most of you are not living a life filled with confidence, good sleeping patterns, high energy or happiness. Why now? You tell me…why not now?
Do the math! Numbers do not lie. You either accept the road less traveled or you face the consequences. It’s just that simple. This may resemble a scare tactic, but the bottom line is this is your reality. If you think for one second you are exempt, above reproach, or just relying on luck or faith, think again. Your best defense is a good offense.
Why now? Resenting the need to exercise is a waste of energy. Never starting because you are afraid of failure is a copout. Striving to exercise perfectly is a bit unrealistic for anyone. Comparing your present condition with how you used to be is a losing battle. And setting expectations so high that your lifestyle prevents you from accomplishing anything is a “bad attitude ready to happen.”
Why now? Because these are all just plain excuses. The bottom line is, you will pay the doctor eventually if you allow any of the excuses to get the best of you. Exercising and eating right is the best thing you can do for your mind, body, and your heart. It will take work, but the benefits are priceless.

START LOSING WEIGHT THE RIGHT WAY FOR GOOD TODAY! To Get Your FREE MINI COURSE Click Here NOW And Discover the common sense way to lose weight with out dieting that the doctor’s DON’T want you to know. Greg Ryan is a best selling author, former employee of Kathy Smith, and high profile fitness expert.

About the Author

This article was provided courtesy of Greg Ryan and Resolutions. Greg is a high profile fitness expert, author, and former employee of Kathy Smith. For more information on how Greg’s programs can help you lose weight quickly and easily… Click Here

If you shoot an eagle you will go to jail, but it is legal to chop them up with a windmill? Why? No Matter how much Wall Street or investors loves wind power or wind farms, the Windmills kill birds. The windmills are not bird friendly. There is not much love by green groups of this killing. This is a fact that is well documented. The real question is what will and can windmill operators do about the bird kill problem?

Here is a proposal. Mandate legislation that would fund bird banding with transmitters that would deactivte windmills if a bird enters a windmills area. Thus target species such as endangered Eagles and Hawks could be outfitted with a transponder that would protect the birds. Birds with high population such as Canadian geese may not need banding. If an Eagle were to nest on my property, the government would create an Eagle protection zone for the nesting pair to protect the Eagles nest. If my property rights can be abridged to protect an Eagle, then certainly a windmill can be turned off to protect the Eagle from a rotor collision.

Windmill operators would be reluctant to place windmills in areas where birds could turn off the rotors. It is a simple game of cost vs. return. Areas of high bird density would be less valuable for wind enegry production.

You may wonder why I am interested in this problem. Here is why:

When my son Jamie was 18 years old he had been planting trees on a field of ours for 3 years. His project was to use 5 acres of seedlings which he propagated to grow trees. As he trees grew he saved a down payment and used it to buy a larger tract of land. By the time he was 18 he had enough for a down payment on a $60,000 track of land which is 160 acres in size located in Herkimer NY. Using a morgage he financed the deal. It was his first farm that he bought. Gung ho, he grew and tended the trees that he planted. As they grew to marketable size he sold them off by finding buyers and delivering and planting these trees to pay for the farm. Today he is 24 years old and owes about $20,000 on the farm. Farming and tree work is not easy. It is long hours and hard labor. He has pride in his accomplishment. He did this while going to college and graduating with a degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley college.

We now have found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County, NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. Because of new zoning restrictions which are being placed on the property, he will not be able to use the land for its intended use. To set up a residence and nursery on the land. There will be what is called a 1250 foot setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properties best building site is in that exclusion zone. The wind mill will be on the neighbors property. We have no problem with the wind mills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. The politicians have forgotten and age old property right exists. That is in order for the wind mills to work, they must change air patterns. These changes effect the free flow of air to to from properties. In order to do that, they need an easement. They have no rights to alter the course of a stream or water run off on to an adjacent property and they have no right to do the same with the air. Land rights include air rights. These windmill operators must not take away our property rights or they may assume ownership through adverse possession.

It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build within 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built within 1250′ of an existing house or adjacent property? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda. How would they like to be trashed? There is a need for better standards about where the big windmills should be built, both to limit their impact on local communities and help prevent more disputes over the future our skyline. My sons property will be surrouned by windmills on three sides. If there are sounds coming on the property from three sides at once and the noise level is dangerous we will bring legal action against all parties that are respondsible for any of this noise pollution.

Please call and or email all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande - District 1 Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler - District 2 Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - District 7 Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - District 8 Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - District 9 Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - District 10 Phone: 315-429-9433

Vincent J Bono - District 11 (vchenzo@aol.com or bonobrothers@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-4334

J. Keith Davy - District 12 (jkdavy@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-3109

Bernard Z Peplinski Sr. - District 13 (pepb@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-822-6974

Dennis Korce - District 14 (korce@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-2375

Patrick E Russell - District 15 (perussell@frontiernet.net) Larry Barton - District 16 Phone: 315-429-9544

Bruce Weakley - District 17 (weakleyb@adelphia.net) Phone: 315-826-3899

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. We hope to avoid the need for legal action but will hold public officials accountable for the wind farm if it is built. In the mean time, would you please email or call these public officials and help in the defence of our land? Thanks, Bill Hirst

State Official to call:

NYS Governor

George E. Pataki
Executive Chambers, Albany, NY 12224
Phone: 793-2535 (Regional Office - Utica)

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NYS SENATOR, 51st DistrictJames L. Seward
Room 917, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-3131
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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NYS ASSEMBLYMAN, 117th District
Marc W. Butler
Room 318, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5393
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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US SENATOR
Charles E. Schumer
229 Dirkson Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6524

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US SENATOR
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Suite 6, SDB 40, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4451

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US CONGRESSMAN, 24th District
Sherwood Boehlert
2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515
DO: Alexander Pirnie Bldg., 10 Broad St., Utica Phone: (793-8146)
Phone: 202-225-3665 Toll Free: # 1-800-235-2525

About the Author

Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

You may have heard that playing in single table sit and go tournaments requires due patience to wait for solid starting hands. The concept here is that when you do get a big hand - that is when you are going to double up, thus working your way into the money.

If you have played any more than a few sit and go tournaments, you must surely be aware that the above scenario rarely works out to the point where you can consistently make money. If you have one implied overall strategy for all sit and go tables, you will be leaving money on many of those tables for your competitors.

Each sit and go table has its own persona and chemical make-up unlike any other. You could even have the exact same players, sitting in the exact same position at two different tables, and have a remarkably different jive and outcome.

This all begs the question of how to adjust and take into account these different factors. In consequence, it is still prudent to play conservatively during the early rounds, but consider this quiet time as your profiling session. Some software, like holdem indicator and poker prophecy can help you with this but you can speed things up as well, by carefully watching each hand, and the hole cards of your opponents. You can do this by checking the hand history, but holdem indicator actually retrieves that information for you automatically.

If you see one player limping in early position with J8s, then calling a late position raiser, you have a fair idea immediately, that he is an elephant or maybe even a monkey. If by the 3rd hand in you have AJos in late position, and the board shows 2h Js 6c and you are heads up against that same player, there is simply no need to be patient here, I would run him to the river trying to get as many of his chips as possible. In this case, a blanket, one-size-fits-all strategy would have cost you opportunity chips as you wouldn?t even have even come in with a hand like AJos in the early rounds.

This doesn?t mean you have to completely abandon a tight strategy, but it does mean that you must use the early rounds to identify opportunities. Opportunities can arise in a number of ways besides hand strength. Where position and profiling are considered, your timing is critical, but the early stages often present cheap flop situations with hands like suited connectors, Ace and King X suited, and 2 paint cards.

When playing hands like these, you should be in late position or at an obvious tight table, and the flop should work well for you. Most importantly, you need the inner strength and patience to get away from the marginal hands in the early stages of a tournament. So getting in cheap is one thing, getting out cheap is quite another. The point here is, keep your options open and look for opportunities outside of any strict formula you have been following.

Our public officials can take away your rights with a pen like a packman, a bit at a time. You will not get compensation to boot. You can forward your trash emails to these officials. Do you think they want to hear from you? You can call them and tell them that their job is to protect your rights not take them away. Please help us save our farms value. They don’t expect to be called. That is why you must do it. They remember the personal calls. Read this call to action and Help Us. May be they will become a trash bin for your junk emails.

We just found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. There will be what is called a 1250′ setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properety will be in that zone. The windmill be be on the neighbors property. We have no problem with the windmills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build with 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built allowed to be located within 1250′ of an existing house? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda. How would they like to be trashed? There is a need for better standards about where the big windmills should be built, both to limit their impact on local communities and help prevent more disputes over the future our skyline. My sons property will be surrouned by windmills on three sides. If there are sounds coming on the property from three sides at once and the noise level is dangerous we will bring legal action against all parties that are respondsible for any this noise pollution.

Please call and or email all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande - District 1 Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler - District 2 Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - District 7 Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - District 8 Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - District 9 Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - District 10 Phone: 315-429-9433

Vincent J Bono - District 11 (vchenzo@aol.com or bonobrothers@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-4334

J. Keith Davy - District 12 (jkdavy@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-3109

Bernard Z Peplinski Sr. - District 13 (pepb@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-822-6974

Dennis Korce - District 14 (korce@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-2375

Patrick E Russell - District 15 (perussell@frontiernet.net) Larry Barton - District 16 Phone: 315-429-9544

Bruce Weakley - District 17 (weakleyb@adelphia.net) Phone: 315-826-3899

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. We hope to avoid the need for legal action but will hold public officials accountable for the wind farm if it is built. Thanks, Bill Hirst

About the Author

Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

Windmills kill birds. This is a fact that is well documented. The real question is what will and can windmill operators do about the bird kill problem?

Here is a proposal. Mandate legislation that would fund bird banding with transmitters that would deactivte windmills if a bird enters a windmills area. Thus target species such as endangered Eagles and Hawks could be outfitted with a transponder that would protect the birds. Birds with high population such as Canadian geese may not need banding. If an Eagle were to nest on my property, the government would create an Eagle protection zone for the nesting pair to protect the Eagles nest. If my property rights can be abridged to protect an Eagle, then certainly a windmill can be turned off to protect the Eagle from a rotor collision.

Windmill operators would be reluctant to place windmills in areas where birds could turn off the rotors. It is a simple game of cost vs. return. Areas of high bird density would be less valuable for wind enegry production.

You may wonder why I am interested in this problem. Here is why:

When my son Jamie was 18 years old he had been planting trees on a field of ours for 3 years. His project was to use 5 acres of seedlings which he propagated to grow trees. As he trees grew he saved a down payment and used it to buy a larger tract of land. By the time he was 18 he had enough for a down payment on a $60,000 track of land which is 160 acres in size located in Herkimer NY. Using a morgage he financed the deal. It was his first farm that he bought. Gung ho, he grew and tended the trees that he planted. As they grew to marketable size he sold them off by finding buyers and delivering and planting these trees to pay for the farm. Today he is 24 years old and owes about $20,000 on the farm. Farming and tree work is not easy. It is long hours and hard labor. He has pride in his accomplishment. He did this while going to college and graduating with a degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley college.

We now have found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County, NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. Because of new zoning restrictions which are being placed on the property, he will not be able to use the land for its intended use. To set up a residence and nursery on the land. There will be what is called a 1250 foot setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properties best building site is in that exclusion zone. The wind mill will be on the neighbors property. We have no problem with the wind mills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. The politicians have forgotten and age old property right exists. That is in order for the wind mills to work, they must change air patterns. These changes effect the free flow of air to to from properties. In order to do that, they need an easement. They have no rights to alter the course of a stream or water run off on to an adjacent property and they have no right to do the same with the air. Land rights include air rights. These windmill operators must not take away our property rights or they may assume ownership through adverse possession.

It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build within 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built within 1250′ of an existing house or adjacent property? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda. How would they like to be trashed? There is a need for better standards about where the big windmills should be built, both to limit their impact on local communities and help prevent more disputes over the future our skyline. My sons property will be surrouned by windmills on three sides. If there are sounds coming on the property from three sides at once and the noise level is dangerous we will bring legal action against all parties that are respondsible for any of this noise pollution.

Please call and or email all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande - District 1 Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler - District 2 Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - District 7 Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - District 8 Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - District 9 Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - District 10 Phone: 315-429-9433

Vincent J Bono - District 11 (vchenzo@aol.com or bonobrothers@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-4334

J. Keith Davy - District 12 (jkdavy@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-3109

Bernard Z Peplinski Sr. - District 13 (pepb@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-822-6974

Dennis Korce - District 14 (korce@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-2375

Patrick E Russell - District 15 (perussell@frontiernet.net) Larry Barton - District 16 Phone: 315-429-9544

Bruce Weakley - District 17 (weakleyb@adelphia.net) Phone: 315-826-3899

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. We hope to avoid the need for legal action but will hold public officials accountable for the wind farm if it is built. In the mean time, would you please email or call these public officials and help in the defence of our land? Thanks, Bill Hirst

State Official to call:

NYS Governor

George E. Pataki
Executive Chambers, Albany, NY 12224
Phone: 793-2535 (Regional Office - Utica)

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NYS SENATOR, 51st DistrictJames L. Seward
Room 917, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-3131
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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NYS ASSEMBLYMAN, 117th District
Marc W. Butler
Room 318, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5393
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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US SENATOR
Charles E. Schumer
229 Dirkson Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6524

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US SENATOR
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Suite 6, SDB 40, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4451

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US CONGRESSMAN, 24th District
Sherwood Boehlert
2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515
DO: Alexander Pirnie Bldg., 10 Broad St., Utica Phone: (793-8146)
Phone: 202-225-3665 Toll Free: # 1-800-235-2525

About the Author

Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

Windmills kill birds. This is a fact that is well documented. The real question is what will and can windmill operators do about the bird kill problem?

Here is a proposal. Mandate legislation that would fund bird banding with transmitters that would deactivte windmills if a bird enters a windmills area. Thus target species such as endangered Eagles and Hawks could be outfitted with a transponder that would protect the birds. Birds with high population such as Canadian geese may not need banding. If an Eagle were to nest on my property, the government would create an Eagle protection zone for the nesting pair to protect the Eagles nest. If my property rights can be abridged to protect an Eagle, then certainly a windmill can be turned off to protect the Eagle from a rotor collision.

Windmill operators would be reluctant to place windmills in areas where birds could turn off the rotors. It is a simple game of cost vs. return. Areas of high bird density would be less valuable for wind enegry production.

You may wonder why I am interested in this problem. Here is why:

When my son Jamie was 18 years old he had been planting trees on a field of ours for 3 years. His project was to use 5 acres of seedlings which he propagated to grow trees. As he trees grew he saved a down payment and used it to buy a larger tract of land. By the time he was 18 he had enough for a down payment on a $60,000 track of land which is 160 acres in size located in Herkimer NY. Using a morgage he financed the deal. It was his first farm that he bought. Gung ho, he grew and tended the trees that he planted. As they grew to marketable size he sold them off by finding buyers and delivering and planting these trees to pay for the farm. Today he is 24 years old and owes about $20,000 on the farm. Farming and tree work is not easy. It is long hours and hard labor. He has pride in his accomplishment. He did this while going to college and graduating with a degree in horticulture from Delaware Valley college.

We now have found out that there is a large wind mill farm being placed near our son’s property in Herkimer County, NY. He will probably lose future uses of his property. Because of new zoning restrictions which are being placed on the property, he will not be able to use the land for its intended use. To set up a residence and nursery on the land. There will be what is called a 1250 foot setback requirement that means there will be no new devolopment within that zone. His properties best building site is in that exclusion zone. The wind mill will be on the neighbors property. We have no problem with the wind mills on the neighbors property, just don’t take away our property rights because of the neighbors use of his property. This amounts to a taking without compensation. I would call this legislative conmdenation. The politicians have forgotten and age old property right exists. That is in order for the wind mills to work, they must change air patterns. These changes effect the free flow of air to to from properties. In order to do that, they need an easement. They have no rights to alter the course of a stream or water run off on to an adjacent property and they have no right to do the same with the air. Land rights include air rights. These windmill operators must not take away our property rights or they may assume ownership through adverse possession.

It can happen to you. Bit by bit our public officials use zoning to suit their needs, not to protect ours. If one should not build within 1250′ of a wind mill why is a wind mill allowed to be built within 1250′ of an existing house or adjacent property? The answer is simple, the public officials don’t care about the citizens, they only care about their private agenda. How would they like to be trashed? There is a need for better standards about where the big windmills should be built, both to limit their impact on local communities and help prevent more disputes over the future our skyline. My sons property will be surrouned by windmills on three sides. If there are sounds coming on the property from three sides at once and the noise level is dangerous we will bring legal action against all parties that are respondsible for any of this noise pollution.

Please call and or email all the following officals and tell them to stop supporting this project:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande - District 1 Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler - District 2 Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender - District 3 (dee525@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen - District 4 (missjeanie@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson - District 5 (jacksong@twcny.rr.com) Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - District 6 (diggerhend@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - District 7 Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - District 8 Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - District 9 Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - District 10 Phone: 315-429-9433

Vincent J Bono - District 11 (vchenzo@aol.com or bonobrothers@aol.com) Phone: 315-894-4334

J. Keith Davy - District 12 (jkdavy@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-3109

Bernard Z Peplinski Sr. - District 13 (pepb@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-822-6974

Dennis Korce - District 14 (korce@ntcnet.com) Phone: 315-823-2375

Patrick E Russell - District 15 (perussell@frontiernet.net) Larry Barton - District 16 Phone: 315-429-9544

Bruce Weakley - District 17 (weakleyb@adelphia.net) Phone: 315-826-3899

Please Tell Them not to support this taking…Most concerns are centered on destruction of the vistas and a decrease in property values that will occur if the turbines are built. As farmers we cherish the beauty of our land and detest its destruction. We hope to avoid the need for legal action but will hold public officials accountable for the wind farm if it is built. In the mean time, would you please email or call these public officials and help in the defence of our land? Thanks, Bill Hirst

State Official to call:

NYS Governor

George E. Pataki
Executive Chambers, Albany, NY 12224
Phone: 793-2535 (Regional Office - Utica)

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NYS SENATOR, 51st DistrictJames L. Seward
Room 917, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
Phone: 518-455-3131
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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NYS ASSEMBLYMAN, 117th District
Marc W. Butler
Room 318, Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5393
DO: 235 N. Prospect St., Suite 101, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone: (866-1632)

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US SENATOR
Charles E. Schumer
229 Dirkson Senate Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-6524

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US SENATOR
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Suite 6, SDB 40, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-4451

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US CONGRESSMAN, 24th District
Sherwood Boehlert
2246 Rayburn House Office Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20515
DO: Alexander Pirnie Bldg., 10 Broad St., Utica Phone: (793-8146)
Phone: 202-225-3665 Toll Free: # 1-800-235-2525

About the Author

Bill Hirst has been growing plants on his 200 acre farm in Bucks County for 30 years. His web sites are http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com Sign up for Bill’s newsletter at http://www.seedlingsrus.com/123456signup.html

A legal means of killing endangered species has been found by NY State officials: Use Wind Power.The Perfect Killing Machine Our Government supports. The well documented problems with windmills and bird kills( see http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/avian_bibliography.html ) and has widely been reported ( see http://www.ncpa.org/studies/renew/renew2d.html ). There are many web sites that can be obtained from a google search that I did such as this site: http://www.windaction.org/articles/c36/ .

I believe that in the case of the planned mills in Fairfield NY, many eagles and hawks will be killed. Most birds will be killed by the rotors. Their numbers and type will be determined by the number of rotors their average wind speed. and the location they are placed in flyways. You can encourage your public officals by CALLING AND EMAILING THEM RE WIND PROJECTS IN NY. Please call all the following officals and tell them YOUR TRUE FEELINGS ABOUT KILLING ENDANGERED SPECIES and the needless killing that will occur by supporting these projects:

Number of Members: Claudine Grande Phone: 315-866-6886

Mildred S Wheeler Phone: 315-866-3209

Dolores D Walawender Phone: 315-866-0137

Jean E Maneen -Phone: 315-894-2034

Gary G Jackson -Phone: 315-894-2579

Leonard Hendrix - Phone: 315-894-3211

Robert Hyde - Phone: 315-866-1898

John L Brezinski - Phone: 315-732-6397

Peter F Manno - Phone: 315-894-5454

Raymond Smith - Phone: 315-429-9433

If these publisc officials are not told how you feel they will do it to others. Please call all of these officials today!!

On a Happier note why not visit Bucks County?

If your destination is Doylestown in Central Bucks County, you are in luck because our Fountainville farm is located 1 mile west of Doylestown Pennsylvania,( at 5275 W. Swamp Rd.) whose name is not at all derived from the many deer to be found (that would be too easy), was established, wa-a-a-y back in 1681 when the king of England, Charles II, owed one of his old admirals 16,000 pounds Sterling. (That’s about 4 million of our 2005 dollars.) For payment of the debt, it became the admiral’s son who was given a “tract” (a parcel, a piece) of land in “the New World,” on the northern continent of the western hemisphere before it got the name America.

When William Penn saw just the eastern edge of the 40,000 square miles he had gotten he was most pleased, understandably so, with a forest that seemed to never end. Dad’s woods, he thought, deciding to name the place where he would start a democratic sort of Quaker colony, Pennsylvania, Penn, -sylv (a Latin word root meaning “woods”), -ania (Latin suffix for “land”). So that’s why our home sounds like Count Dracula’s (Tran -sylv -ania, tran for “between,” as in, between the Carpathian Mountains and the old Principality of Wallachia in what is today’s Romania, there’s a land which is woods. Maybe Newfoundland should have been named Newfoundania? Naah.

William Penn established just three counties at first, all in the southeastern corner of his wooded land, all with names from mother England. Philadelphia County surrounded the original village there, Chester County was to the south, and Bucks County to the north.

In England, Buckinghamshire was, and still is, a county just northwest of London that forms an irregular rectangle running from the southeast at the edge of London, northwesterly. BUCKinghamShire, was shortened to Bucks in conversation. So William Penn named his land’s similarly sized, irregular rectangle county, which ran northwesterly from Philadelphia’s edge, Bucks County. Of course when you come to our farm be prepared to visit our county and experience its diverse culture and history.

When you come to visit us at Highland Hill Farm an interesting place to visit is always Haycock Mountain. It is a cooled 130-million year old “almost a volcano” that didn’t get to come out of the ground. It stayed below, but made the ground bulge upward, and the hot, liquid magma cooled to form coarse-grained “diabase” rock. Ayres’ Rock in Australia and Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower are world-famous examples of what is called a “laccolith.” Milk is “lacco” in Latin and “lith” means stone. Haycock Mountain is a laccolith, Buck’s County’s highest point at 959 feet above sea level.

Haycock Township surrounds the mountain. Haycock Elementary School is having their annual band concert at the nearby high school in the town of McLean on Tuesday, December 20, this year. You don’t think that Bucks County has a town named McLean? You’re absolutely right! Although there’s the Haycock Elementary School we know on Old Bethlehem Road (Route 212), there’s another one at the intersection of Haycock Road (Route 703) and Westmoreland Street, in McLean, Virginia just a few miles across the Potomac River west of Washington, D.C. Then, there’s Haycock Mountain, in the southwestern part of the state of Utah, not to be confused with Haystack Mountain, Utah. Haycock Mountain, Alaska deserves mention, as well as Haycock Mound in Kansas. “What’s in a name?,” Shakespeare observed over 400 years ago.

So you get the point; haycock is a common word, but just what is a “haycock?” Before the days of baling machines, cut grasses for “haying” were spread out in the sun to dry (”gotta make hay while the sun shines”) and then collected to be taken to where it would be stored. That dome-shaped mound, that pile, that heap, that stack of hay, will have a rounded top exactly like our Haycock Mountain in Bucks County.

If there’s no barn with a “mow” (pronounce it like Chairman Mao) to store the hay out of the rain and snow, an extra large haycock can be piled up and this “hayrick” will have a protective outer layer of hay that will be used for bedding the farm animals, or for composting, etc. If a roof set on poles can be created to cover the hayrick, much less of the hay will have to get wet and subsequently rot… So there’s a Hayrick Mountain in Texas and another Hayrick Mountain in Oregon. What’s in a name? Try, Highland Hill Farm? And guess what we Raise? Highland Cattle and Nursery stock. Our most popular tree is the Green Giant arborvitae. Here is why:

The hardiness zone the Green Giant Arborvita tolerates is from zone 5 to zone 8. That’s where extreme cold temperatures get down to a temperate level of about 15 or 20 degrees in the winter (Zone 8), but also as low as a frigid level of 15 or 20 degrees BELOW zero (zone 5). Green giants are evergreens, being cedars. Their rapid growth rates can in ideal conditions reach 3 feet per year. Site requirements for the Green Giant Arborvita are sun to partial shade, moist well drained soil preferred (but still does well in clay), and protection from wind, at lest when young.

The Green Giant is a beautiful tree. It has an aesthetically fine form. It’s conical, being narrow to broadly pyramidal, reaching from 50 feet to 80 feet in height in southeastyern Pennsylvania. The width at the base of the cone is usually about 15 feet to 20 feet. The leaves are rich green making graceful foliage.

Green Giants make a superb privacy screen and living fences. They keep their foliage color year ’round, great for brightening bleak gray winter days with snow on the ground. The cinnamon bright red bark when young turn rich russet brown with time crating a strong contrast with the needle leaves.

Green Giants’ flowers, their fruit are pretty little light brown half-inch female cones. (Just so you know, Green giants are females, so its okay to call the cones pretty.) The Green Giant is also a wonderful shade tree, casting a dark, dense shade. The wood is strong too, once the tree is beyond its youth.

This is an arborvita that should outlive even your grandchildren. There are Green Giants out west documented to be over 300 years old. Just don’t plant these too close to the ocean, or roads in areas where there’s a lot of salt used for snow removal. If you get over 100 inches of snowfall and more per year, no roadside Arborvita planting where salt is used, PLEASE. The greatest soldier of ancient Greece in the Trojan war had his one little weak spot, what proved to be a fatal flaw, and the “Achilles Heel” for Green Giant Arborvitas is hypersensitivity to salt. If you plants this Arborvitas just keep away from the splash of road salt and it will make a great living fence.

Trades Wanted: By the Farm Trader Of Bucks County

Our nurseries, farms, and ranches are always in need of all sorts of used items. We are always looking to trade for items that we might be able to use in our operations. We believe that the best way for us to obtain needed supplies is to have a hardware store approach to inventory for our operations. We want to have all sorts of materials on hand and at many of our locations to supply a lower cost source of materials for the operations. This means we buy in bulk, and accept used or items that need repairs. We have the ability to fabricate some of our own equipment so that means we will collect salvaged iron, metal pipe, and construction materials. We build our own additions and do our own renovations to our properties so used constructions materials are wanted. I am color blind so colors don’t matter. Roofing shingles need not match, only protect.

We are always looking for used power equipment and tools. It is easier to have tools on site than to carry needed tools to some of our remote operations. Thus we want all types of machinery. We can modify and repair items and thus condition of the item may not be suitable for your needs but great for ours.

Do you have rolls or partial rolls of barbed wire or woven wire? Fence supplies, electric chargers, fencing tools, gate, posts…. We can trade. See http://www.seedlingsrus.com/TradesWanted.html

We are also interest in collecting rocks and boulders that we can sell at our nurseries. Wall stone and old building foundations are great sources of rock and stone. Why throw it out we may be able to recycle it? You may also have left over pavers and flagstone. We again are interested in them.

We have a store in Milan Pa that sells used items from furniture to farm equipment. There is virtually no item that is reusable that we can’t sell or recycle for you. See http://www.seedlingsrus.com/MilanHirst.html

We are not a one way street. We have thousands of plants from seedlings and liners to 20′ trees. We grow trees, plants, and shrubs in Fountainville and Milan Pa. See our web site for details on plants that we carry. http://www.seedlingsrus.com

Do you like to hunt? We have lots of recreational sites on our farms and ranches. See http://www.seedlingsrus.com/recreationalops2.html for information on hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, arrowhead hunting, bird watching, bone hunting and meteorite hunting on our ranches and farms. Maybe you could just help us by transporting items from one farm and ranch to another.

So when are you coming to visit Bucks County?

http://www.zone5trees.com , http://www.highlandhillfarm and http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.greengiantarbs.com

About the Author

James Ryan has a large nursery in Bucks County Pa near Doylestown. He has thousands of Green Giants and writes about there uses. His web sites include http://www.seedlingsrus.com and http://www.digatree.com/Living Fences