Tonight my two year old son said he wanted to help feed the animals so we headed out after dinner to take care of everyone. We fed Mario, our new Donkey, gave the cows a bale, fed the feeder pigs, and Mallory.
After feeding Mallory my son wanted to get in and pet the babies. Mallory has been a lot more protective of her little ones than the Pig and Pig Pig were so I got in and checked first. She has relaxed a lot now and didn't mind us being there so I got a few pics and he got to pet her and her little ones.
This is a new way to think of pigs in a blanket! With the deep straw bedding the bottom straw is moist and compacted so after a short time it starts to decompose. This creates a great deal of heat. To stay warm the babies, and the momma, will root down under the fluffy stuff on top and lay just above the warm layer at the bottom. Even on a zero degree day this system can maintain a temp of around 80 degrees under the fluffy straw keeping everyone nice and toasty warm.
Next I wanted to post a couple pics of a the entrance to our new Youngstown branch location. I have been helping the guys up there for a little over a week to get everything cleaned up, get a new parking lot installed, and get the sign up and landscaped around. The place looks pretty darn good and made an pretty amazing transformation in just a couple weeks! The guys working out of that location will finally have a great base to work out of and a place to be proud to call their own!
There is going to be a flagpole installed at a later date between the sign and the stone on the left of the picture above and below. Other than that it is all done. You will notice that the grass is very green and lush even though it is December 14th. That is because it is not real grass. We installed Foreverlawn here like we did at the Giant Eagle project in Alliance over the summer.
This will give us a very crisp clean look all year round with no maintenance other than to blow the dirt off along the road after snow season is over! If you look closely you will also notice that I was able to tuck the grass into all the crevices of the rocks. If this were real grass this would be a maintenance nightmare but with this product it just looks sweet!
The dealer, Doran Wengerd, who helped me with this install is the #1 installer in the country. He is based out of Hartville Ohio and does an awesome job. He has fully trained me on the installation so we can do it on our own whenever possible. It took almost a full day to get it cut in as trimming around the rocks is quite difficult. However, the results make it worth all the effort!
Kenny
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