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There are many projects listed in our 5,10, and 15 year
plans. Successful completion of these goals depends not only on
financial support, but people working together to accomplish the various
tasks that lay ahead. These tasks range from the very detailed and
intricate to brut force labor.
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Conservation Practice: To help stabilize a bank, Rick Poore of
Streamwise, an aqua geomophologist, operates a excavator, placing
rocks strategically to the eroding bank. |
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Boy
Scout Troop #975: From Friday evening, May 18 through Sunday,
May 20th, boy scouts from #975 of Vacaville came for a 2 night
campout where several scouts earned their cooking badge. As a
community service to the Joyful Ranch Foundation, an orchard that
had just been grafted was cleared of branches cut in that process.
Among many activities, they also enjoyed a game of sticks and
eagles. |
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Walnut
Grafting Project: As a good agricultural practice, several trees
were grafted, using a Serr variety walnut That was grafted onto
either a Black Walnut base or a Paradox base. After all but one
branch removed from the tree, the graft is performed. As the graft
takes, the long branch is removed. |
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Cellar
Clean-out: The cellar of the main ranch house has been used for
many years to store home canned foods. The many cupboards were
filled with Mason jars containing fruit and vegetables "put-up" by
the family cook and Ethel's mother. Some of these old jars were
estimated to be over 40 years old. Volunteers pitched in to
clean out hundreds of old jars and tidy up the cellar. The
work continues. |
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Landscaping the yards: The main ranch house is surrounded by
beautiful gardens. Volunteers work tirelessly to maintain the
landscaping. On this afternoon the Pyracanthia bushes were removed
to make room for new verities of plants. |
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Interior Painting: As time and resources permit, the interior of
the main ranch house is being painted. This is a very large and
expensive project that is ongoing. Because of the special
skills required to reach the ceiling, the interior stairwell is
being repainted by professional painters. |
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