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    OVR/CPR Rail Trail

    in Main Clubhouse

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    I just looked at the " Ottawa Valley Rail Trail" FB page. They appear to be on the non-motorized side. Wait and see I guess. :unsure:

    Ottawa is extremely against motorized vehicles in down town core. I was once almost run over by a commuting cyclist. There cycling network Is massive though. Hopefully they will allow atv's and sleds access.

    A105Q Trail Closed

    in Club Ontario North

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    The Nith Valley Sno Surfers are your local club. Their meeting is the 3rd Wed of the month (this week) held at the Murf upstairs starting at 7:30 I believe. They are always looking for volunteers

    to help keep the clubhouse open on the

    weekends. Most of the trail work is long time

    finished. If that doesn't suit you there are a

    number of other clubs in close proximity that you

    have claimed to been a member of in the past. It

    doesn't matter what club you belong to. Just get

    out and help. Time to put up or shut up.

    I always enjoyed talking to Sean! Great leader for sure! Thought you stopped going to meetings, is your daughter still attending as well?

    A105Q Trail Closed

    in Club Ontario North

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    As part of the OFSC's More on the Snow initiative, new groomers are being purchased for every district. In return, each district is required to retire one old groomer. This particular trail

    sees the least amount of traffic, is the last to

    open in the district, and that particular groomer

    has racked up a lot repair costs.

    You think they would have a plain to keep a good old groomer from another club to keep key tourist trails open.

    A105Q Trail Closed

    in Club Ontario North

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    IQ The groomer was old and already cost them 2 grooming trips with the tow job etc. Not much traffic on that trail for the amount of work that had to be done

    Are you closed for good now too? I remember you stating you were going to put in apartments? How did that work out for you?

    WATERLOO ROD & GUN SNOWMOBILE CLUB WING DING

    in Club Ontario South

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    Pine is highly acidic and yes does require a huge amount of nitrogen to breakdown . Chicken poo has naturally occurring e-coli and salmonella. Can't see using chicken poo as any sort of fertilizer in a garden.

    Only should use composted chicken manure in a veggie garden. Needs at least three hit cycles to 150 F for 10 to 15 days per cycle. Then after the heat cycles are complete needs to compost down in a static pile for 3 months or so. Shavings everything takes longer, so I have just been selling it for now. I have a small 140 gallon insulated compost drum, I just bought in November. I have been putting daily mortalities in it. Heats to 150 F in a few days and stays there until I stopped adding birds and shavings. Three weeks after adding you can't even tell there were birds put in it, except for the bones. The end product currently is black and there are still lots of small flakes of shavings to break down. it is on it's cool down cycle now, 90 F or so and is ready to go into a static pile. I know there is a high demand for good quality, weed free safe compost. I am doing some experiments and testing before I expand this concept. I am just using it in flower beds and my moms garden for now. See how it goes.

    WATERLOO ROD & GUN SNOWMOBILE CLUB WING DING

    in Club Ontario South

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    Each workday I pass a Mennonite farm that has 2 chicken barns. They also grow a lot of corn for silage. Their corn is always the tallest at any given time (after it becomes noticeable) that I see on any roadsides of the many that I travel. When I mentioned the tall corn to a reliable source in the AG industry, his first comment was "do they have chicken barns". When I replied yes, he said that chicken crap really makes corn grow well. We never talked about shavings.

    I just switched from straw to shavings. Main reason was birds perform better on shavings, when you run the barns full. Shavings are dryer and turn in the barn, so keeps bacteria counts down. The increase in bird performance over straw is enough to capture the whole costs of the shavings, plus darkling beetles can't thrive in it, so no need for insectide (another costs savings of about 300 for cycle). Straw is better for the land and doesn't consume as much nitrogen to break down.

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