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Charlie V 1cdevill at gmail.com
Sat Dec 24 07:35:49 PST 2016


May you return home with empty trucks and full pockets, Grant.

Charlie V.

On Dec 24, 2016 7:50 AM, "Grant Brians" <sales at heirloom-organic.com> wrote:

> Mike, thank you for your kind reference! I know that with the farming
> that I do not do as much getting out as I would like to do. St. Helena
> is not too far away, only about 150 miles by road. The only time I
> toured a grist mil was years ago in Pennsylvania.
>              Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer of vegetables,
> herbs, edible flowers, nuts and fruit
> p.s. On this Christmas Eve I just loaded Farmers Market trucks for today
> - running slightly late at 4:35AM.
>
> On 12/21/2016 7:22 PM, k6mw wrote:
> > Grant-
> >
> > The Bale grist mill is a tremendous 36' water wheel driven mill in your
> > neck of the woods. Located in just up the road from you in St. Helena,
> > it's well worth the time to visit and see the tour.
> >
> > https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=482
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> > On 12/21/2016 5:17 PM, Grant Brians wrote:
> >> The loss of local mills and elevators and other agricultural
> >> infrastructure is a real loss. I hope that we can help that loss not
> >> occur as a force for recognition of the value of the history of our
> >> country (whichever country each list member is in whether the USA or
> >> Canada or Australia or Uruguay or).... Here in California most of the
> >> state would not have had a mill that was water operated as our
> >> eco-system is not set up for that. But there are/were other power
> >> sources. I bought a corn sheller a couple of years ago for our popcorn
> >> that we grow - old enough that it was hand powered! Actually, the seed
> >> cleaner is currently hand powered too - 1911 vintage Clipper.
> >>                   Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer of
> >> vegetables, edible flowers, herbs, nuts and fruit
> >>
> >> On 12/21/2016 2:55 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> >>> David there is an old grist mill on an actual mill pond
> >>> near here in the town of Trenton.  Al Jones is well familiar with it.
> >>> A couple of years ago they started fixing it back up after the state
> >>> repaired the dam when a hurricane washed it partly out.  The mill
> stones
> >>> are installed now and they are running it with electric motors, just a
> few
> >>> days
> >>> a year for special occasions.  I think they are working on repairing
> the
> >>> water
> >>> wheel from what I can see in passing by but I'm not sure.  I hope they
> are.
> >>> I know we were talking about feed mills not grist mills but I wanted
> to pass
> >>> that along.
> >>>
> >>> Here’s a link to it with a picture and some information.  I didn't
> read the
> >>> page just sending the
> >>> link along.  I don't know if it's current info or not.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/9448
> >>>
> >>> It's a beautiful place.  The mill pond has cypress trees growing in it
> >>> around the edges opposite the mill.
> >>>
> >>> Charlie
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