Milestone Reached

November 10, 1983...

Well, October 2023 was my worst month with October 10, being only 40 kg or 88 US pounds...

Determined to GAIN weight + strength—I've managed to add 10% to that!

40 kg... 

On November 9, best friend Ellie and family from The Netherlands sent us these lovely flowers...

On Friday November 10, we gathered with friends (23 in total, including us) around the table at Ristorante da Maria ←click link.

This was our THANK YOU for all the help, driving me, food brought, laundry done, cleaning, praying or whatever.

AND it was also the day that we had our 40th Wedding Anniversary... See first photo!

We did not tell that to our friends, but I announced it after the prayer was said by a dear friend.

So grateful!

The waiter made this photo but we FORGOT to have one of Pieter and me together...

Pieter is on the left in the back and me at the head of the table.

Lady Chef Maria prepared us a delicious 5–course dinner and each guest had selected their Entrée of choice.

Me in my wool Escada suit visiting with friends... FIRST time I wore block heels and also earrings and rings... 

Rings would still fall off one month ago!

Pieter took this...

That's my little purse on the table, had no space on chair as I still use a pillow for my back. 

Me visiting with friends in–between courses...

Pieter made those photos, including from his salmon with shrimps... We both opted for fish.

All enjoyed their dinner and we felt very blessed for being alive and having reached this milestone!

Prayers do get answered!!!

Related link:

Our Contract for Life | previous post by me with photos that I got from Mom & Dad's estate — new to us!

Big Doors which allow for the Head–End Filling Machine and Mechanical Emptying on a Mushroom Plant

 Last post I mentioned the Head–End Filling Machine so let us explain that a bit more to the readers.

Fig. 58.  The growing rooms at this farm are also equipped with the special made big doors that allows for the use of the head–end filling machine and also makes mechanical emptying of the rooms much easier.

These doors are at the head–end (in Dutch kopeinde) of a growing room!

Hence the word: head–end filling machine...

Some other Dutch/English examples

The work corridor includes the entire width in front of the growing rooms and is covered by the same roof. On the other side of the work corridor, there are separate rooms containing a hot water and steam boiler, water supply, cold store, washrooms, shower rooms, etc. 

For ease of transportation, etc., the work corridor should not be too narrow; the minimum width required is 4 m. In the work corridor itself, tables for weighing, hand washing basins etc. can be placed. 

Page 140 of our book: modern mushroom growing 2020 harvesting ←click for link

As in the case of walls and ceilings, the doors should be insulated properly. These doors should seal to the floor with a rubber strip, without a threshold. The doors in the back wass of the rooms should be at least 2.5 m high to facilitate the filling with slanted conveyor belts, etc.

Nowadays, however, as most shelf bed farms are using the so–called, head–end filling machine, the back doors have to be even bigger, e.g. 4.5 m wide and 3 m high. These doors hang in a special frame on rails, so that they can be lifted somewhat and then moved to the left or to the right. There are specialized companies that are making these large, insulated doors. 

Fig. 124.  Principle of the head–end filling machine, developed by THILOT (now GTL Europe) in the Netherlands, to fill full–grown compost and case simultaneously by using nylon nets in shelf beds. When this kind of equipment is used, the growing rooms need to have big or double doors. Drawing done by author (P.J.C. Vedder).

Fig. 125.  Head–end filling machine for filling modern shelf bed rooms with a layer of full–grown compost on a nylon net and put on a layer of casing soil simultaneously. The machine will be fed by 2 conveyor belts with hopper; one for casing material (left) and one for compost. DOUBLE T EQUIPMENT

Te koop wegens inruil: 1 kopvulmachine t.b.v. doorgroeide compost, tevens mogelijkheid tot gelijktijdig afdekken met dekaarde, 2 transportbanden. Thilot Holland BV Lottum.

For sale due to trade–in: 1 head–end filling machine for full–grown compost, also possibility of simultaneous covering with casing soil, 2 conveyor belts. THILOT Holland BV Lottum.

Kopvulmachine or Head–End Filling Machines

THILOT now is GTL Europe and they still produce kopvulmachines or head–end filling machines

Hoping this did clarify one more profound mushroom language word...

But it sure does prove how any error does spread worldwide as one copies from each other with the use of Scraped Content...

Related links:

PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY and its BLOOPERS | previous post by me

1987 GROWING QUALITY Profound Mushroom Growing Terminology | previous post by me

Husband Pieter's Design for the Campbell Mushroom Plants in Dublin, GA and Hillsboro, TX | previous post by me

PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY and its BLOOPERS

 It is indeed a special subject Mushroom Cultivation or Mushroom Growing with its very own PROFOUND MUSHROOM GROWING TERMINOLOGY!

Since over the years numerous so–called consultants and other mushroom gurus have surfaced, it is interesting to see their use of the English language.

Showing you some BLOOPERS:

Guess this one got created by someonw with cramped fingers while typing...

fung ic lim ate soultions including

Was it that hard to type including fungi climatic solutions?

Yep, if you don't date nor label your photos—those image numbers DO SHOW...

At the beginning of flash one...

A flash light might have been used when creating this photo but correctly we say:

First Break.

Flushing is done for the transition from vegetative to generative development.

See link below post for indepth information and explanation.

Just like the use of blow–down instead of cool–down or flushing.

Pinheading should be pinning

Spraying should be watering as spraying indicates the use of pesticides.

supplement, to boost, (impregnated compost)

synthetics, synthetic compost, artificial manure

Guess with impregnated compost they just mean at the moment of spawning or after that — full–grown compost...

synthetics is used for fibers but not in here

artificial manure? Really?!

Synthetic compost means compost made without horse manure but other natural ingredients.

Head fillers kept rolling off the production lines... 

Mushroom Business is an interesting magazine!

Check out our new head filling machine

All they in fact try to convey is — the head end filling machine!

Interested in mushroom and plactic eating fungus

Interested in mushroom and plastic eating fungus

Do microorganisms really EAT?

Director Fresh food group/Bio Europe

Handel in Biologische en conveniolnele paddestoelen

Handel in Biologische en conventionele paddestoelen or Trade in Organic and Conventional Mushrooms

Trouble shouting and maintenance on Poultry, Pigs controllers, (national)

Guess he meant trouble shooting?! 

Well, if all else fails you can always get this growing assistant based on artificial intelligence.

The problem often is that it is mainly based on 'borrowed' intelligence... and mostly from just scraped content.

One thing I found on my Pieter's obituary as a reaction on his tribute wall.

A so–called teacher/consultant John Peeters, who listed on LinkedIn his education

CCO from 1984 – 1987

When posting on Pieter's Tribute wall, he did not quite remember when he studied and he claims to have received his diploma one year prior...

The biggest lie however is that he received it from Mr. Vedder in person, although he was not his teacher!

What a FAKE person this is! 

While my dear Pieter was Vice President from August 1983 till March of 1989 he NEVER went to The Netherlands for handing out diplomas there.

By the way, the CCO changed from being under Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries into IPC Plant and later C Point.

Related link:

1987 GROWING QUALITY Profound Mushroom Growing Terminology | previous post by me

Editiorial Review from CEO Campbell Soup: You Brought a World-Renowned Professionalism to our Operations when they Sorely Needed Expertise