When your house is old – ours was built in 1846 – you expect to have some surprise encounters with the natural world from time to time. We were still shocked, though, when we renovated the bathroom years ago and discovered that we had unknowingly been...
Before I share all about this year’s best Farm Hack, I’ve got to explain something! One of the most important responsibilities that we have as your farmers, is not losing track of how many animals we have on the farm at any given time. Why’s that,...
I’ve been learning more about the victims of the Tops shooting. Every day, I seem to learn more about their life stories and familiarize myself with their names. While I’ve been thinking about whether to share my thoughts on all this with you, deliberating on what to...
You may not have realized it, but it’s happening all around us. Farmers are getting old and they’re tired from all those years of working in the fields and adjusting to fickle markets. They’ve come to accept that their kids aren’t the least bit...
Someone always seems to get sick when the weather changes around here. And last week, when that glorious summer weather was comin’ in hot, Bernard was the one who fell sick. He’s the eldest of the two boars we keep on the farm, and Greg always calls him a...
