Yes, the past week has been hellish temperatures. Sunday hit a high of 115 degrees of drenching, sweaty humidity and it has only slightly come down since then. Fortunately this misery is very uncommon. Last summer we only had a handful of days above 100 degrees and only slightly above 100. While ... READ the POST
Choose your lifestyle
Like many farmers, I sit on the fence between the farm lifestyle and the modern one. More than half of America’s farmers work a job off the farm to make ends meet, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1929, 6% of farmers worked off the farm. By 1947, it rose to 16.5%. In 1997, it ... READ the POST
More permit wins
Yea! We have moved forward a teensy bit in the permitting process! We finally got ahold of Heidi-our new county liaison. She put in writing, IN WRITING PEOPLE, what she was going to do for us and how much we'd need to pay and how long things would take. AMAZING. It's taken more than a year, but ... READ the POST
Existential Farming
Farming is very existential. Today, we put down one of our bloodhounds and we welcomed 60 new baby chickens into the world. Yes farming is very existential. Existentialism is the idea that there are inescapable elements of human existence such as isolation, powerlessness, responsibility and ... READ the POST
Farmer’s Guilt
I don't know if other farmers suffer from farmer's guilt, but I know I do. Farmer's guilt is a term (I made up) that refers to the feeling of guilt a farmer gets when not working. For example, I have been sick. Whatever bug I have has just made me soooooooooooo tired. I can't seem to get the ... READ the POST
Farmer's Guilt
I don't know if other farmers suffer from farmer's guilt, but I know I do. Farmer's guilt is a term (I made up) that refers to the feeling of guilt a farmer gets when not working. For example, I have been sick. Whatever bug I have has just made me soooooooooooo tired. I can't seem to get the ... READ the POST
