Monthly Archives: June 2011

New Babies Arriving Today

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Another batch of baby calves arrive this afternoon. It may sound a little rhetorical to call them both babies and calves, but the point is these are smaller versions of what we already have. I am excited (like always) to see them … Continue reading →

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Quick Note

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

If you ate today, thank a farmer. I just wanted to pass along something I heard on the news last night. Did you know that Kentucky has about 640,000 people (out of, what, three million) living below the poverty line? … Continue reading →

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Corn and ‘Coons

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Mike is feeling frustrated. Seems the raccoons are already sampling the yellow sweet corn. It is time to put up the electric fence around the field and set the cat traps with mackerel. If he doesn’t control them now, every … Continue reading →

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Beholding Beauty

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

It’s a muggy, gloomy day today here on the farm– one of those days where you don’t know if it will be hotter than blazes or stormy.  We’ve enjoyed comfortable temperatures for awhile now, so my bet is it will … Continue reading →

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Rainy days and Mondays

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

We have a running joke around our house. It seems that every time one of the partners makes the trip down from Chicago to visit, enjoy the farm, and chip in a little elbow grease, it rains. The record holds … Continue reading →

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It’s Sunday Again.

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

Taking another day off from blogging, but remember my comment about internet access for the farm? Looks like the Department of Agriculture is trying to address the issue. Good thing. In many rural locations both television reception and internet accessibility can … Continue reading →

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Farm Subsidies and Soap Boxes

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

Be forewarned. This is rant. I read an op-ed piece in the New York Post today with which I could not disagree more. In it, the writer tried to make the case for discontinuing agricultural subsidies or more particularly doing away … Continue reading →

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Twenty-four

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Sadly, we lost one of the baby calves yesterday. Number 24 (yet unnamed), a gorgeous copper colored Jersey bull, was fine the evening before, but dead when Mike arrived in the morning. We don’t know what happened. We had a terrific thunderstorm, but there … Continue reading →

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Farm Experimentation

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

With the rains the tomato plants jumped. Yeah, I had that same mental impression the first time I heard the expression too. I could just picture them pulling up their roots in a cartoon-like fashion while their branches twirled a piece of twine . That’s … Continue reading →

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More Than Produce in Your Garden?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

We had showers and thunderstorms off and on all day yesterday. Between showers Mike brought in a bushel basket of shiitakes and half a bushel each of snow peas, green tomatoes, and new potatoes. Some of that will go to … Continue reading →

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