In the Spring of ’17
Is it planting time yet? Two weeks ago I received a phone call at 5:30 pm, just as I was leaving for home, on one of the balmy 60 degree days. The person on the other end of the line asked if we had any flowers that were ready to plant outside. She caught me off...
Sleep and Reflect
I could sleep twenty hours a day this time of year… but noooo! We no longer get done in the field and my wife hits me with a honey do list a mile long! The problem is, half of the things should have been two months ago when it was still warm out. I know I am...
On the Home Stretch
Another year comes and goes as the last of the pumpkins are put out to pasture. We have squash left to sell well into December and some cabbage left to be harvested along with a bit of field corn to be combined. Tillage work has started but has been sporadic with...