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The melancholy of my family’s home farm
The house built by columnist Judie Sutherland’s ancestor, Samuel Young, seemed to have a sense of story, if a house is capable of holding such a thing. But it wasn’t always a happy story.
Pillar of strength
Ours is a lovely old farmhouse. Sturdy, solid and square.
A lesson about the love of raising sheep
When I was a toddler, my maternal grandfather decided his four little granddaughters needed the experience of bottle feeding a lamb.
Part I: Novel shares parenting and life lessons
“There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. …Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it
Pretty perfect camping
I am happy to report that my “send a watermelon to camp” program is coming along nicely. We have come to the realization we are just too lazy to eat healthy while camping. If fruit is sliced, diced, chopped and bagged we will eat it right up. If not, well, we carry so much food
Drought and high feed costs push beef to record high
Prices for beef are up, but profits … not necessarily.
‘Twas the night before Christmas …
Farm and Dairy would like to know what Christmas means to you, using one of the most beloved Christmas poems of all time, A Visit From St. Nicholas, also known as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Surviving the good old days
As I was scraping paint off our century-old porch posts and treating it as the proper-biohazard that it is due to the lead menace and all, I wondered what we are currently ignoring today that will be sure to kill us in the future. I don’t take lead lightly. Living in an old home means
Top jockey credits 4-H for opportunity to succeed
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana native and former 4-H member, Kent Desormeaux and his horse Big Brown scored impressive victories at the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The young horse was untested before the Kentucky Derby, and many were unsure how he would respond against an elite field. And the 38-year-old jockey was
Time lost and found
“I’m in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life’s no fun.” — Alabama Clearly, there is one dire shortage above all others that should certainly concern us all. America is running out of time. All we ever hear about anymore is how busy everyone is. We all have so much
