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Mother’s words convey joy of season
It’s been quite a while since I shared with you one of my columns written for Farm and Dairy by my mother, Berenice T. Steinfeld, who used the pen name “Aunt Teek” for her weekly columns form 1952 to 1965, the year of her death. But going through the box in which she kept her
One isn’t the loneliest number, but crazy sure is
I would like to state for the record that I am not now, nor have I ever been, even a little bit insane. At least I don’t think so. Apparently, if you were raised an only child, as I was, that needs clarifying these days. It has recently come to my attention, thanks to “Octuplet
We all came together as Americans
Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.” — Albert Einstein All my life, my friends and family have known each inaugural year they must figure on leaving me alone Jan. 20. If the press will bring it to me, I will absorb it. I have
A life of simple living and giving
(Author’s note: The following column was first published the week of Christmas 1998. Now, by tradition, it returns. Merry Christmas. –Alan) The Christmas tree was a scrub cedar hacked from the edge of the woods that bordered the farm. Big-bulbed lights, strung in barber pole fashion, generated almost as much heat as the nearby wood
Little less talk, a lot more action
Summertime and the living is easy? Think again. Exactly one month into summer vacation, my ears are abuzz with the lament of parents across the land united in one, puzzled cry: “I can’t make my kids do anything around here!” Adrift in a sea of popsicle sticks and snack plates, wet towels, sandy shoes, and
Junk, treasure a matter of perspective
One man’s junk really is someone else’s treasure. I thought of my sister the very first time I heard that statement.
Selecting bath mats slips her up
You would think that a person who has managed, however inexplicably, to choose a mate, choose to parent two lovely albeit argumentative small humans, and choose to share with the world at large the most intimate details of her life (and those of numerous innocent bystanders), would have little trouble making a commitment to the little things in life.
Dairy Channel: Too much debt, not enough equity? Find out with farm balance sheet
Dianne Shoemaker knows putting together a farm balance sheet isn’t fun or pretty. Still, she recommends doing it each year.
Dairy Channel: Farming crickets or cows takes skill
District Extension Dairy Specialist veers from her normal dairy channels this week to explore the world of cricket farming. Yep, that’s right. Crickets.
Forest management plan carries over to barn management plan
A barn is more than a place to house crops, machinery and livestock. A “management plan” will help you maintain your investment.
