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Get a job! (But hone interview skills first)
One of the many benefits of being a writer is that my commute is short. (I gained 7 pounds the year I got a laptop and no longer had to walk all the way to the third floor to write).
Knox County Barn Tour spotlights historic barns, celebrates rural heritage
The Knox County Barn Tour will take place Sept. 13 and will feature five historic barns.
El Nino: Is 2014 the new 1997?
On May 8, the National Centers for Environmental Prediction forecasted a 65 percent chance of El Nino developing during the summer of 2014.
Steps to keep in mind when managing hay and pasture for this upcoming winter
This fall is the time to make the agronomic decisions needed for a successful grazing season next year.
As you’re planting, remember FSA deadlines
Hello Again! Is your corn in the ground? Is your wheat ready for the bin? Are you prepping for beans yet? Are you just a bit busy right now? With all this sunshine and the days getting longer you’re still not done? You know there’s hay to mow, hogs to slop, eggs to gather, a
The ‘doctors of old’ started as farm children, from simple backgrounds
Part II of a series “The old country doctor was a man of few words because there were no words.” >– Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, The Horse and Buggy Doctor, copyright 1938 It has been said that the best doctors of the olden days had started out as farm children. One quote from Dr. Arthur
Grain market’s acting like it’s November
“My fear at this point would be that farmers would regret missing the high prices and wait for them to return.”
Baby animals bring life to farm
Returning home at dusk, we came to a dead stop last night while turning in to our lane. A skunk was playing with her two very tiny babies as if they had found themselves a really great amusement park. As we watched them flip somersaults, we could see that one baby skunk was mostly white,
USDA reports increase in number of farmers markets across the country
WASHINGTON — More than 1,000 new farmers markets have been recorded across the country, according to results released recently in the USDA’s 2011 National Farmers Market Directory.
This fickle season fools us every year
Spring has been tip-toeing behind retreating winter for several weeks. Now the troops are ready to storm the ice castle and banish the foe for another year. We hope! But April can be a wicked child — like the old saying goes, “There was a little girl who had a little curl, right in the
