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Local /Sustainable vs "Big Ag" argument – meet reality

Here’s a fact – there’s a lot of people on the planet right now – and more arrive every day. And when they get here they are usually hungry.Now – let’s take that 6.5 billion people on the planet right now who need to eat and put that “billion” number in realistic terms…Say this out [...]

Mid-May Mayhem

Re-Potting

It’s the time of year when things get almost as busy as that time of year where you are harvesting the crops. This is sorta the pre-planting rush… where you make sure you have all the seeds that are ready for the last frost planting… when all the plants you started from seed [...]

Our morning of mourning

In memory of a little 5…

After watching the circle of life last night in the field while a doe spent nearly an hour licking and nudging her new born fawn towards it’s new life… this morning we encountered the other side of natures harshness – our nest of 5 baby Eastern Bluebirds was suddenly silent [...]

Governments "Dirty" Secret

Well – not so much dirt as it is soil… and it’s note really a secret either.Yesterday I used some of my Federal taxes that I pay all year – went to the USDA web site – and generated a free soil analysis of our 35 acres – very accurate and comprehensive – it shows [...]