Haystacks and Hay bales! Have you jumped any lately? How about a Haystack for supper?

How to make a HAYSTACK:  You can use a Mower-conditioner… The Mower-conditioner cuts the hay, crimping the stems so the hay will dry faster. The hay has to be dried and raked into windrows. Then the baler makes it into a gigantic huge bale!…

Terraces and Farming

There are terraces…. …and there are terraces! Quite a difference!!! We recently terraced some fields that were showing signs of erosion. I really enjoyed getting watching the terrace construction!  This picture shows the completed work… Notice the small dams or berms which control and…

Topping Pizzas and Saving Topsoil! All in a days work…

This was the week…Grace and Lydea started seeds of basil in our little greenhouse over a month ago.  They faithfully watered the seeds and watched them grow…somewhat patiently. And finally the basil had grown so that we could pinch the fragrant leaves and use them to season…

Planting – It’s a Whole New World for Today’s Farmers!

Randy has been planting corn…I took supper to him and was treated to a ride in his tractor… The idea of him planting seeds in a field that looks like this always concerns me….I keep thinking about the scripture that says, “Behold, the sower…

Food Morality

Bugs on the windshield the past several days?! It’s just now March 1st today!  The calendar says spring is still nearly a month away yet the grass is greening and jonquils have pushed through the soil and leaves are trying to open their tender…