Farms teach about love and loss
Judith Sutherland recalls a cow from her youth that taught her about love and loss on the farm and details how the lesson prepared her for life.
Old skills become relevant again
Judith Sutherland reflects on 2020 and how we have, in many ways, circled back to the way of life in which many of us were raised.
Doing business close to home
Judith Sutherland shares her thoughts on the memories and relationships we can build by doing business close to home.
Summer’s end brings happy memories
Judith Sutherland's grandson and great-nephew enjoy watching the kicker baler make its way across her western boundary field.
The telephones of yesterday
Judith Sutherland ponders the advancements of the telephones and how they've shaped the way people communicate during her lifetime.
Lack of rain brings tough choices
Judith Sutherland empathizes with the farmers across the Midwest as they battle drought conditions.
The curious history of water witchers
Judith Sutherland's grandfather, R.H. Young, was a gifted a water witcher, or dowser.
Farm boys will be farm boys
Judith Sutherland shares some of her grandson's make-believe games about life on the farm.
Any land can produce varied crops
"Five Acres and Independence" is a good book to check out if you find yourself wanting to live off your own land for the first time.
Part Two: Harvesting kindness
Judith Sutherland continues her story from last week about Adele Crockett and the orchard she was left in 1932 amid the Great Depression.
