Time will forever bring change
One of my very first columns written for Farm and Dairy centered around the topic of my excited impatience as I awaited the birth...
Every child should have a barn
It is often said that every boy should have a dog. That does sound nice. What I truly believe, however, is that every boy...
Hazard A Guess: Week of Oct. 29, 2009
Each week Farm and Dairy challenges readers to identify a small tool or gadget (or at least 'hazard a guess' as to its use).
But wait! There’s not more
Remember when the news was newsworthy?News, of course, is anything you learn that you didn't know before. Using that definition almost anything is technically...
Blink and it will all be long gone
Don't even blink, or everything will be gone.That fire-red inferno of a maple tree now ablaze in the front yard will be naked.That birch...
More Astroturf on global warming war
If the generals and admirals within the concentric walls of the Pentagon -- hardly a bastion of greenie weenies -- view global warming as...
FSA Andy for Oct. 29, 2009
Hello again, friends!Halloween at my house usually brings a pleasant diversion from harvest, or lack of harvest as the case may be. The kids...
Soil quality and pasture management
A small farm livestock owner recently asked me about the benefit of pasture aeration and the application of fertilizer and lime. To answer the...
Autumn is a time for reflection
"We worked in the woods for nearly 10 hours today, falling trees, sawing lumber. I could have worked 10 more. There is something invigorating...
Keep your eyes open for several fall visitors
A day after the first hard frost of the season, a flock of nomadic cedar waxwings appeared in the backyard. I counted 42, but...
