A show recently caught on PBS’s American Experience about the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s really brought home relevant thoughts about lessons perhaps lightly learned at the time. Perhaps we need a bit of a history lesson an revisit of what happened then due to bad farming practices.

Okay – so bottom line is even with NaBloPoMo I sucked. I failed miserably at getting a post in a day for an entire month. I got some other thoughts and ideas though… Look for them soon.

Spent the afternoon helping trim some trees with my folks. A very relaxing time with some awesome childhood memories to boot.

A quick little survey of manures in regards to applying it to gardens. Everyone one with an animal type will undoubtedly claim that is the best one to use. Some notes based on experience and life.

The joy that I have found in the past when I have helped a couple of people start a compost pile is amazing. Especially seeing the smile on their face when it starts to work.

Horse market has pretty much been killed. There are several reasons for it, but here is some insight.

Not something I do very often, but a flat out plug for some of the best tasting and clearly the best raised pork you are going to find anywhere around central Kentucky.

Imagine that for 30-50 years, you were were farmer. You saved a bit of the seed from what you grew, had it cleaned and sowed that the following year to cut you cost. Suddenly, somebody says you can not do that anymore and wins.

All around hero for farm and ranch folk is who he is. Baxter Black is best know probably known for his appearances on RFD-TV and NPR morning shows, but for those of you who do not know him, he is a cowboy poet these days by trade. In the past he has been [...]

I am sending this site through a relaunch if you will, using the concept of NaBloPoMo as a way to gain traction and incentive to get it going and sustain it for the next thirty days.