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.

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 [...]

Spent some part of this weekend with a good friend of mine over in Garrard County. We did our usual of talking a lot over some tea as well as talking some more while one or the other of us helped out. It was my turn this time, as he was planting some [...]

Obama had the right idea on limiting the direct farm subsidy programs and it is sad that greed kept the limitation from passing through the process.

I am sure if you are alive, eat anything from the grocery store or from a food establishment that prepares it for you, unless you are currently under a rock you have heard about the the suspected tomato salmonella scare. Just in case you have not a brief bit of background. There were a bunch [...]

For those that do not know there is currently a farm bill very slowly making its way through congress and eventually likely heading to the Presidents desk to be signed into law.  The farm bill does create some new laws and regulations to farming, but mostly it is concerned with appropriations, who gets how much [...]