I remember the smudge pot on the farm?

I grew up in the sixties and  farming practices learned from Dad on the  farm of my youth,  still guide me today.  I like to reminisce, don’t you? There is much to learn while doing so.  Just  the other day Mom and I were chatting about cold weather practices  on the farm of my youth….

Do you have a motivation station?

My newest work toy on Cherry Ridge!  This week  on the farm, we  purchased a new to us  work toy. We have finally acquired a tractor with a front-end loader. We have wanted one for so long.  Now you might think, so what? But if there is one thing I have learned in my  lifetime…

Let Me Be The First To Share My Success

I am doing a cucumber trellis this year. Isn’t this cool! Yesterday, on the farm, in my farmhouse kitchen, we had a working day of an old time tradition of changing  cucumbers into pickles. Finally, I had cucumbers to pick  from my garden.  Usually I do  long before now,  but this weather,  this year,  has…

A little bit of heaven!

Today,  I’ve been bush hogging around the pumpkin and corn patch  on our farm,  a task that is way over due but we were busy with haying.  The wind on my face is warm and dry today; arrid. I notice the leaves have started  changing.  The pumpkin vines are beginning to die down revealing more…