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Friday, April 22, 2011

The Six-Month Farming Plan (circa 1946)

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While I believe a six-month farming plan (using the "off" months to still work, but at a slower pace) may not be quite as possible...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Annual Mud Post ...

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It seems like every year I have to site down and vent my "mud frustrations" on the blog. If nothing else it gets them off my chest...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Money Savings on the Farm ...

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Building advice from a 1946 farming book ... "Many farms do not have running water. Naturally this will be one of the first major impr...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Four "Don'ts" for the Beginning Farmer

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Yes, I'm still working my way through Success on the Small Farm by Haydn S. Pearson. I can only imagine that all of you reading this ar...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

1946 Farm Statistics ...

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I may or may not be addicted to my new book,  Success on the Small Farm , but one thing is for sure ... there are a lot of quotes from this ...
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Quotes for the Beginning Farmer ...

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From Success on the Small Farm by Haydn S. Pearson (published in 1946). "Farming is a business. Its success depends upon an adequate...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Poetry :: For the Farm and Ranch ...

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I heard this poem last night on the radio as I was driving up and down the slightly rolling hills of Southern Iowa. It resonated with me ......
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Monday, April 11, 2011

The Time/Money Conundrum

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Yesterday as I was tackling the days chores and trying to get things ready for the summer growing season (getting the pigs in woods and cows...
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Friday, April 08, 2011

Encouragement & Hope

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Sometimes I need encouragement and hope on the farm. One of the places I like to go for that is the book A Bountiful Harvest: The Midwestern...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

I Went for a Walk ...

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I worked late in town last night, but it was still beautiful when I made it back to the farm. So beautiful in fact that I decided to just le...
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Monday, April 04, 2011

A Beginning Corn Farmer's Shopping List?

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If I'm going to do this whole open-pollinated corn experiment I need to start getting serious ... and fast! Of course I'm going to n...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Wikipedia :: The French Revolution :: Farming

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Sometimes I find it amazing when I see mentions of farming in "out of the way" places, but then I need to take a second and step b...
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Are Dexters the Right Breed for Me?

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A few posts ago when I was writing my chapter review for Tim Young's book, "The Accidental Farmers," I mentioned in passing th...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer :: Chapter 3 Book Report

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Yes, I'm a book bouncer! My reading is dictated by my whim of the moment and last night my whim was  pushing me to Joel Salatin's la...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Agonizing & Pork for Sale & Farm Updates

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Sometimes I just think and think and think and agonize and agonize and agonize ... and well ... you get the idea. There are just some decisi...
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Downs and Ups ...

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Normally you hear people talking about the "ups and downs," but today was a day of downs and ups on the farm ... or at least a sli...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

"The Accidental Farmers" :: Chapter 7 Book Report

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This chapter, titled "Farming's Dark Side," is in my opinion probably the best and most important chapter of Tim Young's n...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

"The Accidental Farmers" :: Chapter 6 Book Report

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I feel fairly confident in saying that I'm a big picture sort of thinker. I am much better at looking at things from the wide angle view...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Percolating ...

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I don't especially care for coffee. In fact I can remember the exact time that I tried coffee for the first time ... I was out cross cou...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Saturation Point ...

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No not the ground ... in fact the ground is actually starting to dry up rather nicely and I have been able to move around without getting su...
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