Nature Can Be so Cruel
By now, anyone with a lawn that is not being watered regularly has noticed that it is brown and hardly growing. I have often stated, “If your lawn is lush Read more…
Da Plane
The following words may contain hearsay. My definition of hearsay is information or gossip, usually told third hand that cannot be confirmed, and/or was not verified. I am about to Read more…
Finding a $10 Bill
Many would consider spring over with the conclusion of the Memorial Day holiday. I usually view spring as being a quagmire of wet weather and muddy fields. With the absence Read more…
Everyone is Mowing Grass
Do you receive too many emails? I remember being excited to get an email. Now I get too many. It takes time to sort through the junk and pertinent mail, Read more…
I’ve Had It to Here with Covid
There has finally been significant rainfall for Will County. I had noticed some very deficient growth in some of my spring crops during the dry April. An area of drought Read more…
My First Chemical Misapplication
There has finally been significant rainfall for Will County. I had noticed some very deficient growth in some of my spring crops during the dry April. An area of drought Read more…
Drought in April
My father was not a talkative man. There is only one true piece of farming advice that I remember, now a full 12 years after his passing. He said, “Farmers Read more…
Cold Wasn’t as Bad as First Feared
Some aspects of farming have changed in my lifetime. When I was young I remember the push to finish planting corn, hopefully by Mothers Day. After corn planting was done Read more…
Look out Dr. Oz
I have spent the last week thinking of the right things to say to encourage drivers to be safer drivers, especially when encountering farm equipment on our local roads. I Read more…
Chickens
It is baby chick season. For the 4th time in my adult life I have become the surrogate father of 100 day-old chickens. I am entering my 10th year of Read more…
