This Week’s Ramblings
Do you know what nutritionist state is one of the healthiest condiments to eat? Can you guess what condiment I have shunned most of my entire life, until I met Read more…
Humans Do Not Spontaneous Combust, but Hay Can
How many memories do you have of your childhood? I have a couple for this article. When I grew up on our farm outside of Joliet, just west of Rockdale, Read more…
Hotter and Drier Has Arrived
And just like that, summer is here and almost everyone’s yard/grass is becoming parched and possibly brown, unless they have been watering it. Now for a recap on the spring Read more…
Bambi Became the Prince of the Forest Like His Father
How would you like to be known as the hunter who shot Bambi’s’ mother when he was a fawn in the famous 1942 movie? Recently I wrote about my policy Read more…
Hey!
This week I shall write about a topic I know better than most of the population, making hay. Our recent wet spring appears to be continuing with no end in Read more…
No More Rhyming, and I Mean It. Anyone Want a Peanut?
It has been an un-bee-lievable winter/spring so far. February was a harbinger of the season; my wheat broke dormancy mid-month. It was green and robust long before St. Patrick’s Day. Read more…
Nobody Goes to Tennessee Anymore, It Is Too Crowded
Since the world did not end with the eclipse as some prophesied it appears I will have to write another article and farm another season. I was front and center Read more…
A Salute to Iron Eyes Cody
A quick internet search finds the definition of Earth Day as an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Did you know that the theme for Read more…
To Preserve or Not to Preserve, That Is the Question
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how a farmland preservation program would work and why farmers/landowners would participate in such a program. It was my intention that I would write Read more…
They Can Pave Over My Farm When They Pry It From My Cold Dead Fingers, Maybe Not!
I recently participated in a discussion about the possibility of a farmland preservation program for Will County. You may ask, how would a program like that work and why would Read more…
