Dry
Drought! This will be the 6th period of severe drought in my 42 years of farming; and if it does not start raining soon it will rank with the serious Read more…
Do You Love the Smell of Napalm or Fresh Cut Grass in the Morning
It is only the beginning of June, and the weather is already making headlines in the Midwest. If you love to mow everything you see to an inch or two Read more…
Soylent Green Was Made From Human Bodies
About 50 years ago I was taught that it takes about 100 years for the natural processes of nature to create an inch of topsoil. I was also taught that Read more…
Taxes, We Don’t Need No Stinkin Taxes
Mother Nature has finally relented her chill. The asparagus is popping, and with warmer temps the annual ritual of wild asparagus picking will be finding many with the spring delicacy Read more…
The Start of My 42nd Year of Farming
Ladies and Gentlemen, start your tractors. Well, I mean that metaphorically. Back in February in a conversation with Will County Sheriff Mike Kelley, he stated how beneficial it would be Read more…
Spring Turkey
For as long as I can remember there have always been constant requests for hunters to come on our farm to hunt wildlife. When I was younger, in the 60’s Read more…
Who Wants Pizza?
Do you know how to make a pizza? Each year during National Agriculture Week the Joliet Junior College Weitendorf Agricultural Center is the home for a teaching session where volunteers Read more…
Farming and Drugs
I am about to start my 12th year of writing about agriculture in Will County. Whenever I want an easy night at the computer penning about 500 words, I revert Read more…
Chickens
I hesitate to even write about a current theory being bantered among chicken owners. I fear that even putting unsubstantiated statements in print will somehow validate them. I also run Read more…
Hay, Hay, Hay
I have been selling hay and straw to hundreds, if not thousands, of customers in the last 40 years. I wish I had written down all the bizarre, crazy, and Read more…
