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…
Need Investors for My GMO Avocado
It is time to write another article about chickens and eggs. Since I knew I had written many times about my backyard hens in the last 11 years, I searched Read more…
You’ll Know It Its Me When I Come Through Your Town
Do you like driving at night? How about in drizzle/snow on rural roads with no streetlights? Do you notice many approaching cars with obnoxiously bright lights or extra lights on Read more…
Immigration
In 1906, at the age of 13, my Grandpa Conrad left Germany aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and emigrated through Ellis Island on September 11th. My recent trip to Read more…
Hawaii
Did you know it is 4230 miles from Manhattan, Illinois to Honolulu, Hawaii? Did you know that about 2 people die per year from parasailing accidents, and every two years Read more…
See if I Get Any Response With This
I have heard a phrase that makes me bristle. But I will come back to that later. In 1987, when I was only 24 years old, I bought my first Read more…
