Monthly Archives: August 2011

Something Old, Something New

By Peggy | Published: August 30, 2011
The season is changing whether it feels like it or not. The plants and the farm animals are accurately aware of it and seem to be settling in for the fall season. The weather though is still very hot and dry which makes for a tough growing environment for the cool season seedlings that are [...]
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Waitin’ on the rains

By Peggy | Published: August 18, 2011
Rain…Rain…if you talk to any farmer right now in middle Tennessee believe me that will be the hot topic of your discussion. We are dry as a bone and with the water table low…the creek dried up the plants are stressed and new seedlings coming on slowly not wanting to poke their heads out of [...]
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Planting up a fall season

By Peggy | Published: August 11, 2011
Here we are right in the middle of the dog days of the hottest summer on record!…can you believe that? The only difference from last summer is the rains…we have had enough rain to help prevent the field from burning up this summer…last year we had nothing in the way of rain and the crops [...]
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A real working FAMILY farm

By Peggy | Published: August 2, 2011
It takes all family members that live here on the farm to do their share of work here on the family farm. Sometimes that in itself can be a challenge. Take my 9 year old son Lucca…he doesn’t enjoy chores around the farm at all. He would much rather sit in front of the TV [...]
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