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A little disappointing after all the hoopla. My daughter drove over two hours into Indiana to watch with her kids but they were not all that impressed. I worked around the farm but did look up about 3:00 P.M. After being mostly cloudy, the skies had cleared to see our 90% eclipse. The oddest...

Showing hogs has become quite the "in" thing around here in local fairs. They and the goats have pushed the lambs to the side, and even cattle to an extent. It always reminded me of trying to load hogs and brought back bad memories.

It has been over 20 years since I worked at a water treatment facility, I was the superintendent. This job often required long stints by oneself, often at night, responsible for the quality of water going out all over the county. A recurring nightmare is that I fall asleep and am awaken by...

Years of doing everything the hard way are catching up with me. Pulling out iron posts by hand, loading huge slabs of bedded manure with a fork, and carrying out two square bales at a time from the barn have been typical offenses against my lower abdomen and back. I have had to come to terms...

This is terrible to even imagine, how much harder the reality must be. Some of the thoughts here on the board are inspiring and make me ashamed of my nearsighted concerns.

When I first purchased land in my area, it was pretty cheap and sellers were not likely to pay for a surveyor when they could rely on an old deed that might date back to the early 1800s. Some of these were as general as "on the waters of the Kentucky River and bounded on the north by Jones, east...

We were on the northern end of this line of thunderstorms. Our local weathermen were in a state of panic and the sirens went off several places. We only saw 30 mph winds and a half inch of rain. It did blow down a dead tree and sort of spook a group of weaned calves. Prayers for those who...

Some people, even some who are well respected, can justify just about anything, if money is involved. When I was about the same age, I was determined to buy a farm but had no experience whatsoever. No machinery, no cattle and no family help except my Dad who knew less than I did. We did have a...

Been seeing CowboyRam posts pop up often and noticed he is from Riverton, Wyoming, near Lander. Now I have never been much of a traveler, but in 1974 a friend and I got in an old white 6 cylinder 1962 Chevrolet truck that had a shift on the steering column that kept popping out of gear, and...

Gates and doors to the feedroom are a constant source of worry. I get stuff on my mind and can not remember if I shut them. This has led to many trips back to check and make sure.

I had an Anatolian/Great Pyrenees dog, Sadie, for over 15 years. I never touched her during all that time, as she was shy of people. She lived for her sheep and goats. As far as I know, she never did a bad thing in those 15 years, unless you count digging a hole under the old corn crib so she...

After a lifetime of carrying a pocket knife, a couple of years ago I noticed I had quite a collection of old knives from as far back as the 60s in an old tackle box. Many had broken springs or a cracked handle, all had blades worn down by sharpening. All brought back memories of old friends from...

Most any Case knife is worth something. The larger "hunter" style knife is older. With a replaced blade it would be pretty nice and worth near $100 if the handles are bone, as they appear to be. It is hard to judge from a picture. The other knife is newer but in better shape. With new scales it...

I fear that too often I fall asleep on the couch, or on the floor in front of the fire during this time of year. When I make it to bed almost any mattress is an improvement.

I remember when the old timers relied on the "signs" as much as the weatherman to predict rain. One of their favorite sayings was, "All signs fail in dry weather". That has sure been the case here this year. A rather new sign is "jet trails in the sky means rain in less than three days". I do...

It is bad here in my part of Kentucky. It has been slightly below normal on temperatures this year and we continued to get rain all year, but each front seemed to be starved for moisture and rains that should have been 1/2 inch or more only delivered a trace or a tenth. It was dry last winter...

The dryness of Texas seems to have moved northeast into Kentucky. We were only running a little behind until September. It has now been over a month with no rain and lots of sun and low humidity. There is very little moisture in the ground. There is not going to be much grass going into the winter.

Years ago I fed hogs in an old barn that dated back way beyond the Civil War. It had a hewn log corncrib in the center and a wooden shingle roof. Probably 75 years before a tin roof had been nailed down on top of the wooden shingles. It had also been used to house tobacco and had old tier rails...

Time on your hands and money in the bank can be a problem. I do think it is better than being broke and overworked. I sympathize, for what it is worth.

The 1980s were the heyday of dove hunting here. My uncle, who farmed tobacco on a big scale, always had a big hunt over tobacco patches freshly sown (heavily) in wheat as a cover crop. It was a big occasion and a break from the back breaking tobacco housing. My hill country farm was outside the...