Archive for November, 2006

Day of Small Things

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

I feel very privileged to be able to help out Tom and make some posts to the Northern Farmer blog. My prayer is that the things I say will be helpful and encouraging, and at times challenging.
My family and I live on a 10 acre farm in southeastern Minnesota, about 150 miles [...]

A Change For The Good

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Ok, I know, I’m not supposed to be posting any more. I know, I know. But things have come up this past weekend that got me posting. As most know, I’ve been a bit swamped lately. And I decided to quit blogging here. Well, in the thread on the post below [...]

Last Post

Friday, November 10th, 2006

I figure all things got to come to an end, (except stuff with God), and after wanting to do this for a long, long time I figure it’s time to pull the pin on this Northern Farmer blog. It’s not fair to the readers of this blog to have to read anything I write [...]

Got ‘em Weaned!

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Noisy around here tonight, a couple hunderd cattle bellering their brains out in two different directions from the house. Music to my ears, kinda the official cattle harvest. It’s unlike harvesting spuds or corn or whatever. With these critters everyone within a mile or two knows the harvest is in. Especially if [...]

Farm Planning

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Every once in a while I read something that really hits home, something that is a “bingo”, something that I can relate to. Well, I just read one that has me smiling about the folks over Kentucky way. Rick’s story is the way it is almost every day farming and I just [...]