Some of you are farmers, but many of you don't have much connection to some of the forage work I do. I have my own hay making equipment, but I spent about a month working for a farmer using his much more expensive stuff. I did a large number of jobs, but most of my time was spent baling. Baling is a love of mine. If everything works, it's an easy job. #Inmydreamsthingsdontbreak When combines harvest a field of grain, they leave a swath of straw behind. The baler comes and pi

Summer was glorious. I had a tough patch when I had to split my tractor, but I live a most blessed life. The people and opportunities I have are something I take for granted, but that is an oversight on my part. Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. As they should, these towels bask in the sun. The shock after the cry. A Kombucha trifecta. Psalm 19:4 Their line is gone out t

Yesterday we went to our friends the Teichribs to help them get the last stuff done to be ready to open their strawberry farm this weekend. Weeding in the hot sun is hard work, but it felt really good to come home exhausted, having done some meaningful work. If you want berries, they have the best ones. The few I popped in my mouth were heavenly. oldecrambfarm.com If anyone happens to think that the curse is not in full force, let me tell you that each strawberry is brough

I got a tractor! It's a John Deere 3130. It will do everything that I need. Today I put on new front tires. I'll see what else all needs to be fixed. Now that I have a green machine, my status will likely rise. But we'll see. If you want to come and give it a spin, come on by! The view in the cab. Here is a video, that I shot so you can get a good look at it. Now, to make hay while the sun shines! #FridayWrapUp #Farming #Videos

One evening during the melt that we had, I took the camera out and had some fun pointing it at things I thought were interesting. Here, for your porusale, are some of the shots I got. One day during the melt #Farming #Cows

We've hit the cold snap, so yesterday we cleaned out the last of our garden vegetables that remained above ground. We hope to keep the herbs covered and have them last a little bit longer, but really all that's left is potatoes and carrots under the ground. What we ended up bringing in yesterday was quite colorful and made a real beautiful mosaic, so I thought I'd share some of the pictures here. This could almost qualify as modern art. Who cares about baskets of deplorable

Originally published in January 2015 In the summer of 2005, we lost one of our male ponies who had gotten loose and run away. We did not hear any news for several days, and then a horse ranch called, saying they had our horse and wanted to buy it. This is the true, fictitious, accurate, historial, with creative lisence, version of the story from the perspective of the horse. Enjoy. Silver The horse whose head was bigger than its brain It was a sunny day in early June. The bir

ATTENTION!! WARNING!! Rated F (for farm) Parental discretion advised. Content may not be appropriate for very young city residing children. You Are Warned Goats Goats are animals, and not the boring type. I very much have a love/hate, well mostly hate, relationship with goats. First some of their more positive attributes. Most of them have a decent ability to keep themselves alive. They take good care of their kids, many of them have twins, and they produce