Some of you may remember that a little while ago I wrote about taking my youngest niece on a farm field trip during harvest. That post was about us checking out some soybeans. Not sure how I failed to get back to writing about the trip since I have a whole series of posts to go! So let’s start with… Read More
Sometimes I Do Something Stupid, Something Real Stupid aka Without My Friends I’d Still Be Stuck!
I would love to pretend I always get things right. But sometimes, sometimes things just happen and I have to acknowledge that I have done something stupid. Recently I had a chance to soak up a lot of my stupidity and in the spirit of full disclosure, I realized later I needed to fess up. So what happened? Like I… Read More
Wheat Fields in the Past Month — Photos from Missouri Roadtrips
While I have a very deep love of cotton, so deep it guides my Twitter handle and a couple of series of posts here on the blog (cotton 101 and the fabric of our lives), wheat holds a special place in my head & heart too. I had a great time recently stumbling into some wheat fields. Seeing wheat at harvest prompted… Read More
Wordless Wednesday – Thanksgiving Tree of #foodthanks
this photo for Wordless Wednesday is part of the #foodthanks effort organized by the AgChat Foundation.
A Drive Will Do You Good On a Nice Day
I’m very lucky to have excuses to get out and see the countryside fairly frequently. It’s almost addicting when it’s harvest or planting time…. or on any really nice day there is a crop in the field! This week the drive back to Memphis from St. Louis found me stopping on the road and grabbing my camera bag. It just… Read More
Peanut digging & thinking (with a bit of singing)
One of my tweeps — Gene Roney –posted this video today (I have no idea why the embed code didn’t work but I have decided to link & hope you come back)… it prompted me to reminisce about my days in Tifton and further south talking with farmers about all the things they do to protect peanuts from disease, insects, etc…. Read More