Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Edmund went away for a long weekend, which meant I was on livestock duty and also that the animals weren’t on their best behavior. On Friday I was drinking my...
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Old Dogs, Old Tricks
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What is it About Billionaires and Farming?
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal caught my attention. It describes the efforts of Larry Ellison, one of the richest men alive, to start a revolutionary agricultural enterprise...
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Snow Drifts and How to Spot Them
What is a snow drift? A snow drift is a large group of snow that has built up over time. This forms because of wind constantly blowing snow over a...
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Kids and Cornices
What is a cornice? A cornice is an overhanging drift that forms when snow is blown over a field and onto a steep hill/cliff. This formation is often icy with...
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A Few Square Inches of Light
I see through the window that it has begun to snow. Plump, lazy flakes drift more sideways than down. They appear to be arranged in ranks, with the closest tumbling...
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A Very Particular Tree
Lately I’ve been trying to see more clearly. Since I have an unfortunate predisposition to taking myself seriously, I mean this in the most insufferably pretentious way; because the fight...
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Tracker
Tracks are an afterimage of life’s passage. Walk out into the woods after a fresh snow and you will see, recorded in paw and hoofprints, the movement of animals through...
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Divided Time
There’s a sentiment I’ve been seeing more and more lately, which goes something like this; “January first is just a day like any other. And yet we put so much...
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Phones Can Help Small Farms
A common criticism of digital tools, especially our phones, is that they draw us out of the real world and into the digital. There is an obvious one-to-one sacrifice, in...
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Beginnings and Endings and Beginnings
In business, success and growth are generally synonymous. There’s a generalized feeling that if something isn’t growing it is dying. Think of Amazon, which lost money for nine consecutive years...
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The Bright Side of Everything
With each passing year on the farm I grow less certain about how to fix the food system. I don’t mean this in the sense of what foods we should...
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Halfcocked Turkey Recipe
Halfcocked Turkey Recipe An Unconventional Approach for Perfect Turkey: Pretend It’s a Chicken One thing that always strikes me about turkey recipes is their assumption that there will be at...
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A Few Thoughts on Boredom
I have a vivid recollection from childhood. I lay beside a rhombus of sunlight on the living room floor of the house in which I grew up. The scratchy wool...
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