Rural people are self-sufficient. They keep to themselves. They don’t have block parties, because they don’t live on blocks. They are patriotic and fiercely respect everyone’s right to freedom and privacy. They don’t care what…
Pigs are nature’s atomic weapons. They eat everything in sight, and can turn a lush green lawn into a post-apocalyptic wasteland in a matter of hours. You will never hear the call for “free-range” pigs. …
I’m An Avid Backyard Vegetable Gardener I channel my Italian grandpap Pete, who had a half-acre garden and could grow anything; however my scope is not nearly as ambitious. I plant four 8×4 raised bed…
When I was a kid, we always had a turtle. Eastern box turtles were plentiful then if you knew where to look. They could be found crossing roads in the woods, or crossing a field…
One of the pains of living in the sticks is the relatively inaccessibility of utilities. You city dweller take for granted things like running water, natural gas, and cable. Live far enough off the beaten…
When you think of bunnies, you think of soft fluffy little critters with cute little noses moving up and down, floppy ears, and a sweet disposition. In real life, rabbits are far from sweet. Go…
So we bought the farm. One of the best things about the place was the ability to get away. You could walk into the upper fields and not see a single sign of anybody else…
I like chicken, but I hate eggs. Not sure why that is, except I remember getting stomach viruses as a kid and always tasting rotten eggs as I was in distress. I also hate ketchup. …
For the most part, farmers aren’t Second Amendment nuts. To a farmer, a gun is a tool like any other. If you have rats in the feed shed and the cats can’t keep up, a…
Pigs and Twinkies I am an avid vegetable gardener. I refuse to grow anything I don’t like to eat, though. I put in about 25 tomato plants, 20 pepper plants, a half-dozen assorted squash, a…