Backing up is a skill that requires some attention. You must look behind you and see what is there. Looking is done with the eyes, but seeing requires the… Read more »
The Henry County Extension as part of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension has agents in all three areas of outreach, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Science,… Read more »
When you are planting one thousand acres of corn on five different farms, you use a lot of diesel fuel. In some cases the tractors were operated 24 hours… Read more »
Leaf Footed Bugs (LFB) first appear in our garden around mid-June. They are first attracted to blackberries and seem to prefer this crop until it plays out around mid-… Read more »
When you are farming, every day is a new adventure and some days go better than others. When I-75 was being built, traffic was being routed down Hwy. 19-41… Read more »
When I was about five years old I encountered my first snake. My uncle was building a house and as they laid the cinderblock, I walked through the bushes… Read more »
Sam was a friend of mine. He was a Christian educator and an ordained minister. When we first met him, he was unemployed. He was working part time at… Read more »
It is that time of year for us to begin scouting for squash vine borers. The adult vine borer is a moth. The moth is orange and black and… Read more »
My wife Bobbie’s uncle Bob had a couple of hogs. There was a gilt that was stunted and while she was nearly six months old, she was much smaller… Read more »
There was a time, back in the sixties, when ponies were very valuable. During that time Fair Meadow Farm (aka Nash Farm, as it is known today), had a… Read more »