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What a Horse Taught My Daughter

It was the saddest day yet on our farm. As parents we had talked about how difficult that day would be, but imagined it would be a long ways off. Brooke’s horse, Chief–her strong gelding horse who was the love of this 12 year old’s heart–had injured his leg. We thought it was a simple …

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Farm Report #4: Failed But Succeeded

Our goal this year was to grow some sweet corn to sell.  We were only wanting to do around 3/4 of an acre.  We didn’t want to grow just any corn, but “organic” corn; i.e. no artificial fertilizer nor herbicide.  We worked the ground this spring.  It seemed like it took a million trips over …

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