Farm Life Articles

• A Spouses Guide to Garden Watering
• An Amateur’s Guide to Plant Nomenclature
• Dear Diary: I Almost Electrocuted My Horse Today
• If It Isn’t Broken . . .
• Left Handedness
• Honey, I'm not going to cut the lawn anymore
• How Not to Dig a Pond
• How Not to Drive a Gooseneck Trailer
• How Not to Paint a Tin Roof
• How to make the picture perfect Garden Fence
• In the Country
  • I stepped Aside
  • Everything has its place, everything has its time
  • Finally the summer is Over!
  • The Monarch Hatchery
  • Who turned off the heat?
  • In for a penny, in for a pound
• Pets
  • Michael, Riker is colicing.
  • PJ, My Trusty Jack Russell
  • The Last of the First Ones: Charmer
  • The Last of the First Ones: Emma
  • The Last of the First Ones: Willie
  • The Last of the First Ones: Tony
  • The Last of the First Ones: PJ
  • The Second Ones: Miles: The Evolution of a Cat-Person
  • The Second Ones: Squeak - Little One
  • The Second Ones: Jordie - Bunny Man
  • The Second Ones: Charlie Tuna and the Winter Storm of '93
  • The Thirds One: Malcolm - A.K.A. Smoochie Baby
• Picking the Right Truck and Trailer
• Reflections on Christmas Traditions of Old
• Reflections on Emmitsburg Winters of Old
• Reflections On The Rain
• Reflections on the blizzard of 2010
• Skunk, the Worst Case Scenario
• Spiders: The Original Web Masters
• Summer Kitchen & Treasures of Antiquity
• The Evolution of a Master Gardener
• The Farm Tractor from Hell
• The Old Tenant House
  • Part 2: Inspiration
  • Part 3: A  Dog's View of Renovation
  • Part 4: "You'll need to move your house back 45 feet..."
  • Part 5: The addition's foundation
  • Part 6: Framing the Addition
  • Part 7: Updating the heating & plumbing systems
  • Part 8: It was a cold and windy night....
  • Part 9: The Kitchen Cabinets
  • Part 10: Refinishing the floors
  • Part 11: Trimming out the house
• The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Body Work
• The Rebuilding of the Fiesta: The Engine
• The Search for the History of Windy Meadow Farm