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
  • The "Hour of the Wolf" - Surviving Hurricane Sandy
  • Oh the lowly Woolly Bear
• Pets
  • Michael, Riker is colicing.
  • PJ, My Trusty Jack Russell
  • The Last of the First Ones
    • Charmer
    • Emma
    • Willie
    • Tony
    • PJ - My Trusty Jack Russell
  • The Last of the Second Ones
    • Charlie Tuna and the Winter Storm of '93
    • Remembering Lt. Worf
    • Miles: The Evolution of a Cat Person
    • Squeak - the  Little One
    • Jordie - Bunny Man
    • Kira
    • Lizzy
    • Neilex
    • Gracie
  • The Third Ones
    • Malcolm - A.K.A. Smoochie Baby
    • Troy - I’ve finally found my forever home
    • The Kittens of Willow Rill
    • Barkley & Reggie
    • Oreo & Houdini
    • Millie
    • Sheldon
    • Whil Wheton
    • 'Q'
      • "Q" - No stray turned away
      • "Mandatory fun"
      • Journey to my forever home
      • How life has changed
      • Stupid dog, stupid birds…
    • Black Cat
      • I don’t want to be alone anymore
    • Leah
• 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