Tag: family farms
Self-discipline is built into farm life
Nothing good ever comes from boredom — something most farm kids don't experience. Self-discipline is built into daily chores, the more demanding the better.
Open fields afforded a new learning adventure each day
Judith Sutherland grew up on a family farm in the 1960s and '70s. Learn why she believes it was one of the last best times and places to have been a kid.
Pausing harvest for Thanksgiving
In the Guebert household, Thanksgiving was reserved for family, feasting, and loud, laughter-filled Pinochle games.
The little fainting goat who wouldn’t
Judith Sutherland long ago figured out she doesn't have a fainting goat because Mabel refuses to believe she is any kind of goat at all.
Electric fences build character
It took grit, strength and determination to close the fence on her family farm every day. Little did Judith Sutherland know, it didn't have to be so hard.
Something special about farm dogs
There is something about a farm dog that makes us all stop and wonder why a good dog can't live as long as we do.
Respecting land stewards of the past
There was the feeling of carrying the torch for the people who came before us, farming the land with a nod of respect to its history.
Slipping away like morning fog
Alan Guebert recalls mid-September mornings on his father's dairy farm.
6 tips for decision making on a family farm
Here are six ways to help family farm teams make effective decisions that will benefit the long-term goals of the farm.
Electricity becomes a farm convenience
One hundred years ago, very few farms had electricity of any kind and an article in the December 1917 issue of Gas Review magazine told of its benefits.
