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Farm Journal. Year 6, Day 315
“I wanna grow something wild and unruly.” That line from The Chicks echoes around here more than you’d think — especially when you’re raising kids in the middle of farm country. Tom and I didn’t just bring our family to the country to live off the land. We came here to learn from it. And…
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Farm Journal. Year 6, Day 311
“You’ll get used to it after a while. Never a dull moment on a farm.” — Grampa Brown When we first moved here, we were all learning. City kids. City woman. All of us finding our footing in the middle of 46 acres, with pigs in the barn, chicks in the kitchen, and dreams bigger…
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Farm Journal. Year 6, Day 308
Two Worlds, One Heart Tomorrow, I leave for a work trip. Bags to pack. Meetings to prep for. Agendas to lead. It’s part of the career I’ve built and the role I’m proud to hold. But tonight, I’m walking fence lines with my husband. Listening to the bees hum in the garden. Watching the girls…
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Farm Journal, Day 2494
Heifers in Training: What We Watch for in Future Mamas Our oldest son, Nate, came to visit this week. Between catching up and swapping stories, Tom took him out to the heifer pen — not just to check cows, but to show off a little. It’s been a few years since Nate moved out, and…
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Farm Journal, Day 2491
This year’s garden started late—thanks mostly to the rain, which didn’t seem to get the memo that spring was over. Even with the late start, things are finally settling in.
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