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Local soy bean fields are (all?) harvested. Field corn harvest is underway. Autumn colors have emerged on just about all of the oak leaves i...

In our northern hemisphere, this coming Saturday, August 1,  Lughnasadh  is celebrated among the Celts and Irish Gaelic. Locally, row crop h...

Much of the local field corn has tasseled. Late yesterday we noticed a whitetail buck in velvet. This year's fawns seem to be everywhere...

It rained (again) this morning. Thunderstorms are in tomorrow afternoon’s forecast. Lots of hay fields around here have their first cutting ...

Early this morning we enjoyed some mild thunder and lightning as thundershowers rolled through. Later, we watched a wild tom turkey displayi...

Before we get into today’s themes, let me be among those greeting you with the salutation: May the Fourth Be with You! Happy Star Wars Day! ...

There are sayings that “There is no waste in nature” and “Nature wastes nothing.” You may have seen writings about a “circular economy.” Bas...

It seems as though, once upon a time or so, I read that, if a society wants less of something, they should tax it. If there’s any truth to s...

In a few hours we’ll pick up our final community supported agriculture [CSA] share of the year. That fits with our progression into the dark...

Another sign of the changing of the seasons? Today we pick up our penultimate autumn share from the community supported agriculture farm. He...

Early this morning, but after the dogs’ walk, we had thunder and lightning that, over an hour or two, delivered about a quarter inch of much...

Remember that phrase from the tv series Hawaii 5-0? I wonder if a Jack Lord recording will be played in Fulton County, GA as an ex-president...

With some luck, tomorrow we will celebrate Lammas / Lughnasadh . The sourdough loaf I baked a week or so ago is almost gone. Tomorrow I’ll f...