A few months back, my older brother called to pat me on the back (he’s always good like that). He had just watched a very positive segment on CNN about farmers making bank locally and abroad. Knowing that I was in negotiations for a big dirt patch, he was happy for me.
He then related a [...]
Category Archives: Ranch
U.S. Farmers Make Billions Overseas, then lose it.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Sing Behind the Plow
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
On the left, we see knee-high green; on the right, we see no hope for seed at the end of the season. This bovine-mowed Crested Wheat Grass on the Idaho side of the ranch leaves me with no reason to “sing behind the plow.” Photo from 06-02-08
Me vs. Pedro in a Foot Pumice War
Friday, May 23, 2008
Okay, the handle came from All-a-dollar, but the original stone fractured into pieces. Because I “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without,” in this case, I chose to make it do by getting a piece of pumice I found at the Ranch and with a little help from Gorilla glue, [...]
T-14
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A Damon Davis original, digitized and immortalized at this blog. (Yes, the theme of the week is tractors. They are simple, strong, and useful - unlike most things these days.)
Starvation is a Great Motivator
Monday, April 21, 2008
The International Monetary Fund recently declared that the US has not seen times like this since the 1930’s. Well, the above photo was taken in that time frame. So who cares about financial markets, right?
Well, after money fails, food is next. Here are two articles, one regarding domestic subsistence conditions, the other regarding International subsistence [...]
Ranch Photos
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
According to my father, he spent the first 5 years of his life in this vicinity.
