A few weekends back, Landon and I spent half of Saturday and most of Sunday shoveling manure from the barn floor to the spreader, rinse and repeat. Toward the end of Day 2, our very supportive and well-intentioned landlord finally saw it fit to intervene: “You know, it’s good exercise […]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
This season, we’re going to try out a new series of posts called “Farm Score”. In these posts, we’ll identify a common farm task and try to decide which song provides the best accompaniment. In times of frustration or exhaustion, a good song can push you through even the most […]
Farm Score: Spreading Bedding
A week or so back, Landon and I made the annual trip out to State College, PA for the 2012 Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The best part of the event is always the camaraderie–2,200 farmers and friends-of-farmers from across the region, swapping stories, celebrating, and commiserating. We got […]