(Post by Jason) This year our February weather was particularly unsettled. A warm sunny day has almost always been followed by a wet day....

Today was one of those crazy weather days that is so typical of winter in middle Tennessee. The day started off with rain. Although I am...

(post by Jason) Many of you will remember a series of coffee table books entitled “A Day in the Life of [Insert Country here]” . The...

(post by Jason) You may agree or disagree but in my mind perhaps the scariest sentence in the English language is, “Hello, I’m from the...

Like everyone else I am tired of hearing about our impending fiscal cliff. I am also sick to death of listening to all of our...

(post by Jason) When I worked in corporate America it seemed that the office world was full of metaphors. I can remember attending a...

(post by Jason) This is the time of the year when farmers tend to look anxiously at the inventory in their hay sheds and begin to make...

As you know from my previous blog we’ve already had our share of up-close encounters with bad drivers this week. The very next day I had...

Things have not gone according to plan at all in the last two days. It started yesterday with a truck that didn’t really want to start....

Jason and I are pretty boring people for the most part. We are even boring when it comes to watching television. We rarely turn on our TV...

I found myself experiencing a bit of a role reversal this past week. My mom is currently laid up after having major surgery a couple of...

(post by Jason) When Melissa and I started boarding retired horses we went through all the business start up costs and income/expense...

We get asked all the time to provide free consulting on how to start a retirement farm. By all the time I mean we are contacted on...

The last couple of days were definitely a nice peace offering from Mother Nature after the miserable weather earlier in the week. The...

As Jason mentioned in our last post we had quite a weather shift this week. We went from temperatures in the 70’s to temperatures...

(post by Jason) It seems like once every winter the universe converges in such a way as to make sure that chores are going to be...

All work and no play is never a good thing, right? Jason and I actually took a little break from farm work today and did a bit of...

I usually write a year in review post, and for the most part I always enjoy reminiscing while writing. I have to admit this year is kind...

Jason and I are being initiated into the real meaning behind the words “some assembly required” this year. Thanks to those charming...

. . . or maybe I should say our shut-off valves. Yesterday Jason and I were cleaning troughs which is normally no big deal and a quick...