Category Archives: Farm

We have sheep

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

Here are some first looks at Ella’s newest 4-H project. Having completed pigs, now we are on to sheep.

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A different side of me,maybe

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

I have been blogging less and living more in 2013 and I don’t know if this is good or bad. I go to meetings like the TN Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer and Ranchers young leaders conference like I am at … Continue reading →

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My House

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Well, it’s been a bit since I put any pictures from our new house on here. So, here is my most recent. This afternoon our exterior was finished except for shutters and gutters. We went with Hardy Board and it … Continue reading →

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Pictures from a day of preparation

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Today has been a long day for us. We started at 600 AM getting ready. Them off to the vet for health papers for our Hogs. Then to Murfreesboro for the show. Next came bathing three hogs and clipping them. … Continue reading →

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Pigs, Practice, and Patience (for Mom)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

I thought that I knew what living in rural America was all about. I mean, I grew up in a rural county of 18,000 or so. Lived in a small home just off my grandfather’s farm. Watched my grandfather as … Continue reading →

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Make Hay while the sun shines…

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I have been meaning to write this blog post since fall hay cutting, and I am just now getting around to typing it up. See, at least twice a year, more often three times a year, I loose my husband … Continue reading →

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Generations unload together

Posted on October 14, 2012 by

Back from Florida, and back to work for my crew. This weekend is our church’s fall hay ride, so not only is it back to school, but it’s back to house building and time to clean up the farm for … Continue reading →

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Bottle Time

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Yesterday afternoon my husband Took time out of his busy afternoon of house building, moving cattle from one field to another for our rotational grazing program, tagging a baby calf, doctoring another baby calf, and other assorted farm chores to … Continue reading →

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A crazy life

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

I have decided that trying to keep up a blog post while being a Mom, a doctor, a farmers wife, and building a house is maybe more than I can handle… Sorry for such long pauses between post… I have … Continue reading →

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Farmers: An endangered species

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

For those of you that know me, you may wonder why a full time family physician and mother of three spends so much time talking about and “AGVOCATING” for agriculture. To answer that I will one, refer you to the … Continue reading →

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