28 Days
Close to 5 pm, for 28 days, the back doors of the barn, looking to the east. Every day I empty the wheelbarrow, then turn to close the barn doors.…
Photography
I’d like to introduce you to a new photography website - ta-da - jimstewart360.ca. Lots of photographs of places and objects. Also lots of information on farm equipment and astronomy.…
In Times of Trouble
This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for our neighbours. This summer and fall have been times of trouble for all of us in this farming area. Way too much rain to…
Farm Aerials
My Anger grandparents and aunts and uncles had large aerial photographs of their properties hanging in their living rooms. Always pride of place. I loved them. We didn’t have one,…
Horse Keeping
For Christmas, I got a manure fork. Yippee! It’s a good one for winter barnyard cleanup. Such a necessary tool is way too hard to find. This one came from…
The Old Baler
I don't know how old the square baler is. There's no paint left. The name - McCormick - very faint. Old Faithful, I call it. A friend said you can…
Ohio County Farm
By Marji Smock Stewart, from Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers. This continues her story on from Just the Three of Us. The weather New Year's day in 1960…
Farm Dog
Being a farm dog is the diplomatic posting of the canine career spectrum. They have to be friend, greeter and protector. They have to be independent but know their place,…
Barn Cats
Frank Moore, a farmer north of Belmont who my parents knew, always had lots of barn cats. He said one year, years before, there had been an explosion of cats…
Hens movin’ on up
Hens movin' again. That’s what happens when you’ve got wheels on your coop, you get itchy claws. There have been some awfully cold days and nights the past couple weeks.…