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The Birds and the Breeze in Yonder Hilltop Meadow.
Spring on the farm, before the first mowing. The grass is long, dandelions are tall, and everything waves in the wind. Set the camera in an old apple tree, up in the meadow near Stumphenge.
Tomato Flags Send Blessings Over Finger Lakes Farm Country as They Blow in the Spring Breeze.
Kind of like Tibetan prayer flags send blessings over the snowy mountaintops of the Himalaya. Meanwhile, there is some controversy over whether all these varieties are properly called heirlooms. Oh, well, someone will figure it out.
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Tiny Baby Farm Bird Says, I Can Has Wormburger?
Everything on the farm becomes a habitat. Not least the old Ford tractor, because in a bird-eat-bird world, you don’t thumb your beak at an iron-clad condo with sweeping views. The farm hawk, among other predators, isn’t going to divebomb … Continue reading
Duct Tape on Tractor Raggles Like the Flag of Some Beseiged Province.
If, for your evening walk, you should like to pass a few minutes untroubled by world affairs, it is best to avoid an encounter with duct tape. Today I was not so fortunate. Someone, somewhere, is in a bloody fight … Continue reading
How to Turn Apple Crates into Tractor Weights.
What are tractor weights? They are weights you hang on a tractor. They help balance things out, like ballast in a boat. That’s because a farm tractor is not really rolling through a field; it is floating. Especially when you … Continue reading
Another Bird Nest in the Wheel Well of Another Farm Vehicle.
Yes, it happened again—we left a vehicle sitting for a few weeks and it turned into habitat. We’ve seen birds and mice and other things set up camp in various machines, including the old blue tractor and this pickup that … Continue reading
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A Caterpillar in Siberia?
Out for a ski around the dwarf orchard. Happened upon this little fellow. How did he get here? Where was he going? Don’t give up on him after 45 seconds, he keeps motoring! Lifted up the camera when the bug … Continue reading
How to Tow Your Backhoe with Your Backhoe; How Your Mind Works.
A likeable fact about the backhoe—it can be up when it is down. If you blow a front tire while you are working in the field, you don’t need to haul your irons and wrenches to the site. Instead, you … Continue reading
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