Reasons to celebrate fall
I follow a social media page that focuses on my home county. The administrator of the page, who I went to high school with,...
A hot cup of sassafras tea
Once upon a time in the Ozarks we boiled poison tonic in the spring and lived to tell of it.
We called it, arguably the...
Hometown pride
In July, I had an opportunity to travel to Stuttgart, Ark. When I joined the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Research & Extension...
The future of agriculture
This edition of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor is one of my favorites to put together each year.
The Youth in Agriculture edition highlights young people...
Twice a hog farmer
I’ve not always been a journalist. Twice I was a hog farmer.
My first experience with hogs came when I was in junior FFA at...
Thankful for a village
What a month July was! When I started sharing stories about my family’s day-to-day life on the farm, our children were small. Stories have...
Back in the day
Back in the day I was a pretty good hay hand. At 17 and 18, I never had trouble finding work, and I never...
Fair days
County fair season is starting to slow down for many families in the Ozarks, just in time to gear up for larger regional and...
Beating the summer heat
All the wonderful things I love about summer must be done in the unforgiving Arkansas heat. We are making it happen. This past week...
The old weathervane
I went to help my dad feed a group of cows the a couple of weeks ago. As we traveled to the farm, he...
