Saturday, July 30, 2011

On the Farm…Threshing Time

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Threshing time was important on our farm in Union County, Georgia during my growing-up days. I have two distinct memories of how we went abo...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

On the Farm - Sorghum Syrup Making

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Sorghum syrup making was an important aspect of our production on my father’s farm. It was one of our major money crops of the year. In addi...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

On the Farm—Interim Tasks Between ‘Laying-By’ and Harvest

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Someone recently asked me, “What did you do between ‘laying-by’ of crops and time for harvest on the farm? Did you have some time off for va...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

On the Farm…Coordinating Farm Work with School

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Now we say “back in the olden days.” That can be a long, long time ago or when we ourselves were children. In those days, work on the farm h...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

On the Farm – Planting, Cultivating and ‘Laying By’ (And Celebrating the 4th of July and Attending Protracted Meeting)

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Last week’s column was on the subject of fertilizing, turning (plowing) the land, harrowing it, and getting ready to plant crops. On the far...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

On the Farm ~ Plowing the Land for Planting

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On June 4, 2011 the 8th annual meeting of the Byron Herbert Reece Society met at the Reece Farm and Heritage Center. I wrote about that in m...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Summer Daddy Found the Spring (A True Story Remembered)

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It was a hot dry summer, much like this May and June 2011 has been. Water was scarce, and crops looked pitiful in the fields. To complicate ...