An anniversary we will always remember – Entry #115
Lightening strike on Timber Butte The hail miraculously pounded the flames for five minutes On August 29th Nancy and [...]
Passing It On…Tend the garden – tend your soul – Entry #113
Maybe times are changing, or maybe it’s just me that’s changing. It might be the folks I’ve [...]
Sunflowers – More than a pretty face – Entry #112
Nancy hangs Sunflowers in the barn to dry Nancy has always liked to grow sunflowers in our vegetable gardens. For a long time I didn’t get it. [...]
Scarecrow in the Pumpkin Patch – Entry #111
Recently Nancy and I were flying back from a family wedding in Boulder, Colorado with our granddaughter [...]
A world in crisis & God’s heart for his church – Entry #110
My plane landed late that evening in Nicaragua and after clearing customs was immediately comforted as I recognized my old friends’ crazy smiling faces through the terminal windows in the [...]
A simple pleasure – Entry #109
Sometimes life gets so busy that it’s easy to forget to take time for simple pleasures. Ever since I’ve been a young man [...]
From the garden to the pantry – Cucumbers to pickles – Entry # 108
I don’t know what I was thinking last spring when I was planting the garden rows, but I went a little overboard on the cucumbers. It didn’t seem like [...]
Defending against the threat of dry lighting – Entry #107
Our insurance agent of twenty years sat at our kitchen table helping us formulate a defensive plan [...]
Vision of a vineyard – Entry #106
Have you ever started to build something without a plan or even an idea of what you were constructing would be when you finished? [...]
Harvest moon – A time to rejoice – Entry #105
“I know that nothing is better for men than to rejoice, and to do good in their [...]
Chickens to the rescue – Entry #104
Last week I was gone on a ministry trip to Nicaragua for several days. I flew in late at night and Nancy picked me up at the [...]
Fighting the invasion of noxious weeds – Entry #103
Looks can sometimes be deceiving Things aren’t always what they seem. The road up to Timber Butte is often picturesque, especially at certain times of the [...]
‘Better late than never’ Strawberries – Entry #102
The weather has finally decided to act like summer and the days have turned hot from early morning until late in the evening. Having such a cool June and early [...]
Restoration of a forgotten farm tool – Entry #101
Last week my friend Duncan dropped by with some parts he had salvaged off of an old [...]
An orchard irrigation drip system worth checking out – Entry #100
Gluing flag drippers to 1/2 inch PVC caps The staked reservoir can with liquid fertilizer Using fertilizer tablets One of [...]
Everyone has been called to the harvest – Entry #99
Knowing how to grow a healthy bumper crop for harvest on a plot of land isn’t so much a matter of science as it is an art form. Farming demands [...]
Mowing hay is a bit like life – Entry #98
Me and Duncan restoring my antique mower It was my first evening of mowing hay and things weren’t going well at all. I had scheduled [...]
The Harvest was Ripe – Entry #97
King Solomon once wrote; “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to [...]
The power of one horse power – Entry # 96
It’s hard to explain why, but there is something really satisfying about using horses in harness. Few folks use horses any other way than under saddle these days, [...]
Kate’s one day chicken coop – Entry #95
For a long time our daughter Kate has wanted to raise a few laying hens in her back yard. Up until last week she’s had two obstacles keeping her from [...]
Building pine-pole gates – Entry #94
Gates of any kind are expensive, and in most cases don’t have a lot of character – especially if you desire a country look [...]
A Video You Must Watch – Entry #93
This is a short promotional video we created to invite people to our RE:FORM Conference in September that’s powerful.
The invasion of the Hummingbirds – Entry #92
Tri and I are so enjoying our first Spring here on Timber Butte. The hills look like Ireland right now everything is so green. [...]
Our new mystery friend – Entry #91
I need your help solving a mystery. Last Friday I was driving home from town after work and decided to stop along the [...]
Running on empty – Entry #90
Over ten years ago I bought my first real tractor. It wasn’t much to look at, but it was a bona fide Allis Chalmers 1952 D17 farm tractor and it [...]
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