"Everyone should farm something."
I love homeschool. But what I really love is the lifestyle it affords, mainly one that is centered on family and the home. My bride homeschools our two children (soon to be three), and I work outside the home. One of the main benefits I see with this arrangement is that it allows for more traditional roles of husband and wife. My role is to serve as spiritual leader of the home and to provide for the material needs of the family. My bride’s role is one primarily Read More
I looked at the weather report Tuesday morning and saw it was going to be a beautiful day and rain was coming this weekend, so I decided to take Tuesday off and get some things done around home. When you work off the farm during the week, Saturdays are the only day you can get some things done, especially in the winter months with the shorter days. I wanted to get one main thing done: complete a new water line from the Read More
I am extremely blessed to have a job I like and one that let’s me try new things. I have worked for the South Carolina fire service since 2001 and have met many wonderful people from across the state. However, farming is in my blood. We live on family property that my grandfather and great-grandfather farmed. Looking back 20 years, if I had know then what I know now, things might have turned out different. But I don’t spend time Read More
Several years ago, I started taking off about two weeks at Christmas time, and every year since I look forward to that time and seek to make the most of it. Last year, I finished clearing an overgrown fence line down the dirt road past my parent’s house to have more pasture for our cows. After clearing it, I installed a new barbed-wire fence (I usually try to save major fence work and brush clearing for winter months). This year Read More
We have several new things planned for Triple J Farm in 2015. I just finished building our first chicken tractor, and can’t wait to purchase and raise our first broilers. I also plan to raise turkeys (seasonal item) for purchase at Thanksgiving and Christmas (I will be taking orders for local pick-up). I am a “slow and steady” kind of guy so this first round will be more of learning experience. I plan to start with 25 broilers so I Read More
I can gave this talk at the Fairfield County Volunteer Appreciation dinner on May 9, 2014.
I have always been physically active. I am an avid outdoorsman, so farming, hunting and fishing keep me busy away from work. However, a 40-hour per week office job has a way of catching up with you. That’s what happened to me. So in July of 2013, after being inspired by a friend (at that time, he had lost about 40 pounds) I decided something had to give, so I made the decision to change my lifestyle, and I set Read More
Why do I say that? First and foremost, I think farming teaches responsibility. Not everyone will be able to raise larger livestock like cows, but most folks can find something to farm. Whether it is planting a small garden in raised beds in the middle of the city (yes that’s possible and easy to do), or fencing in a couple acres and raising milk goats, you can find a way to farm something. Don’t let the circumstances stand in your Read More
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands Read More