The blessings of a day off during the week

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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

Welcome to Farm Family SC

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I have always wanted to farm. We lived on about 30 acres, and I knew we needed to “do” something with it. At one point, my dad suggested planting pine trees, but I have seen too many nice fields and pastures get turned into pine plantations and I didn’t want that. I decided to get some cows. I grew up with cows all around the house, and many neighbors have cows.  So starting in late 2007 I began designing, in Read More