by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Any time I go to Cumming for the Cumming Steam, Antique Tractor and Gas Exposition or the Georgia Mountain Tractor and Engine Club show I look over all the Farmall Super Cs on display. I’m hoping to see something that would identify one of them as the first...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
With the possibility of snow in the forecast, the kid in me is hoping we’ll see some this weekend, even though the old guy I’ve become doesn’t deal with the cold like I once did. Still, I love watching the snow fall, and I marvel at the quiet beauty of a...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
In an earlier era, lots of folks around Inman had a watermelon patch every summer. My cousin and neighbor Mickey Harp and I were familiar with lots of those patches, as we often got recruited to help pick, load and sell the melons. But neither of us can ever recall a...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
It’s been 25 years since the Inman Methodist Church completed an expansion that added a fellowship hall and numerous Sunday School classrooms. I was on the Building Committee for that project, and it was a great honor. We worked on the plans for a long...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Delivering a baby calf from a momma cow that’s having a difficult birthing experience is just part of the job for people who raise livestock. For us, it could turn into quite an adventure. Back in the day, when Joanne and I headed out for one of our...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
When Joanne and I were farming full-time way back when, winters were a financial challenge. A hard frost meant the end of our yearly income from produce sales, and we had to do whatever we could to pay our bills. (The rest of the year could be a challenge...
