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...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Our coldest Christmas ever, according to AI, occurred in 1983, when the official high temperature was 17 and the low zero. The cold weather slipped up on us. We had been lucky on the weather through November and December and were still cutting collards as...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
In recent weeks, we’ve made numerous trips to the Forest Park facility formerly known as the Atlanta State Farmers Market to pick up loads of Fraser Fir Christmas trees. Now place is called the Atlanta/Clayton County Produce Terminal, which more accurately...
by Rick Minter | Postcards From The Po' Farm
Stephanie, Joanne and I, like other Christmas tree farmers, tend to focus on the imperfections of the trees we grow, but the truth is the quality of real Christmas trees used today is much improved. There was a time when families around here would go out...
