Postcards From the Po’ Farm
First off, I need to refresh memories about where the name of the blog originated. My grandfather, who in the late 1930s bought the farm where we now life, called this 50-acre place the Po’ Farm, in reference to the “poor farms” that were prevalent in those Depression days. Fayette County’s poor farm, where people way down on their luck went to live, was out on McDonough Road.
My grandparents and my dad didn’t have to go to the poor farm, but my grandfather’s family did lose between 800 and 1,000 acres due to the boll weevil, the Depression and the financial ruin they brought. Pop’s nickname for this place shows that his sense of humor survived the hard times.
Sugar Cane Syrup Cooking: Comin’ right up!
As I write this blog, we are getting ready for our second annual Sugar Cane Syrup Cooking this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 6-7) at the Inman Farm Heritage Days showground. The cooking was a lot of fun last year, and we decided to cook on both the Sams...
Two-Row Corn Picking: Not much has changed around here (except the new nuisances)
Last week I plowed under what was left of one of the best corn patches we’ve ever grown. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to harvest much of it. The wild hogs that roam this area ate most of it to the ground. Wild hogs are a relatively new issue in our...
Tractor Magneto 101 with John Walls: Farmall Model H4 Magneto – Part I: Teardown Step-by-Step Tutorial
Below is the step-by-step tutorial that follows along our YouTube video of John Walls tearing down a Farmall/IHC Model H4 magneto. John even gives us a little history lesson on the a little history lesson on the various magnetos used by the McCormick-Deering, Farmall,...
Another Famous Writer in the Family
Like a lot of folks my age, I grew up reading children’s books authored by my cousin Robert Burch, who was born in my hometown of Inman, on the same road, Hill’s Bridge Road, where I have spent most of my life. Chris Gibson and his family live in a house built...
Old Hymns and Back Porch Visits
It’s been a tradition for years that during the month of August, those of us who attend Inman United Methodist Church sing hymns from the little brown Cokesbury hymnals. Sometimes, on those Sunday mornings, I’m disappointed to see that the powers that be...