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.
New steps for the new year!
(our best helper in the turnip patch) After extensive research and quite a few sit-downs about the next step Minter's Farm needs to take, we've decided to implement a CSA Program. YAY! Holy cow... what are we getting ourselves into?? There are many questions and...
Christmas is how far away??
(Abigail dragging her very own tree - refusing help from Mom of course!) If many of you are like me, you're busy trying to figure out where the last month has gone. The weather has been crazy (what happened to all that cold weather I thought we'd have??) and...
Let the countdown begin!
We are just days away from the biggest thing that happens to our farm annually! I'm a little stressed and hoping everything comes together well (like it always does). Yet again, there have been some truly wonderful people who have come together to make this all...
Is this really summer??
This summer has been a little interesting this year... hardly any rain here to speak of and crazy temperatures! What is happening? Is this what the weather is going to be like from here on out? I can totally get used to the cooler summers - but maybe cut back a little...
Happy Good Friday!
It's a beautiful time of year... and this weekend is a time for new beginnings and celebrating life. Ask many old-timers around here and they knew the frost was going to be late... the belief is that it's okay to plant your warmer season crops after Good Friday. Some...