Voices From the Farm: Sheep, Sheep Everywhere!

Toward the end of the month, it was finally time to get the wool off those sheep! The shearers came, and we had one wildly busy and stressful day getting all the various groups of sheep to the shearing pen, then moved out of the way for the next group. First the hugely pregnant older ewes, then the bred ewe lambs, then the rams were shorne, and eventually returned to their original place in the barn. It was a great relief to me, and no doubt also to the sheep!

Brain Food to Fight Off Depression

Do you have a happy brain? Mine has had its ups and downs, but just hearing that the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) annual meeting last …

Chicago’s Johnny Appleseed – Gene Yale

Gene Yale, living in a Chicago suburb, has 170+ apple trees in his yard. And six high-bush blueberries! By growing tiny little trees – grafted and managed like Bonsai – Gene has a yard full of 3-foot apple treas that bear full size fruit.