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March 10, 2015
“Dear Gene and Carol”…Friends and Family Honor The Logsdons
Gene’s First Article Transcibed at the end of this post… ��Solicited and Compiled by Beth and Ed Greenwood Me and Gene have had conversations about his strain of corn that has long ears. I got a collection of old farm journals and one which Gene said touched him was his first article he sold to […]
March 4, 2015
Shipping Hay Overseas
From GENE LOGSDON The farm news is reporting that the amount of hay we are shipping overseas, mainly to China and Saudi Arabia, has doubled in recent years. The total is still only a small part of our hay production so it’s not yet earthshaking news, I guess, but for someone brought up in agriculture […]
February 25, 2015
Starting An Old Tractor
From GENE LOGSDON I don’t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time. I have never thought I could afford a new tractor so I know quite a bit about starting old ones. Or rather I know quite a bit about […]
February 18, 2015
GM Stands For Genetic Muddle
From GENE LOGSDON I say I am against GM foods and even consented to be in that documentary making its rounds (“GMO-OMG”) declaring my opposition even though I hate the public stage. Then I turn around and write something supportive of genetically modified chestnut trees. I have to try to explain myself. I have read […]
February 11, 2015
Will Genetic Modification Save The Chestnut Tree?
From GENE LOGSDON I am against Big Ag trying to use genetic modification to monopolize the food business, but I don’t damn all genetic modification. First of all it is useless to do so because there are a zillion possible applications of this biotechnology and science is not about to abandoned all of them. And […]
February 4, 2015
Could King Corn Be Our Downfall?
From GENE LOGSDON That is a perfectly ridiculous question, if you look at corn yields lately. Corn farming has never been so successful. Last year production soared to a new record high in the U.S., with an average yield of 171 bushels per acre. A new individual record-breaking yield was also set, an unbelievable 503 […]
January 28, 2015
Out A Winter Window
From GENE LOGSDON I was sort of startled by the two foxes at the edge of the woods outside our kitchen window. Son-in-law Joe took the picture. Those are well-fed foxes, I can vouch, courtesy of our hens. A part of me wanted to shoot them but a part of me didn’t. The lazy part […]
January 21, 2015
Strawing Strawberry Beds
From GENE LOGSDON Here in our neighborhood, we’ve been arguing about when, if ever, strawberry beds need to be winterized with a covering of straw. There are enough different answers to that question that I am beginning to wonder about traditional ways as much as I doubt modern ways in gardening and farming. Here are […]
January 14, 2015
How Henny Penny Came To Rule the Roost
From GENE LOGSDON I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but when reporters are interviewing people on the radio news, especially in so-called third world countries, there are often roosters crowing or hens clucking in the background. I think I know what’s going on. Chickens are using the airways to signal each other about the latest […]
January 7, 2015
Front Porch Garden
From GENE LOGSDON We are fortunate to have Jan Dawson and Andy Reinhart, who operate Jandy’s Farm Market near Bellefontaine, Ohio, for friends. Nearly everything they do or say has potential for my scribblings. The photo above is a picture of their front porch. Need I say more? I tease them that they have turned […]
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