I Finally Got A Trailer – DEANO Farms: Week 163

Finally, a proper trailer for all my hauling needs. I’m gonna be a trucker just like my daddy! Now that we don’t need to live in the metal building, I need a trailer to pick up all the old vehicles we’ll put in the metal building. Of course, Emily doesn’t know about that last part. …

Late Summer Mowing – DeanoFarms Week 122

I let the pasture grow all spring and summer this year and mowed everything down in late summer (mid-September). My plan was to get some seeds (from the plants that had gone to seed) to germinate in the rain that came in right as I finished mowing. I could get used to mowing only twice …

Volunteer Tomatoes (DeanoFarms – Week 105-115)

FREE BLTS! I did not want a tomato plant this year. But, the monster tomato plant I grew last year had other plans. So, I got a new plant from its seeds–volunteer tomatoes! I did almost nothing to help it but I still got a few BLTs out of it. It was a nice little …

Winter Farm Chores (DeanoFarms: Week 89)

Tennessee was getting ready to have some icy winter weather roll in. I got out to the farm to get hunkered down in preparation for freezing temperatures. While I was there I did some tree cleanup. I did all this while wearing my grandfather’s old insulated coveralls. [wipes tear from eye] Then once the weather …