Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
Scabby Ewe (affectionately known as Scabs or the Scabster) is one of our friendliest sheep. This is her story. In...
Lorna Sixsmith is an Irish author and dairy farmer. Her latest book is Till the Cows Come Home by Black and...
Mail frauds, April Fools, and ‘Jaws’ in the toilet An excerpt from Jim Trelease’s family memoir, Looking Backward, used by...
The following is an excerpt from Irish writer Maura McElhone’s book Falling for a Farmer (2018), published by Mercier Press. * It...
It was the fourth of July weekend and Doug Edwards and Josh Adkins from Franklin Illinois had set up a...
That works of draining are most ancient and of divine institution we have the testimony of Holy Scripture … That...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
When planted, potatoes are laid out in a particular pattern, like the 5 side of a die. Four corners of...
The Irish are renowned storytellers. From Nobel prize winning literature to pub talk we are saturated in stories. We listen...
Finding a role in my family’s small dairy operation is quite literally the oldest goal I can recall from my...
Lately the thought of homesteading and dreams has been on my mind. I’m part of an online group of homesteaders...