Yield, Milo

Seventy days surely have changed the scenery around Damphewmore Acres. We’ve gone from green, lush Eden-like conditions in June and July to brown, cracked-soil,...

My ongoing saga with coyotes and my chickens continued last week. I wuz batching last weekend while Nevah wuz on a quilting expedition to...

Here’s a perfect story illustrating that young ears are always listening and that you never know what will come out of the mouths of...

Here’s a perfect story illustrating that young ears are always listening and that you never know what will come out of the mouths of...

My New Mexico friend, ol’ Albie Kirky, extended his stay in the Flint Hills another week and we got in some more good fishing...

The gardening season is winding down here at Damphewmore Acres. It’s reached the “giving tomatoes away” stage. Ol’ Nevah and I have canned all...

I just finished mowing the expanse of grass we manicure here at Damphewmore Acres and, while I wuz mowing, I came to the brilliant...

My good rancher neighbor, ol’ Slim Mann, recently told me a couple of stories about his long-departed pappy that conjured up in my mind...

I’m having an out-and-out war with the coyotes killing my chickens. A coyote pair and their two-thirds grown pups are playing havoc with my...

Nevah and I took a 3-day vacation last week to spend a day at the Iowa State Fair -- the state fair to end...