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Old Mule Farms - Graves Station, Ga.

Thoughts from the Old Mule

Plow to Ground

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  With a good start working in the kitchen garden where we have herbs among many other things that are essential to our pantry needs, just time now as the season changes will yield what is needed. Also, our regular garden is coming alive as it does this time of year where even more will find necessary in the days ahead. It's just all a part of the history of this old farm and all a part of what makes our homestead the best of the best. For decades we have been practicing stewardship on this land which grounds us to that understanding that all things are possible when the plow touches the ground.........Dan

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Honored Tradition

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  Even though it's a bit early there are tell tell signs that nature is changing all across the old farm. Early might just springing before long and we will welcome it with open arms. The rush is not something that we seek rather the need to get fertile ground ready for planting. First will be twenty five acers of corn that will yield our feed needs as well as more. The rest comes in stages making production the old fashion way. Time honored as humble stewards we strive to live within tradition right here on the old farm....Dan

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Warmer Thoughts

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  My mind has me thinking of warmer days, those days that are right around the next corner. The time when gray turns to blue, and black and white finds color among nature at its best. About the time I place the old plow in the ground for a new crop on the farm. Warmer nights, warmer days, the brightness to come is already warming up the farmhouse making thoughts more inviting as each day approaches another. Come along we us as we live the life handed down to us and enjoying every bit of what comes...........Dan

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Snow Days

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  Christmas time is behind us now, a new year has begun, and one of the harshest winter weather patterns that I have ever seen has made its way to the old farm. Our temperature has dipped as low as 15 degrees a couple of times, even had about 7 inches of snow that stayed around some three days. Thats about the greatest amount this old mule has ever seen across the old farm. Farm chores have been a bit tough, getting hay to the cows has been a challenge, not to mention trying to keep water going in frozen conditions. Just like clockwork before you know it, we will soon be on another course where some different type of working challenge will find us digging in as we keep things going, right here on Old Mule Farms..........Dan

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Time to Reflect

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  Cold weather has spread across the old farm as December rolls into position. The cows are fed with plenty of hay in storage for the winter months. We have a good supply of all things needed so were ready for some warm fireplace nights. This slower pace time is much appreciated each year as it gives one time to think back on things, and it also gives one time to make plans for what comes next. For now I`ll just put another log on the fire, sip a bit of coffee as the wind blows from the west........Dan 

  

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Thankful Living

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  Each year around the old farm the month of November has always been more of a time to slow down as we look back upon the weeks that lay behind us with thankful hearts for all that it has brought. Hard work is really a prideful normality to any homesteader enjoying life in abundance. With that we embrace what comes next in this journey we call life…Dan

 
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Coal Fired Ovens

With the first day of autumn approaching there are slight signs emerging that one season is ending making way for yet another. The old farm has certainly scene these changes before and we embrace this cycle with open arms. Before long fires will be lit as the coals heat up our cherished dutch ovens for the old school taste that has endured on this land for decades now. Keeping the past alive is just about the only safe future that can be on this side of our old rusty fence....Dan

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Resurrecting the Past

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  I fired off the ole smoker for a long slow cook of pork butts and fresh hams that soon was copped then sauced for our family 4th celebration. For decades I have been the pit master here on the farm bringing hungry appetites to the old farm table. Our family time is extremely important to me. It holds the warmth of the past together as it bridges the changing new to understand even the simplest of things are dear. It is true that the younger generations can only see right now, but one day they might just relish a memory from the past that can never be resurrected again………Dan

 
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Work Days

Summer is in full swing bringing with it the southern heat that we face each year. So, from that standpoint it is nothing new and helps us understand that we have a place among the familiar times of the south. Farm work continues each day full of adventure and pride in work well done. The occasional dip down at the creek makes for a diversionary tactic then all hands on deck as we make it happen the old school way....Dan

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Dusty Rain

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  Its somewhat dry here in the south. The old farm is about as dusty as it gets. I can remember each spring having to sweep out the hay loft after most of our winters hay was spent. A little dust never hurt no one, it just covers you with a great respect for a nice rain shower……Dan

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