June Farm Poem

Milk weeds, thistles, sunflowers, Queen Anne’s Lace, and don’t forget poison ivy, too.
By any other definition the bane of the farmer, weeds have crowded pastures  up and around  end gates and fence rows.
Summer is full on. Humidity soaks the morning grass and bathes the day in its damp cloak. Sweat on the brow returns right [...]

May Farm Poem

White clover scents the pasture, end rows and ditches,
sweetening June’s hay and May’s early dawn.
Cherries pop like red rubies on the tree, hanging like candy ready for pies.
Morning breaks early now, noon is warm and evening long.
May showers enliven young corn; farmers are held back from planting beans.
Greens flourish in the garden while blooms blaze [...]