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Drilling Barley

Neighbor Rick Williams drills barley on ground his son Michael had worked a few days earlier near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Old Grain Drill

Farm

Old grain drill, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Neighbor Gary McMasters and his crew saw lumber on his vintage circular sawmill earlier this week. Gary custom saws for folks in and around Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Monday, they were sawing poplar for a local farmer for use as a floor in his barn loft. Scenes like this take me back to my childhood, when my Grandfather and my uncle ran a sawmill business with a mill very much like the one Gary uses.

Red Chevy

Automobile

Detail of a 1956 Chevy from a recent car show.

The Old Plow

Farm

The world is is a constant state of change, but some things remain the same on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. My Grandfather’s plow still sits under a tree near his barn where he last unhooked it from his Super M Farmall sometime before 1960.

Study Time

Family

My daughter-in-law Christine spends the afternoon working on her graduate studies with the help of Juan Pablo.

In Your Face

Animals, Farm, Portraits

A male guinea fowl eyes me on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Harrowing Ground

Agriculture, Family

Neighbor Michael Williams was using a large disk harrow yesterday afternoon to prepare land to plant barley for use as silage next spring for his family’s dairy cows in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. He was working this year’s corn ground. By rotating crops, he will maximize production without wearing out the fertility of his land.