Farm – Page 130 – Dan Routh Photography

Mowing Hay

It’s that time of year again. Neighbor Harold Gibson mows hay near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Harold grows hay for the local horse market.

Planting Garden

Farm, Garden, Tractor

Cousin and neighbor Thomas Routh covers potatoes in his garden in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Mule Team

Farm, Horses

A team of mules plowing ground in Caldwell County, North Carolina.

Neighbors Rick, Greg and Michael Williams of Williams Dairy cut spring silage near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. They are cutting a mixture of wheat and barley, chopping it, and putting it in a large trench silo where the grain will pickle and be used for dairy feed.

Ladies at the Dairy

Animals, Farm, Goat

My family and I were at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina recently for one of their extraordinary farm dinners, and we received a additional treat. While we were taking a short tour, two of the ladies of the farm, Lee and Regina, were tending to a pair of twin goat kids only minutes old.

Buttercups

Farm, Flowers

A sure sign of spring in North Carolina, buttercups are bloomong in the pastures. They are beautiful, but cattle won’t eat them and they are basically noxious weeds.

Let Sleeping Hogs Lie

Animals, Farm, Hogs

Free range hogs do what hogs do at neighbor Bradds Family Farm in Gray’s Chapel, North Carolina.

Grinding Mule Feed

Agriculture, Farm

Gary McMasters and his son Brandon grind feed on a Saturday afternoon for Gary to feed to his mules. In the hammer mill he adds corn, oats and molassas.