“It’s good that this is an abundant time of year for fruit and other farm waste because with 20 pigs now on the farm we’re gonna need to gather plenty.”
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O’Neill: The first real rain shower (column)
In which fall feelings have our columnist contemplating life’s bigger cycles: “Lately I’m fascinated by journeys in my life that have come full circle after decades.”
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O’Neill: One step at a time (column)
“On the one hand, a fella could spend a whole lifetime pulling star thistle and not get that far, but on the other, I can look at the pasture and see that I’ve made a significant difference over the last few weeks.”
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O’Neill: The hardest thing I do on the farm (column)
This week’s column looks at the livestock cycle of life: “I accept the difficult nature of slaughter and the many feelings it engenders as a necessary part of our life journey, but it’s never easy.”
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O’Neill: Getting through the month of Ughust (column)
“August is the hardest month of the year for me, we’ve taken to calling it Ughust here on the farm.”