The latest from our farm columnist: “Grandpa was a tradesman and his motto was always ‘Let us be happy in our work.'”
Tag: Happy Day Farms
O’Neill: On keeping the water flowing (column)
“This time of year water is paramount to our operations and I spend a great deal of time and energy making sure it arrives where it needs to be.”
O’Neill: Am I being competent or skilled? (column)
As I think about the spectrum from beginner to competence to skill, I reflect that in many areas I land in the competent category, and I recall the old “Jack of all trades, master of none”.
O’Neill: We’re gonna be caught up by the end of the week! (column)
“It always feels a little strange to be thinking about the harvests of next season even as we’ve just turned the corner into the current season, but such is farming.”
O’Neill: Strawberry Biscotti, from the hills to the State Fair (column)
In which our columnist reflects on the farm’s recent award: “After all the decades of Prohibition, helicopters and paramilitary incursions from law enforcement, it’s surreal to have a category at the State Fair for cannabis.”
