Worm Invasion!

THIS WEEK’S LESSON:
ARMYWORMS
So, in the last 48 hours two people have brought up the subject of armyworms with us.  I had never even heard of them.  But they took out a friend’s pasture in Hartwell, Ga., last week, and Allen, who manages our hay fields, lost 45 of his own acres to these destroyers.
Yesterday Allen came over and saw the first signs of armyworms in our front pasture (moths flying overhead…a little bald spot) and immediately spent the entire day cutting all the hay, which stops the worms’ progression immediately.
Out here on Our Green Acres,
we get by with a little help
from our friends.

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Hope your Labor Day holiday is a blast!

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Need a ‘Haycation’?

What’s been popular in Europe for the last couple of decades is now starting to catch on in the U.S.:  Vacationing on working organic farms for those folks in need of a back-to-the-land type of respite. Read about it in Whole Living, or visit these sites:
Stony Creek Farm
Agarita Creek Farms
Leaping Lamb Farm
Turtle Mist Farm
Serenity Sheep Farm Stay
Champlain Valley Alpacas and Farmstay

Photos: Stony Creek Farm, Walton, NY

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This week’s lesson: 
Once we get the report back from Auburn,
we’ll figure out what we need to get those pastures
good ‘n’ ready for horses again.

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Cousin Jean-Isabel told me about this book.
So we had it delivered to the house pronto.

“Whether you live in the city or the country—or anywhere in between—this is the complete, practical guide to living well and living simple.”
 

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