I have a lot of interests. Art. Reading. Writing. Mushrooms. Birds. There is a lot more. I am a life-long learner and one of the things I’ve learned in managing a working farm is that it’s one thing to build a road and another to maintain it. In this article for Beginning Farmer I consider the choices for road construction material, gravel, the costs and benefits of gravel, and shed light on farm road maintenance. Read more here.
April 25 2023 Blog Environment
Grasslands are gone, too.
Some scientists estimate that native grasslands have declined by as much as 99 percent. By some estimates, this resulted in three billion fewer birds on the landscape than 50 years ago. This has harmed both the eastern meadowlark and the bobwhite which are both found on Coal Creek.