Trimming “the verge” is a lot more exciting when your wife is setting bushes by the pool on fire with a flame weeder. This has been a PSA.

Back porch view this morning. Much work to do today, but this is solid motivation.

“Why would you want to live in the county? What about amenities!?” I’m pretty amenable to this.

What, you ask, does a 6 month supply of corn look like in our household of 6? Like this, friend. Now to process down for bagging and freezing. And yes…there was much shuckjoicing.

Late night fireworks with family, early morning Farmers market on a Saturday. I don’t know what I did to deserve it - but it’s a blessed life.

My 8 year old little girl loves art. She drew this today. Consider me an impressed dad.

Fascinating. As a history buff, this is exactly the kind of content I am here for.

Woke up to no A/C in the house. Likely culprit - bad capacitor for the outside unit. Will replace ourselves. Every day in land/farm/home ownership is a day of maintenance and repair. You can just do things.

Good morning from the farm. Just a few of the residents trying to determine if a feed scoop has come their way.

Today I celebrate 16 years married to the wonderful Ashley DePalma. 4 kids, several careers, and now a beautiful farm life. I could not have known how good life would be. Thanks be to God!

So many Ruby throated hummingbirds have come to our feeders over the past few days. Dozens at a time. The simple pleasures in life make it all worth it. Especially watching my daughter excitedly run to get us so we can see what is happening just outside the windows!

“Only Christ is King” - Pete Hegseth

My dear American friends, We British Christians would get excited when, once a year, Queen Elizabeth would make a mild but sincere reference to the love of Jesus Christ in her Christmas address. In Charlie Kirks' Memorial service, watched by tens of millions, I just heard: -

An excellent quote. Life is what happens every day, not what we wish were happening every day.

Something that farming has taught me over the last 5 years (perhaps I should have learned it much earlier): You cannot innovate from scratch. There are basic principles that must be mastered before you can tweak for your own vision. I would have liked this advice at the start.

Currently listening to my daughter (8) singing praise songs, while my son (10) is perfectly harmonizing with her. He has zero training and told me “It just seems right” when I asked how he could hear the harmony. A necessary W today!

Just came into Christmas music playing in our house, kids looking at timelapse videos of clouds they took (they love meteorology), and my wife happily folding laundry into my youngest’s dresser. Every good thing about my life happens at home.

Sometimes you grab a 53lb pumpkin from a fellow farmer at market.

Just spent the last 10 minutes with my 10 year old who was excitedly telling me about hydroxyl radicals. He’s an interested kid. Which makes him an interesting kid. I can’t address issues in the rest of the world, but in my house it looks like the kids are gonna be okay.