by jessiegussman | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Anyway, last week I told the story about the bees in my jeans in the berry patch and this person read the email, then, the next time he saw Watson he said, “Did you know your wife was running around the berry patch with her pants off?” Gah. So, the next...
by jessiegussman | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of my brothers-in-law has a thing for fireworks. Usually, he puts them off in the church parking lot, but at this time—years ago—he and my sister had just moved into their new house and wanted to have a get-together. Since it was close to Fourth of July, they...
by jessiegussman | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Okay, some of you know that we’ve been hanging out with friends and family, and this week we’ve been entertaining my parents, some cousins and some in-laws and friends have also been here on the farm. Today I thought I’d share a story from last year...
by jessiegussman | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
I hope everyone is having a great week! So…about mine. Actually, let me give you a conversation I heard my girls have at the end of last week. Daughter 1: It’s like there’s a big wave of death that keeps hitting us over and over. Daughter 2:...
by jessiegussman | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been busy here on the farm since the middle of May. Some fun things and some wins, but a lot of hard things as well. I admit, when I realized I’d put out fifty books (I hadn’t been counting and had no idea) it felt like a huge accomplishment. It...
by jessiegussman | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t have a farm story from this week. I do have a story from just about a year ago. I wanted to talk some about Alex, who was from Chiapas, Mexico, who spent a couple of years working with our family. He was like a brother to our boys (read: they...
by jessiegussman | May 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Okay, I’m going to confess – I love to go out to eat. Love it. I mean, doesn’t it feel so decadent to have a whole menu of options in front of you to choose from? You can pick anything you want, and someone else will make it! Then someone brings it...
by jessiegussman | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Alright, we’ve been really busy on the farm lately – we’ve already baled hay, gotten several more fields cleared and planted, we’ve had almost fifty calves born this year and we’ve brought up two bulls from Texas and sold our Penn State,...
by jessiegussman | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I promised to tell you about the ten chicks that have been in my library for the past month. Most of you all know that we have two laying houses in Pennsylvania. There are 20,000 birds in each of those houses. We started out our chicken journey when the kids were...
by jessiegussman | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
I had originally thought I would tell you about the cow that bloated on Easter Sunday, but I got to thinking it’s been a year since we moved here to Virginia. For all of you who have been getting my newsletter, you know it’s been kind of a crazy year,...
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