I received a report this morning (Tuesday) that the Texas harvest is finished and the custom guys have arrived in Oklahoma. Last week I blogged about the paperwork problem these guys were having with crossing the border and all, but it's my understanding that the customs bureaucrats gave them permission to go, providing they report back to the border by the 25th
There's a car wash coming up tomorrow (Saturday) here in Shelby. The Steppin' Up 4-H club is holding the wash from 10 until 2 tomorrow at the turnaround on Main Street right across from the Wells Fargo Bank
No, it's not that old Charley Pride tune, it's a "snake report" that I received this morning (Thursday) here at the Puffman Blog desk. Tony, the infamous Snake Man and his wife were out at the dens last Sunday on the Gollehon place east of Brady, out there on Hell's Gulch Road
I had a chance to read some reports this morning (Friday) on crop conditions in the south (Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas) and I noted one comment out of Kansas that said that "the crops look good, but are really early"
That's what Brady area farmer Gary Gollehon tells me when describing his life "down on the farm". According to Gary, "Good neighbors and a good place to bring up a family" is the single best thing about living/working on a farm"
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands”
-Jefferson
The family farm may be the most important institution in American history. In America, the
I think one way is to be listening to the Puffman Show in the afternoons. If that doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will. On a more serious note, "How to Die with a Smile on your Face" is author Steve Michaels latest book and Steve is going to be my special guest this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:35 on the Puffman Show
It's Ag Appreciation month and I'm gearing up to follow the custom cutters again this year. I understand that conditions "down south" have really "gone south"! A week or so of mid 80 degree temperatures, coupled with 30 to 35 mile per hour winds have literally stressed the Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas crops, causing visible blue circles (not to be confused with crop circles) and shriveled leaves in the fields
Don't forget - we'll be beginning our daily salutes to Agriculture families very soon. If you'd like to be a part of it, please contact hollyrogers@townsquaremedia.com.
Starting on Monday March 5th we will be featuring a different Agriculture family every day Monday through Friday this month on our website www.kesnam.com! You will find interesting stories and pictures of how our producers started out, how they got to where they are today, and how they acquired their land
And I don't mean those cars that David Kennedy in Car Town sometimes talks about. These are the "mustang" horses and I have a special guest/expert scheduled for this Friday afternoon at 4:35 that has a lot in common with Betty White, Bob Barker, and Ellen DeGeneres
