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Farm Art Friday – Pivot in the Rain

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irrigation pivot, poinsett co

Papa Creecy always said it was better to get too much rain in the spring than not enough. That was back in the days before irrigation pivots. Of course a pivot does no one any good during the heat of summer, if the land doesn’t dry out enough for spring planting. Too bad these pivots can’t vacuum up water to save for later.

Rain, rain, feel free to stop. Grumpy farmers must plant crops.

This too shall pass.

Happy Friday y’all!

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Too many people talk about weather and not enough talk about #agriculture. @ArFB @arkansassoybean @arkansas_grown[/tweetthis]

“Too many people talk about the weather, and not enough people talk about agriculture. When somebody says to me, “Beautiful weather we’re having,” I always reply, “Irrigation and crop rotation.”
― Jarod Kintz

Musical Pairing:

Luke Bryan – Rain is a Good Thing

Farm Art Friday: Frozen Field

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Farm Art Friday - Frozen Field, Grace Grits and Gardening

I love the winter fields, resting for spring, waiting for new life. And these trees. Frozen, they bow to the earth. We may be growing weary of ole man winter, but there’s no denying the beauty of ice and snow. Tiring, sometimes dangerous, yet beautiful.

I’d love to see your winter pictures. Tag me on Instagram @gracegrits or post to Facebook.

Happy Friday! Stay warm, everyone.

[tweetthis]Frozen Farm Art Friday! Stay warm y’all. [/tweetthis]

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

Musical Pairing:

Frozen (you knew it was coming, right?)

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”

― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

 

Farm Art Friday: Boots on Fence Posts

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Coolest fence ever. Technically, this photo is more in the style of Rancher Friday or Cowboy Friday than Farm Friday, but hey, farm, ranch, cowboy…they all wear boots, right?

Have you ever noticed boots on a fencepost?

What is the signifcance, you ask?

As you might imagine, the interweb is filled with explanations, but I looked to Allens Boots, an Austin, Texas bootstore legend (yes that’s bootstore not bookstore) which wrote about this very subject on their boot blog…

Allen Boots, Austin, Texas

Various reasons include 1) a way to indicate the rancher was home, 2) a method to protect fenceposts from moisture, or 3) to symbolize the rancher had passed away.

Who really knows.

But when every fencepost from here to the horizon has a boot stuck on it, I call it farm art.

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Boots on a fence post. I call it art.[/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:

I Wanna Be A Cowboy – Boys Don’t Cry

This farm art photo is courtesy of my author friend Lynda Beck Fenwick who blogs about the life of Isaac Beckley Werner (Kansas homesteader, agriculturalist, inventor, journalist, scholar and political activist). Lynda shares detailed information based on Werner’s daily journal dated August of 1884 to June of 1891. His writings provide a fascinating and true glimpse into American history. Be sure to check it out.

Food. Farm. Garden. Life.

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