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Farm Art Friday – Pivot in the Rain

April 24, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

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

February 27, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

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: Big Green Tractor Rut

January 16, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

Tracks fascinate me. Footprints, tractor ruts, animal tracks. I’m not really sure why. Maybe because of the connectivity, proof that someone else passed through the same spot, even in the middle of a bare winter field. Or maybe the design intrigues me, the rhythmic pattern left behind.

Could be that I’m obsessed with taking pictures.

And tractors. I have a soft spot for those big green tractors.

Or maybe, just maybe, it’s as Stephen King says…Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.

Grace Grits and Gardening

Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

[tweetthis]Maybe I have a soft spot for those big green tractors. #FarmArt @JohnDeere @ArFB [/tweetthis]

Musical Pairing:

Big Green Tractor, Jason Aldean