Sesquicentennial Ownership of Family Farm
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Old Cottonwood Tree, August 2018
Against all odds, the last of five cottonwood trees planted several generations ago is still alive. The debris from when it was hit by lightning has been cleaned up since 2016.
Family Farm, August 2018
Things are looking good around the family farm, even if it has been a dry summer. The barns are now surrounded by grass and corn.
Cottonwood Tree, Family Farm
Update: See the cottonwood tree in August of 2018. As late as August 2015, this cottonwood tree, the last of four or five “natural lightning rods” was still alive and well. The ice storm in early 2016 felled the deadwood.… Continue Reading
Family Farm, Deer Creek Township, Tazewell County, Illinois, Late February
The family farm is looking good this February, and preparations are already beginning for planting this spring. The frost in the ground is melting, and the water is leaching up to the surface, making for some thick mud around the… Continue Reading
Family Farm, August 2015
Barns, Family Farm, Deer Creek Township, Illinois
The two historic barns on the family farm are looking good; freed from the muddy cattle lots which surrounded them for decades, they now sit in green grass and ground cover.
Family Farm, Deer Creek Township, Illinois, Late August, 2012
Family Farm, August 2011
It’s late summer, and things are looking good around the family farm.