Category Archives: Circle S Farm News

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg.   -C.S. Lewis Jessie Gantt-Temple is helping with our egg shares … Continue reading →

It is true that there is a state of hope which belongs to bright prospects and the morning; but that is not the virtue of hope. The virtue of hope exists only in earthquake and eclipse. ― G.K. Chesterton We planted … Continue reading →

  “This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, there’s divinity … Continue reading →

“My grandmother used to say that mint could heat up a man’s blood. She told me that it was used in love potions in the olden times and soldiers weren’t allowed to eat it lest they run amuck with lust….”-Caroline … Continue reading →

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”    The Great Gatsby … Continue reading →

“Frost kills the flowers that bloom out of season…” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michael Angelo We almost made it!  I was really hoping for a last bucket full of October beans and green tomatoes (or even better, red tomatoes).  I … Continue reading →

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” ― Mark Twain Delivering tomorrow on Halloween Eve.  This quote and picture of the moon seemed fitting. Perhaps I will hand out heads of cauliflower … Continue reading →

“It’s so dry the trees are bribing the dogs.” -Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies Not a drop of rain last Friday and Saturday.  Our best chance for weeks.  And two fires in the neighborhood, not to mention our hayfield and tractor, … Continue reading →

“Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul… but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October.” ― Peggy Toney Horton As a farmer, each season … Continue reading →

“Well a good dog on the ground’s worth three in the saddle, No matter where you’re from Been many good dog was a friend to a man But Sam was the greatest one” -Sturgill Simpson I was raised in the … Continue reading →