Category Archives: Circle S Farm News

“The centerpiece was a roasted stag. crowned with gilded antlers and stuffed with songbirds; they had hunted well. We were forbidden to kill the deer that fattened on our coleworts and stole our grain, and the venison tasted all the … Continue reading →

“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” ― Humbert Wolfe Such a beautiful time of year!  We had a campfire and some friends out last … Continue reading →

The Cow in Apple Time Robert Frost – 1874-1963 Something inspires the only cow of late To make no more of a wall than an open gate, And think no more of wall-builders than fools. Her face is flecked with … Continue reading →

“Outlaws….do their finest work in the slippery rays of the moon” -Tom Robbins Farm News:  Our Roo, Papa and one other chicken met their demise a week ago.  We think Diamond and her friend Bluebell were involved.  See poster above:) … Continue reading →

“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her … Continue reading →

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath We disced the garden and we are starting over for fall – the odd uneven time.  The time … Continue reading →

“A sunflower field is like a sky with a thousand suns.” ― Corina Abdulahm-Negura The sunflowers come and go so fast.  But they are lovely.  Beautiful in a vase – but ever more beautiful in a field against the sky. … Continue reading →

Eating crow is a colloquial idiom,[1] used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position.[2] The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way … Continue reading →

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore Curtis looked out the window Friday night and said “now those are my kind of … Continue reading →

“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. … In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we … Continue reading →