by John Langlois | Aug 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
We Said Goodbye to Hoodlum Today He was a rescue. He had been abandoned along Alabama Highway 65 in 2012. We checked for chips and put up posters, but no one claimed him. After he tore the satellite off of the side of the house, I could see why they turned him...
by John Langlois | Feb 8, 2018 | Alabama Organic Farms
Reserve Your Springtime Dexters Now We have 3 cows who will deliver in the next month or two. One of them is “Girlfriend.” She can no longer nurse her calves, so I get to bottle feed it. Bottle feeding a calf twice a day is a chore. The benefit to...
by John Langlois | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Philosophy Book My grandson brought a book home from his Thanksgiving vacation entitled “The Philosophy Book”. Its excellent photography, succinct style and cogent expression immediately caught my attention. I groaned when I thought about what I would...
by John Langlois | Sep 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
We have used Intuit’s Quicken products for over 20 years. I tolerated their poor support and inefficient design because I couldn’t find another software that would shake hands with the banks and investment companies that we use and provide the detailed...
by John Langlois | Jan 16, 2015 | Organic Farming
The Great Pyrenees The Great Pyrenees is one of the best farm dogs available. We got Carter 11 years ago when my friend at the Nature Conservancy asked whether we wanted “a great Pyrenees puppy.” It turned out that the “puppy” was over a year...
by John Langlois | Aug 17, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Farming Facts
Mastitis problems in Grazing Cattle. Cassidy is one our best cows. I measure that judgement by temperament. Because she is so amiable, we nicknamed her girlfriend. If I were not emotionally attached to her, she would be on the harvesting schedule because she has a...
by John Langlois | May 22, 2013 | Food Ideas
Blueberries Ripen in June in South Alabama We all pack up and drive 5 hours South to pick blueberries and Grandmama Dollihite’s home. We go out early to avoid the bugs and the heat and by 10:00 a.m. we have enough to freeze for the next year. It occurred to me...
by John Langlois | Apr 28, 2013 | Alabama Organic Farms, Food Ideas
Local Food Growers in Alabama Studies have shown that local food can help with locally developed allergies. This idea is revised for publication 04/28/2013 We have had a few problems getting Facebook to accept the blog posts, so some of our friends have asked that we...
by John Langlois | Apr 15, 2013 | Farming Facts, Uncategorized
Barter Systems and Other Forms of Commerce Bartering springs up in modern cultures when the local currencies are no longer valued by the participants in the local economies. At least, that’s barter from the perspective of an economist. However, if other values...
by John Langlois | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Probiotics are about more than just food. Media marketing has a way of overwhelming every good discussion. A few years ago the public began to discover “pro-biotics.” Probiotics became defined in that context as foods that contain beneficial bacteria,...
