Pioneer Species

Several years ago I was visiting a friend’s farm to observe his cattle grazing operation and ask a few questions.  During our walk through the fields we came upon a plot that featured quite a good deal of ragweed growing among the desired vegetation. 

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Time Management

Time management.  I'm reminded on a regular basis that the skills I possess in this field are horrendous.  Such an observation usually makes its way to the surface when I have overbooked myself and I'm spouting off my temper about how someone needs to figure out a 30 hour day and an eight day week. 

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People aren't PLANTS

I can well remember a Penn State horticulture professor’s regular classroom emphasis of his fascination with plants.  “Any living organism with roots,” he would say, “cannot get up and run away when conditions become unfavorable. 

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Public Perception

It was fall 2017, and I was standing near the stables on a beautiful plantation along the Ashleigh River in Charleston, South Carolina.  My wife and I were attending the wedding of a friend of hers, and I found myself in the company of young men and women enjoying careers in the medical field.

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