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.
Read MoreTime 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreI am blessed beyond belief to have parents who raised me with a strong emphasis on the joyous aspect of play. Ours was a household with strict television bans and repercussions for blatant usage of the phrase ‘I’m bored’.
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