by Carol Conklin | Jan 26, 2016
Dick and I had searched for a farm for almost a year before finding this one in Washington County NY. We had traveled through the great snowstorm of 1978, driving out of Massachusetts before Boston was shut down in the heavy snow and wind. We drove into Maine as...
by Carol Conklin | Dec 17, 2015
In 2009 I was trying to feed and capture a young calico cat. I named her Champion for surviving the winter outside; snow, wind and cold! Champion was an inquisitive kitten that was raised off away from the barn on the farm that I help raise calves on. She would climb...
by Carol Conklin | Oct 29, 2015
“I think I have found a horse for you, Carol,” the old horse trader and trainer, Leo, said to me. My heart jumped for joy. I had been riding and helping with chores at riding stables all through my teens and just lived for the day that I could have my own...
by Carol Conklin | Sep 22, 2015
Nature has a frightening and powerful aspect to it that is also fascinating. How small we are in the plan of Mother Nature, here on Earth. How much we are at her mercy, despite all of our efforts to outsmart her. Back on the farm, thunderstorms brought a lot of fear...
by Carol Conklin | Sep 8, 2015
My old best cow Steppin being friendly Enjoying grass The cow is such a generous and peaceful animal. I got to know them on our farm, Amity Farm, that we had in Hartford, New York, for 28 years and these were Jersey cows. We grazed them over the fields for the warm...
