Lucas Adams is an illustrator in New York City. His illustrations of his great-grandfather W.G. Pope’s journal during W.G.’s time as a dairy farmer in 1941 can be seen here.
GOATS A stately Saanen goat from Prince George’s County, Maryland, photographed in 1935. Goats on a runway in Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. A reclining goat photographed in the 1940s. A child holding a goat in Crystal City, Texas, photographed in 1939. SHEEP A woman named Clementine Miller with her sheep exhibit at the 4 H Club Fair in Charleston, West Virginia in 1921. Sheep photographed in 1942 at the Texas Agricultural and M
We love raising kids in the pasture, and lambs. The kids we raise don’t originate from goats. They come from town. To see the lambs. Children average about six and a half hours a day in school. According to a 2015 Common Sense Media report they spend another 4-6 hours a day in front of screens. This number continues to rise. These are all hours spent indoors. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than four hours per day of screen
Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis, is a low-growing, spreading perennial plant, bearing arching stems of bell-shaped, white flowers with a wonderful perfume. It makes good ground cover in shady spots. It’s a fantastic choice for a woodland garden or shady border, as well as planting beneath shrubs. It also makes a charming addition to a spring posy. How to grow lily of the valley Grow lily of the valley in moist soil in partial shade. Mulch annually with leaf mould or other organic
At least that’s the experience of golf course architect David McLay Kidd. Decades ago, back when he was learning the game at Machrihanish Golf Club on the Western Coast of Scotland, he could almost always find an errant shot. “If you hit it straight you could play a nice tight line,” he recalls, “but if you could hit in the rough you could find it there as well because the the rough was thin and wispy.” That’s because sheep