Seeding Time
(Post by Jason) This year our February weather was particularly unsettled. A warm sunny day has almost always been followed by a wet day....
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hoffywhf
Mar 5, 20133 min read
Crazy Weather Makes Me Crazy
Today was one of those crazy weather days that is so typical of winter in middle Tennessee. The day started off with rain. Although I am...
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hoffywhf
Mar 3, 20133 min read
A Day In the Life
(post by Jason) Many of you will remember a series of coffee table books entitled “A Day in the Life of [Insert Country here]” . The...
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hoffywhf
Feb 28, 20133 min read
Search Me
(post by Jason) You may agree or disagree but in my mind perhaps the scariest sentence in the English language is, “Hello, I’m from the...
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hoffywhf
Feb 26, 20132 min read
Fiscal Cliff
Like everyone else I am tired of hearing about our impending fiscal cliff. I am also sick to death of listening to all of our...
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hoffywhf
Feb 19, 20132 min read
Sharpening the Saw
(post by Jason) When I worked in corporate America it seemed that the office world was full of metaphors. I can remember attending a...
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hoffywhf
Feb 12, 20132 min read
Paradigm Farms State of the Nation Report
(post by Jason) This is the time of the year when farmers tend to look anxiously at the inventory in their hay sheds and begin to make...
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hoffywhf
Feb 10, 20132 min read
Big Trucks
As you know from my previous blog we’ve already had our share of up-close encounters with bad drivers this week. The very next day I had...
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hoffywhf
Feb 7, 20133 min read
The Last 48 Hours = FAIL
Things have not gone according to plan at all in the last two days. It started yesterday with a truck that didn’t really want to start....
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hoffywhf
Feb 5, 20133 min read
NatGeo
Jason and I are pretty boring people for the most part. We are even boring when it comes to watching television. We rarely turn on our TV...
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hoffywhf
Feb 3, 20133 min read
Small World
I found myself experiencing a bit of a role reversal this past week. My mom is currently laid up after having major surgery a couple of...
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hoffywhf
Jan 31, 20132 min read
Fudge Factor
(post by Jason) When Melissa and I started boarding retired horses we went through all the business start up costs and income/expense...
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hoffywhf
Jan 24, 20135 min read
Frequently Asked Questions
We get asked all the time to provide free consulting on how to start a retirement farm. By all the time I mean we are contacted on...
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hoffywhf
Jan 20, 20132 min read
Playing Nice
The last couple of days were definitely a nice peace offering from Mother Nature after the miserable weather earlier in the week. The...
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hoffywhf
Jan 17, 20132 min read
Happy Family
As Jason mentioned in our last post we had quite a weather shift this week. We went from temperatures in the 70’s to temperatures...
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hoffywhf
Jan 15, 20133 min read
The Ides of….January ?
(post by Jason) It seems like once every winter the universe converges in such a way as to make sure that chores are going to be...
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hoffywhf
Jan 8, 20133 min read
Exploring
All work and no play is never a good thing, right? Jason and I actually took a little break from farm work today and did a bit of...
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hoffywhf
Jan 3, 20135 min read
2012 In Review
I usually write a year in review post, and for the most part I always enjoy reminiscing while writing. I have to admit this year is kind...
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hoffywhf
Dec 23, 20121 min read
Tis the Season
Jason and I are being initiated into the real meaning behind the words “some assembly required” this year. Thanks to those charming...
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hoffywhf
Dec 20, 20124 min read
Losing Our Marbles . . .
. . . or maybe I should say our shut-off valves. Yesterday Jason and I were cleaning troughs which is normally no big deal and a quick...
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