Chris Hardie

Bit by bit the smaller homestead farms disappear a little more each year as houses and buildings are torn down or left to decay. But if you look closely while...

There are many sayings my father had when it came to farming - not all fit for publication in a family newspaper. But one I remember well was when we...

A sure sign of spring is yellow in the green - the annual appearance of the ubiquitous dandelion. Considered both a flowering plant that's completely edible and a noxious weed,...

The Driftless Area region of Wisconsin where I live is blessed with abundant rivers and streams that flow through our valleys, which we call coulees. Early European settlers in our...