tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post7779024651030326294..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Tuttle Farm Going Out of BusinessDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-34400979723062689012010-08-01T17:01:06.250-07:002010-08-01T17:01:06.250-07:00The farm down the road today, just finishing up ha...The farm down the road today, just <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8VCKRvDF80" rel="nofollow">finishing up hay baling</a>, four teens apparently having been picked up for the purpose.<br /><br />In other afternoon daily bike commute happenings, a juvenile <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/4850549913/" rel="nofollow">Red-Tailed Hawk</a> wanting to be fed.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-66135121494547962022010-08-01T08:10:46.171-07:002010-08-01T08:10:46.171-07:00Farming is productivity based. These guys found a...Farming is productivity based. These guys found an upscale niche for imagined farm nostalgia.<br /><br />The actual farmers near me show up a day or so a season and plant or spray or harvest, doing a hundred acres alone easily on land they own or rent, growing field corn or soybeans.<br /><br />A few older guys plant a little sweet corn and sell it on the honor system, a pile of ears and a bucket of money left out.<br /><br />The significant thing isn't the corn but the honor system.<br /><br />Some other farm is now the oldest family farm in America. It's like being the oldest person.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com