Recent content by Ohiosam

I had a tractor that would act up. Run fine then stop like it was out of fuel. Sit for awhile and then run fine. Might be an hour or days before it stopped again. Turned out I had a piece of plastic from a fuel can spout in the tank. It would get sucked to the fuel line and starve the engine...

So sweet

It cleared off enough to get one picture

Ohhhhh wow! Glad I lived to see this!

Had 170 taps this year. Collected about 1650 gallons of sap that made 36 gallons of syrup, my 1/2 will be 18 gallons. Got a fresh barrel and filled it today.

Dealer inventories of new vehicles for some brands is increasing fast. Toyotas and Hondas are still tight. CDJR and Ford are not selling well. Good chance of some good deals in the coming months on certain brands and models.

This agrees with what I know about these things. It’s a pretty small amount per acre.

Reading the article it currently under the director of tourism, which is an appointed (by the governor) position. The ag commissioner is a statewide elected position. I see both being problematic. Ohio having wildlife under Natural Resources makes more sense. I’m not sure about the idea having...

Buzzards are back.

I have deeds for my farm going back to the 1830s. The value was basically flat for the first 100+ years, only increasing with the addition by the value of better, newer buildings. The value of land during that time was based on the value of gold and the value of the crops the farm could produce...