There was some tar spot coming up in our corn, and we wanted to get on top of that before it moved up and gets too close to the ear.


The Parkers wrapped up a successful weekend at the Illinois State Fair livestock show and returned to their farm with ribbons in hand.





When I was a kid, summer wasn’t just about sunshine and sprinklers — it meant jam. My mom would line up jewel-toned jars of homemade preserves, from apricot to zucchini, each jar a little pot of sunshine.