HOWLE’S HINTS BY JOH N HOW L E
THE HERB FARMER HOW’S YOUR GARDEN October “Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.”
SIMPLE TIMES
October is a great time to reflect on the past growing season. Whether you grew a garden, a food plot or a pasture full of grass, it took hard work to have a productive growing season. I’ve always enjoyed reading the proverb about oxen providing the power even though there’s a lot of cleanup involved. Yes, the barn would be clean without the oxen, but there would be no fruit from your labors. Another way to look at it is with the expression, “There is no free lunch.” If you want success from the things you’ve put your hands to, there will be a lot of hard work, and it can be messy. It’s a lot of trouble to clean the manure from the barn and fill the trough with feed, but the hard work pays off in food, security and happiness. Only the lazy and shortsighted would do away with the ox.
- Proverbs 14:4
Get Smarter With Your Solar Fencing
Solar-powered electric fencing has revolutionized the world of intensive grazing. Being able to subdivide paddocks can extend your grazing and allow you to run more cattle on less land. Gallagher has led the way for many years with solar-powered fencing systems. The SmartFence Portable Fence System is a completely self-contained and portable fence system that combines the posts, reels and polywire in one fourwire system. Once you secure the end post in the ground and anchor it with the guideline, simply roll four wires out at the same time as you step in each post as you go. This allows you to create a quick portable corral or roadside grazing area. Set an energizer on a T-post and hook the hot wire to the polywire and
THE CO-OP PANTRY
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