tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954782550962378952012-01-22T06:17:21.396-05:00A family farm diary by Melissa HartKnolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.comBlogger8101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-26612847131325011312012-01-07T11:43:00.001-05:002012-01-07T11:44:06.179-05:00

Fourteen months ago, JW's girlfriend, Leah Ward was taken from this earth in an unfortunate car accident. Although we miss Leah greatly and her death was so tragic at the time, we know that she is spending her boundless time in a mansion built just for her in heaven. Wanting to make things just a little easier for Leah's mom, JW decided he would make a quilt out of Leah's t-shirts. This was

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The baby of the family has a lot of advantages but on the farm, if the baby is a boy this can work to his disadvantage, especially if he likes to run equipment but has older brothers who never vacate the tractor seat long enough for the youngest to get a chance to do anything. Luke and JW have their strengths when it comes to the farm scene.  JW is good with the cows and seems to enjoy working

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While I reminisced about football yesterday, the North Adams JV volleyball team was on the brink of an undefeated season and when the left Hillsdale Academy they left undefeated!  This is a great accomplishment but unfortunately because they are "Just JV" they will stand in the shadows of a really great varsity team--which also left the floor last evening as league champions. This awesome JV

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If was finished last Friday night. They didn't want it to be done, in fact, they thought there may have been a chance they could keep going but mistakes, overconfidence, anger and apathy were the leading cast of characters that determined their destiny that ended their hopes of ever going any futher.  Instead they will turn their uniforms in today for the last time. It was parent's night last

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It's a cool, blustery, kind of rainy day on the Knolltop.  The chores are done for the morning and now Bobby is hauling manure....an endless job it seems. It's a strange Friday, we have no games tonight which is kind of nice. After chores we can just come in and relax instead of changing quick and heading to a school like we've done for the last three nights.  While Bobby was at Sarah's game

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It happens every night they are home together. The quiet conversation between two brothers as they meet in the kitchen to catch up on each other's lives.  They are as opposite as day and night. One is focused, the other is not. One is quiet, the other is not. One is endearing, the other is direct. But over the years they have followed each other around through good and bad and have cultivated a

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Needless to say it's a busy place around the Knolltop with beautiful weather now hanging on for about three weeks.  I've gotten zilch done because this is the first week I've been home or without some major event happening in three weeks. First I went to Harrisburg, PA for the All American Dairy Show with Danielle Nauman and had a great, but quick time.  We drove all night, not recommended for

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This is ridicules that I haven't posted a blog since April! Ahhhh! I guess that Dairy Agenda Today blog gets all the attention. Not that I haven't been compelled to post something here, almost every day there is something that occurs to me to post, but I just keep running out of time.  And of course I have a gillion pictures that I want to post but it seems whenever I post pictures here, they

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It's prom night for Luke and his date, Jessie.  I took several pictures but when I uploaded them, they went sideways....so I'm just going to post this one for now.

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The rain held off and the temps stayed warm as we enjoyed a double header against Battle Creek St. Philip last evening. Although the weather was looking 'ify' all day long, it turned out to be a lovely evening for a game.  One of the highlights was Luke's two run home in the bottom of the 6th inning (last inning of the game) to tie the game! Then they got another run in and they won 12-11!

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It seems like it's been a long winter here on the Knolltop.  With the snow earlier and last week the tremendous ice storm, the folks in this neck of the woods have had enough winter.  The kids were off the entire week last week because of ice! Thankfully we didn't lose power at all, oh my such a blessing from God! Having a farm is truly a test of patience on a regular basis.  With so much

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It's been a very icy week here on the Knolltop!  The kids had the week off from school simply because a bunch of frozen water...who would've thought? I had the privilege of speaking last week at the Michigan Farm Bureau Young Farmers group in a session called, Roles of Women in Agriculture.  Needless to say, I had a ball sharing with these ladies and getting to know a few more women in

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Good Morning from a cold Knolltop.  It was 5 out this morning....but NO WIND!  YEEHAW! I just wanted to alert you to another Knolltop Blog that is now available for your reading pleasure.  My son JW has created a blog called Knolltop Farm Kid. I've listed it on the right of this page. While I'm here, let me give a Christmas update.....no tree...no fudge....no cards sent.....YET!  We will get

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Good afternoon from a cold, windy Knolltop.  Let me get this off my chest first; it's cold outside and I don't like it. I belong in the south. Actually, I think I was mis-born.  I should have been born in the south where you stay warm all the time and in the heat of the day you sit on the wrap around porch sipping iced tea or a Coke with the gentle breeze blowing, listening to the heat permeate

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Driving through rush hour traffic in Chicago, on our way home from World Dairy Expo, my phone rang, it was my son. He was calling to tell me his girlfriend had just been in a car accident and it was bad. I comforted him as well as I could from 150 miles away and told him we were coming home as quick as we could. But the most important thing he needed to do was pray. Much to my dismay, my son

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It's a typical fall Sunday afternoon on the knolltop.  A little cloudy, a little cool and quite lazy! Normally at this time we would be loaded up and headed into the Hillsdale County Fair for a week of fun, but this year, instead we are going to World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.  We've been planning this trip for a year now and to say I'm excited is an understatement.  I have not been to

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It must be the mohawks that are doing the trick!  Good morning from a cool morning here on the Knolltop! Last night Luke's team won their third consecutive football game!  Not only did they win, but Luke and his buddy, Dewey both scored touchdowns! In addition, the game was on the radio and so their names were announced over the radio waves! Dewey ran the ball while Luke caught a pass and ran it

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Good Monday morning from the Knolltop. It's cool and a little overcast but oh so nice! Yesterday I said I would be back with more about Luke's baseball showcase, but it's today now.  In July, Luke received a letter inviting him to a recruitment baseball came by IPFW. Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne University...or something like that.  He was excited and so was everyone else.  Because it was an all

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It's a beautiful Sunday morning here on the Knolltop. Since we were too late for the early service, I've got extra time before the late service so I figured I would update this blog.  I'm so neglectful of it. The past couple of weeks has been fun.  Not only are the kids in full swing with football and volleyball practices and even a football scrimmage last Friday evening....JW had a singing

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Good Monday Morning from a sunny, warm Knolltop! It's Dairy Days this week and while we have no cattle going up, the kids will still participate in the contests.  Today is quiz bowl, so Luke, Sarah and Jake will go up for that while JW will be working for Koebels all week.  Yes, JW is back in our midst, if only for a matter of hours before he leaves again.  I've been following him around like

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It's a beautiful morning here on the Knolltop.  A very hot day is in store for our neck of the woods! Sarah and I will head to go pick blueberries before it gets too hot and then I'm just not sure what we will do. Last evening, in the heat and humidity, Sarah had a volleyball workout and Luke went and played basketball.  When they got home, Luke's shirt was soaked!  I asked him if that was all

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Yep, it's July, already and I can't believe how I have neglected this blog the way I have. This is ridicules!!!! Let's just not worry about how longs it's been but just move forward.  It's a beautifully, hot day here on the Knolltop! After walking this morning I was going to pick blueberries at Jennifer Lewis' place but decided to take the kids swimming instead.  It's just too hot to do

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Good Morning from a sunny, cool and beautiful Knolltop! With JW"s open house over, it is now time to get back to "regular" life.  I have no idea what that is, but I do know it includes not worrying about the lawn, flowers, weeds, food, paper plates, a tent and a guest list. JW's graduation came and went in a flash.  The day seem to just fly by.  It was the days of preparation before hand that

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Good afternoon from the Knolltop!  It's cool, a bit windy but not a cloud, well, maybe a couple of clouds in the sky! I just got back from walking outside, yes normally I walk on the treadmill, but today, I ventured out while Sadie was sleeping.  I have to sneak out like a mom with an anxious baby.  Sadie loves to go with me but she is getting so old, blind and deaf, she doesn't hear cars coming

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Good Morning from a sunny, going to be a beautiful day on the Knolltop!  Taking me a long time to get something gathered up for my Dairy Agenda Today blog, I finally got around to what I wanted to post, something that wasn't too personal, too mother-ish, too condescending, too preachy, just something that everyone would want to read about(it took copious amounts of graham crackers dipped in

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It's a beautiful morning here on the Knolltop!  And I've got some good news. For those who hadn't heard, I'll start at the beginning.  During basketball season, Luke took a hard fall and hurt his knee.  Like I always do when the kids complain, I just say, hmmmm....keep an eye on it, and usually it goes away.  But this time Luke kept telling me his knee hurt and it wasn't until he told JW that he

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Last Saturday evening, JW took off in my dad's truck and picked up Leah for the prom.  JW is not a conventional prom goer.  He picked out his own tux, no help from no one, he didn't want to eat with all the other people, (they went to her prom, a different school,) he wanted to eat alone. And they didn't spend big bucks at a fancy restaurant, instead they went to Culvers.  Yes, that's right, the

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It's warm but cloudy here on the Knolltop!  We keep having a shower here and a shower there.  Good Morning! Jake hanging on the rim in the sunset....this has nothing to do with the post, just wanted to add a picture! When I came in from the barn this morning I came in the south door and I walked past the magnolia tree and smelled the sweetest fragrance!  After a long, cold winter that is such a

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When my mother in law said, "Have you just quit blogging?" I realized how awful I had been about posting on this blog and keeping all my family happenings to myself.  So, with recent birthdays and Easter, I thought I had better get back to this and hopefully I can hang with it. It's spring break on the Knolltop and the weather got the memo! We've had temps of 70 today, a little breeze and lots

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Yep, it's the slacker from the Knolltop! I'm back....here on a sunny, warmer Knolltop!!!I'm not going to bother with what's happened in the last month, pretty much business as usual...but I do have a blessing today. A gal from my small group from church came out today and is doing my housework! How blessed am I????????????? Sheri Bean showed up while I was bedding the barn and started in

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JW is at it again with marketing goodies for his Senior Trip. And this is what he left on my stove after his entrepreneurial chocolate fest!Monday he bought the molds and chocolate and made some samples to take to school. Tuesday he took his pretty packages of goodies and handed them out, took the orders and sold $96 worth of chocolates! With the pretty boxes and bags his Nana sent up from

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Pictures from Friday night at Homecoming. Luke played well, he was high scorer again, I'm so proud of him! I just happened to have my camera with me, so I took a few snap shots of a double bonus. One was that Luke was playing and the other was that JW was singing in the Jazz band! What a wonderful night we had enjoying watching our kids. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm bragging, but they are

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It's a mild, cloudy morning on the Knolltop! Good morning!Another game tonight, we will head to Camden for the big radio game....yep, it will be on the radio. I've run out of time...have to go bed the barn.. oh yeah... God answered our prayers on my dryer....my brother found one on Craig's list for me, my mom called and told me about it, my dad sent the money down for it and now I have a new(

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Good Morning from a much milder Knolltop! It's 35 out this morning! It smells like spring and definitely gives me a spring in my step today. Yesterday Luke had a game in Bellevue and the team decided to dress up. Jake being the manager decided to dress up as well....he loves to copy his big brother. So I thought I would capture the boys in ties, who knows how long this urge to look nice will

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Good Morning from a much warmer Knolltop. It's sunny and the temps are climbing, this mild weather is a welcome reprieve from the subzero wind chills in recent days.We travelled to Tekonsha the other night for Luke's game and he got to start again! I realize that's not a big deal to some, but for this mom, it's big. I love watching my kids excel, what mom doesn't? He also scored 13 pts...but

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Good Monday Morning from a cold Knolltop! We had a slight dusting of snow over night but nothing major. It's 16 with a slight breeze...but nothing frozen in the barn! And I hear we are in for a heatwave later this week....our January thaw, perhaps?Over the weekend, Sarah and I attended our county DHIA awards banquet. We garnered some pretty good door prizes..which is one of the things that

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Good afternoon from a snowy Knolltop! It snowed at least 5 inches since yesterday! The kids went to bed thinking there would be no school today but a 7 am, I delivered the unwelcomed news hearing groans of "NO!!!" right back at me.The snow has quit now and it's a pretty sunny winter day. Apparently we are in for some cold weather this weekend, stuff the plains states have been dealing with

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Good Morning from a balmy Knolltop. It's 28 out this morning! I took my sock hat off in the barn, I was so warm! And i know when I go back out to bed, I will be sweating! This is good, very good because I think we are in for a cold snap this weekend!Last night the kids did chores so Bobby could go with me to a meeting in Lansing. This was actually my meeting but I knew I wouldn't be able to

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Good Morning from a warmer Knolltop. It was 20 this morning when we walked across the road to milk the cows. Sooooo much better than single digits!Luke called me at 6 am to make sure Jake and Sarah would have a ride to school if he went in with JW to pitch. Well, actually JW pitches and Luke catches. I was amazed that this 16 year old would care enough to call me to make sure he didn't have to

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Good Morning from a snowy knolltop! It's been cold, but it was 18 this morning, no wind and no frozen anything in the barn!!!! Let's celebrate!With the holidays over, it's time to get back into a routine. The kids weren't exactly excited about going back to school. No more time for pond hockey. I think the played it almost every day over break. Anytime they could get a group together to make

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More gift opening!And now we finally eat....this is the kids table...with Aunt Amy as the chaperone! HA!

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Christmas dinner and you know they all hate it when I make them take a minute to pose for the camera!Can you see the "J" for Jesus in my apple pie? I thought it was picture worthy....???Doing dishes at moms....nothing's changed over the years....yes feel sorry for me now..please...Opening gifts at moms....Sarah peeks into Gramps gift.

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Here are a few scenes from Christmas 09 at the Knolltop and at Gramps and GrandmasOur tree all lit up on Christmas eve....I'm no photographer!Bobby read the Christmas story from his grandfather's Bible. You can see the weathered pages and if you look real close you can see the sermon notes--he was a pastor.Jake loves his new Javon Ringer jersey...the old one was skin tight on him and he still

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Christmas has come and gone and we are embarking on a new year and I haven't once said Merry Christmas from a snowy Knolltop! So....Merry Christmas from the Knolltop!It's been a great holiday so far. I think I have spent more time enjoying the holiday this year than in years past. I spent Christmas Eve in the shopping malls doing all of my buying and it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.

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Good Friday Morning from a cloudy but mild Knolltop!Okay, I just have to do a little bragging here.....for those who don't care...I'm sorry, but I am so proud!Last night, Luke had a basketball game at Jackson Christian. Now he's a sophomore playing Varsity. He and three other sophomores were moved up because....it was just a good idea.Anyway, because one of the seniors had been sick, Luke got

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Good Morning from a sunny Knolltop!It's been busy around here with getting ready for Christmas. We put our tree up Monday evening because the kids didn't have school due to the ice. So I took full advantage of all the help. The bad news was Luke didn't have a basketball game that night either.But Luke will play tomorrow night in Jackson. JW is busy taking orders for Christmas goodies. He's

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-17329907343264673642009-12-10T08:45:00.003-05:002009-12-10T09:02:02.855-05:00

Good Morning from a COLD WINDY but NOT FROZEN YET Knolltop.It was 9 degrees last night with a 25 mph wind. Our barn should've been frozen from one end to the other, but when we went in this morning we only found one frozen drinking cup!Yesterday morning Bobby asked if I would find a couple of heaters to borrow for the night since we were going to have a killer windchill. So, as soon as I came

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-22266714794812111192009-12-03T08:19:00.003-05:002009-12-03T08:41:43.434-05:00

It's another cool, cloudy morning here on the Knolltop!I've been waiting to share this story for a week now, but every time I sit down, it slips my mind!A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed a man from southern Hillsdale County named Jim Gier(shown above). The purpose of the story was to write about his hobby, building horse drawn wagons. I found out about him from his daughter Penny who asked me

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-50607974384672387552009-12-02T11:07:00.003-05:002009-12-02T11:24:24.166-05:00

Good Morning from a cool and kind of cloudy Knolltop!Wasn't that elf thing funny? I had a friend from PA send that to me and I laughed for at least 10 minutes. Then when I collected myself, I made one with my kids and me. You can only have five elves, so I didn't stick Bobby in...I should have! What a hoot!When the kids got home they watched it and we all laughed together! Then while we were

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-14032431479164053982009-12-01T12:07:00.001-05:002009-12-01T12:07:02.344-05:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Good Morning from a beautiful sunny Knolltop! It may be chilly, but it's pretty! It's been busy here, obviously with no posting for so long. I guess if you want to keep up with me when I'm not here, you'll have to go to Dairy Agenda Today. But I will try to give this blog more attention.I'm headed out to the barn, I've been waiting for my overalls to dry. I just had to wash them this morning

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-62125290300484074182009-11-23T10:49:00.000-05:002009-11-23T10:50:02.932-05:00

JW and I went to David Smith's, Smile Photography for his senior pictures yesterday afternoon. We had a great time! I can't wait to see the proofs. When we got done with the studio shots, David took JW outside and put him through his paces. Telling him how to stand, how to look, smile, don't smile, look up, tip your chin down, relax the arm...the whole bit. Almost as bad as a cattle

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-56351531824053329792009-11-23T10:34:00.002-05:002009-11-23T10:41:23.917-05:00

Good Monday Morning from a sunny Knolltop!Why didn't someone tell me my headline to the last post was misspelled????? Oh my heavens!Yesterday JW and I ventured to Reading for his senior picture session. Oh my, I had no idea it was going to take three hours! It was fun though, of course he's so photogeneic! And yes, I am his mother, I know, but you just can't beat his smile.I'll post a few

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-24803026119862974152009-11-15T16:14:00.005-05:002009-11-23T10:41:36.990-05:00

Good Morning from a sunny, cool Knolltop.I know, I know, it's been over a week since I wrote anything. I actually began writing this post last Sunday and haven't had time to finish it....Suffice it to say, Bobby and I had a wonderful time in Louisville and the kids handled things well on the farm.Right now, I've got to write about a God thing. If you don't believe in God or don't like any kind of

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-63438075332049811922009-11-07T03:18:00.001-05:002009-11-07T03:20:03.795-05:00

Since I haven't posted any pictures of football season, I thought I had better keep the grandparents happy and put up some of Luke's football pictures. Now I know the rest of the readers may not give two hoots about the kid in the Number 16 jersey, but there are a few of you who will thoroughly enjoy.Luke was the quarterback of the team. This was good and bad. It was good because I always knew

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-85444201570853472762009-11-06T09:08:00.002-05:002009-11-06T09:13:36.922-05:00

Good morning from a very chilly knolltop. It was 29 when we went across the road to milk!Yesterday JW was honored as student of the month. That event took place before school, so then while we were out in our town clothes we ran some errands and then home for more chores. This morning JW is on his way to Louisville for the dairy judging contest at the North American.Today I'm getting ready to

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-35821181932190098292009-11-04T08:32:00.002-05:002009-11-04T08:37:29.728-05:00

Good Morning from a sunny 30 something Knolltop! Now that I just finished a fresh hot sweetroll with cream cheese frosting and a hot cup of coffee, I think I'm ready for the day. I was snooping around the Pioneer Woman website the other day, I very rarely go there because it's so addictive, but I found a recipe for pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting.I made the muffins, in the name of

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-10631131380919118922009-11-03T08:01:00.003-05:002009-11-03T08:19:53.496-05:00

Good Sunny morning from the knolltop! What a beautiful sunrise and now a shining morning!Everyone is back to healthy in the house now. Sarah went back to school! It's amazing what a little rest will do for a body.I lost a calf this morning! When I went out to feed the calves their milk, she was gone! Because she is mostly black, I didn't see her standing outside in the springer pen in the dark.

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-72265651619629188242009-10-30T11:03:00.000-04:002009-10-30T11:03:48.731-04:00

PA Acting Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding

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It's another rainy morning here on the Knolltop! I'm getting use to it. This has been one wet fall.Sarah is still sick in bed with a soar throat and sinus stuff. Poor thing. She seemed a bit improved this morning, but I didn't thing there was any reason to go spread germs around school, so I kept her home again.While in Harrisburg in September, I met the Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-48211615586474407212009-10-28T07:46:00.002-04:002009-10-28T08:11:54.426-04:00

Good Morning from a wet knolltop! But it's not too cold!Bobby and I are now on a hiatus from sports activities. But that doesn't mean my children are. We are inbetween sports and now we can take our time during evening chores and when we come in, Bobby can read and I can write or play cards and eat popcorn. But our children have a burning desire to continue in their sporting activities. Last

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Good Monday Morning from a sunny knolltop!It's supposed to stay sunny for awhile then get cloudy. But in the 60s!!!!Okay, so here we go....Luke's team won Thursday night...yes must have been that super supper they enjoyed in the stinky weight room. Yuck, it did stink in there. But they weren't shy when it came time to belly up to the buffet. They smoked Manchester that night. They put the

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-59603333992180258582009-10-22T08:58:00.002-04:002009-10-22T09:06:14.735-04:00

Good Morning from a cool and cloudy Knolltop! I thought the sun was going to shine, but it hasn't yet! Yesterday was absolutely beautiful!Sarah's team remains undefeated beating Camden last night. Tonight they have their last game of the season, I hope they win. Unfortunately I won't be there to watch. Luke has a game at 4:30 in Hillsdale and Sarah's game is in Jackson and oh yes, we still

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-33474394692222935292009-10-20T11:07:00.002-04:002009-10-20T11:13:44.139-04:00

Good Morning from a warmer Knolltop! I don't have to wear my long underwear to the barn these days and it sure is nice!Sarah's team won again last night in a close match with Hillsdale Academy. They are still undefeated and I'm so proud of them!After the game, JW and Luke had some friends over for a bon fire. They hosted it, all I did was eat smores and make sure no one burned themselves!

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-8253328519655011272009-10-16T11:40:00.003-04:002009-10-16T11:44:12.825-04:00

Good Morning from a partly cloudy, breezy, cool day here on the Knolltop.Last night Luke's team beat Mason 22-6! They did a great job the first half, but they didn't play so well the second half. Luke was disgusted with himself....but he didn' t throw any interceptions...so I'd say he had a great game! For those of you who don't get Dairy Agenda Today, let me copy what I posted there, then you

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-85136111627379282492009-10-14T09:53:00.002-04:002009-10-14T09:59:48.589-04:00

Good chilly morning from the Knolltop!I know, I know, I've been neglecting this blog....again!Monday night Sarah had a VB game and they remain undefeated! They will play Litchfield tonight and I think they should do well. Tomorrow night Luke plays an non-league game against Mason. He called his uncle Rex last night for some scouting tips since Rex used to be the athletic trainer there....a

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-25023933163973555452009-10-09T08:35:00.002-04:002009-10-09T08:43:11.340-04:00

Good Morning from a rainy knolltop!Harvest may never get done a this rate, this rain needs to cease! Last night we didn't get to go to Luke's game. Things kind of mounted up here and it was just not feasible. The game was 90 minutes away and so even if we had gotten all the chores done, we still would not have gotten there to see any of it, so we had to stay home. Poor Luke, I've been

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-33086610144490986432009-10-07T08:49:00.002-04:002009-10-07T08:54:14.824-04:00

The sun is trying to peek through on this windy morning from the Knolltop!Okay, before we go any further, I need to ask for more prayer. Heath Penick, a dairy farmer from Orland, Indiana, fell off a silo last weekend and is laying in the hospital in a coma. He's got numerous broken bones, facial damage, swelling on the brain, but his vitals are stable and he is breathing on his own. He is a

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-47459992206451387422009-10-06T14:01:00.002-04:002009-10-06T14:11:18.179-04:00

It's a cool, rainy, breezy day here on the Knolltop. We've had a hard freeze and the crops are turning brown, but the grass doesn't seem to stop growing!My mower is in the show again and the grass needs attention! So on this cold day, I'm staying inside and not looking out.Last week we had our county fair and I have to say it was the easiest one ever. Jake and Sarah had their calves, Sarah

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-51390369992471056722009-10-05T20:41:00.002-04:002009-10-05T20:49:39.248-04:00

I've been gone from this blog so long I almost forgot my password to post!I'm sorry for neglecting it, but after I got home from Harrisburg we jumped head first into the county fair and the Agenda was also covering World Dairy Expo, so I was trying to make sure that was going smoothly from 500 miles away.Anyway, the fair is over WDE is history, everyone is back under one roof and I can hear my

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-66863919274385023452009-09-21T09:14:00.002-04:002009-09-21T09:19:09.935-04:00

Good morning from a soggy Knolltop! It's been raining off and on since last night.Okay, here's an update on the family who I asked you to pray for. Jessica Wier and Jackie Wier were in a car accident in Idaho. Jessica was killed while Jackie was treated and release from the hospital. Please continue to pray for this family.Also, I could use some prayer too. My mom and I are headed for

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-43033757159100620402009-09-18T11:53:00.002-04:002009-09-18T11:59:21.786-04:00

For those of you who are inclined to, I ask that you stand in the gap for a local family who have experienced tragedy. I just heard on the radio that, Jessica Wier, a 19 year old local gal was killed in an auto accident while out west. The family lives on a farm in the southern part of the county. She was apparently riding in a vechicle with some others, including her twin sister, who is in

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-61140745300454659622009-09-18T09:09:00.003-04:002009-09-18T09:18:33.974-04:00

It is another wonderful day here on the Knolltop. It's sunny but cool, I wore a turtleneck to the barn this morning and didn't get any too warm!There are so many things to do and now I"m feeling the fair crunch. I was good until I began thinking about the projects that still aren't done. I really wanted to get them done before now, but I'm not that organized yet. I heard on Randy Carlson talk

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-40370596435776124352009-09-17T09:59:00.000-04:002009-09-17T10:00:14.665-04:00

More of the Rummage Sale! Stuff, stuff and more stuff. The men's section. And here is the women's section.

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It was a beautiful day for a rummage sale and that's where I went yesterday! Held on the campus of Hillsdale College, beside the football stadium, people flocked to the sale. Earlybirds got their goods and were leaving as I was coming. I arrived at about 9:15 or so....this guy was on his way out already! This is the entrance, young and old alike love the rummage sale. And this was just the

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It's a beautiful morning here on the Knolltop. A cool 55 degrees while milking this morning and cause for a sweatshirt the whole time.Yesterday was a big day for me, my first time on jury duty. Since I just got done writing about it on Dairy Agenda Today, I won't put it here, you can go there and read it. Honestly, I'm in a hurry(what's new?) because the Hillsdale College Rummage Sale is today

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Good Monday Morning from a beautiful sunny Knolltop!We are having great weather and I love it! I'm late for the barn, I should be in there bedding the cows, Bobby is on his second trip for feed and I should be half way done with my job now. OH my how does time get away from me!!!!!Gotta go!

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-77349749110483696642009-09-10T08:41:00.002-04:002009-09-10T08:48:02.383-04:00

Good Morning from a cloudy, still Knolltop!We went to Sarah's volleyball game last evening and they won! Sarah wasn't too sure they would so I'm glad they have a win under their belt to take to the next game on Monday. I'm sure Jake's personal coaching helped her out a bunch.The other day I walked through the livingroom and they were watching college volleyball. Jake looked at me as serious as

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-81478724279629586932009-09-09T08:14:00.003-04:002009-09-09T08:23:55.980-04:00

Good Morning from a foggy Knolltop!Yep, the kids are off to school....I let them go again today....okay, I'm not going there!Where did all this rain come from? It rained a lot yesterday, so much that the feed truck got stuck yesterday. I began milking and looked out only to see two men standing in the rain trying to get the truck unstuck! Again, I'm so glad my job is milking the cows in a dry

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-72810156380546015302009-09-08T13:26:00.003-04:002009-09-08T13:31:11.422-04:00

It's a very rainy day here on the Knolltop. It's been pretty much steady all day long which doesn't help my bad mood at all.Going through the motions of the day I found myself really irritable and couldn't figure out why. Then it dawned on me, the kids had to go back to school today and I really don't like it. I miss them. I miss Jake's constant conversation with whoever will listen. I miss

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-46734904582677074772009-09-03T09:41:00.002-04:002009-09-03T09:47:20.419-04:00

It's another beautiful morning on the Knolltop!Last evening JW and Sarah did chores while Bobby and I went to Luke's game in Climax. They lost but played an okay game. It was fun watching Luke play again. We've had a couple of new calves, one bull, one heifer and now we are waiting for Sarah's cow to calve. She's due to Dundee and we are very excited to see what this calf will look like. I talk

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-86281917878361610572009-09-02T09:32:00.003-04:002009-09-03T09:25:06.155-04:00

Good Morning from a cool, clear Knolltop!The Party is over, the southern chicks have gone back south. They actually left yesterday but I just didn't get to this blog. If you read my Dairy Agenda Today Blog you'll understand.I was voted worst mom of the year yesterday. Luke, reminded me on Monday that they had football pictures on Tuesday and he needed his uniform washed. Yesterday I looked at his

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It's a beautiful morning here on the Knolltop. Cool and 48 this morning when we went across the road to the barn!The southern belles are up visiting this weekend! They came out yesterday and will be out momentarily...so Sarah is busy cleaning up the kitchen and I need to get the rest of the house cleaned up before the come back out!I'm not sure what we will be up to today besides a Dr.

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Cool and rainy...and I mean rainy on the Knolltop today!JW's home from his judging trip, but I haven't had a chance to visit with him about it. I sent him directly to the barn when I woke him up. When he gets in, he can download all of his info!Luke had a game last night, Bobby and Jake went, Sarah and I stayed home to milk. My parents and their comrades also attended over in Adrian. They

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It's a cloudy day on the Knolltop and a bit cool too.Why is it that my day begins with great intentions of getting so much done, but then by 9 am, I still don't have things done that should be done?I don't know what I'm going to do when Sarah goes back to school. This morning I had her canning peaches and doing dishes while I blogged on Dairy Agenda Today and put out some fires. Speaking of

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It's another beautiful morning here on the Knolltop! Jake and Sarah are out finishing up chores, Bobby is running an errand, Luke went golfing and JW is on his way to Ohio for a three day judging trip.No peaches were done yesterday, but I got a really nice package in the mail from Georgia! A fragile box filled with jars of fig preserves, strawberry and pear preserves and a jar of honey! They

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It's another beautiful day here on the Knolltop! It's sunny and cool and just picture perfect. Sarah and Jake are out helping Bobby while JW and Luke went to get roasted beans. I'm still here working on Dairy Agenda Today stuff. If you want to read about what happened in the barn this morning go there and read the blog....fun, fun, fun.Sarah has been hard at work repainting my office. We

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-86711281135177738622009-08-22T09:34:00.002-04:002009-08-22T09:38:43.811-04:00

Good Morning from a sunny, cool, very cool knolltop!We had another bat this morning that sent me ducking and diving under the covers until Bobby got up and with broom in hand batted him down (pardon the pun) and I took a baseball bat and killed him!That is the second bat killing this summer....just call me "BatWoman!"Luke is golfing this morning, he had a scrimmage last night and he made a couple

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Good almost noon from a very sunny Knolltop! I can't believe it's been nearly a week since I posted, this is just not me! I can't say that I've been swamped with stuff to do, but I just can't seem to get to this blog! The kids and I went school clothes shopping with Grandma and that's always a blast! We've also been swimming a few times and yes, that's fun too! But we are having a very

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-68003873253327743422009-08-13T09:58:00.000-04:002009-08-13T09:59:11.089-04:00

I took these pictures a while back, but never posted them, so I thought I would provide something to look at while I procrastinate writing my weekly column! Two bailers, one field. Luke took the round bales to the barn and then Bobby put them away with the skidsteer.

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Good Morning from a sunny knolltop! It's a beautiful morning and going to be an even more beautiful day!I've got so much to do today, it's not even funny. Not only do I have to write my fingers off, I 've got a half bushel of peaches on my counter that need to be made into jam or canned.....Where is Sarah????Yesterday I made more strawberry jam and didn't have time for any other jam. All of a

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Good Morning from a humid, sunny Knolltop!It was warm yesterday and it's going to be warm again today. I guess summer has finally decided to visit.We had the best breakfast but probably the worst for you! I cooked some bacon and then plopped blueberry pancake batter in the bacon grease and they ended up being deep fried pancakes. Oh my heavens they were sooooooo good! But sooooooo bad for us!

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Good Morning from a breezy, warm Knolltop!Heritage Day was a bust! It rained all day long. So we watched the parade in the rain and went back to the house and Gramps, Grandma and the family had Blueberry Buckle and coffee. We needed the rain, so no one really complained about it.Later that evening the boys went up and watched the band play, but it got boring so they came home.JW arrived at 10:

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-81621246436694495572009-08-07T09:00:00.003-04:002009-08-07T09:05:25.487-04:00

It's a cloudy morning on the Knolltop, but still quite nice! We are gearing up for Heritage Day tomorrow, when we take our tractors in and ride them in the parade and spend the rest of the day in town enjoying fellowship while we wait for the antique tractor pull to start! Yes, I will be taking my JD A in for the parade!Still silence in the corn patch...the tonic worked! One reader asked what

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-76766328428459866872009-08-06T08:05:00.002-04:002009-08-06T08:13:09.067-04:00

Good Morning from the Knolltop! It's clear, cool and sunny this morning. As I sat at my desk this morning I didn't hear shucking or grinning or giggling, just total silence! Yes my coon trappers did their job and I think the coons are gone!Last night I gave my coon trappers a pair of rubber gloves, three pans of fly bait and a 2 liter of coke. I told them where to place the pans and to be

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-37241551187668202872009-08-05T08:27:00.004-04:002009-08-05T08:52:33.626-04:00

Good Morning from a sunny, cool Knolltop. Every morning when I get up to post the news for Dairy Agenda Today at 3 am, I have my office window open and it's fun to hear the night sounds. Sometimes I hear a cat walking through the bushes, other times I"ve looked out and under the mercury light I've seen a skunk scurrying around the yard, but the last two mornings I've heard a nightmare outside!

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-21280092389555349552009-08-04T16:28:00.002-04:002009-08-04T16:36:46.036-04:00

Good Afternoon from a sunny Knolltop.This is an odd time for me to be posting, but I had to since I've been so bad at posting lately.First of all, thank you so much for praying for JW but don't stop now! He just called from his mission trip in KY and he said he is having a great time! YEEHAW!!! It is such a relief to hear that. When he left I wondered if he was going to have a rotten time or

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-49961957453555164192009-08-02T12:24:00.002-04:002009-08-02T12:30:13.858-04:00

Shame, shame, shame on me for neglecting this blog! It was a busy week for Dairy Agenda Today, so that's my excuse. It's a beautiful day here on the Knolltop! Yesterday was a monumental day around here...it was JW's 18th birthday! And he wasn't even here to celebrate! We shipped him off to boot camp. No, just kidding, but he is gone, he left for Kentucky on a week long mission trip. He got

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-91168157149060588642009-07-29T11:33:00.003-04:002009-07-29T11:45:52.676-04:00

Good Morning from a cloudy kind of rainy knolltop!I've got writing to do, so I will make this quick, but yesterday Sarah and I were busy most of the day making jam. It was Sarah's first stab at the process and she did a great job! She made a batch of strawberry and a batch of blueberry. She will enter her jams in the fair this year, so we have two more kinds to make. She wasn't to excited when I

Knolltop Farm Wifenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1095478255096237895.post-81858889491540194962009-07-27T10:51:00.002-04:002009-07-27T11:04:14.310-04:00

It's a cool, clear, breezy morning here on the Knolltop! What a week last week! I'm so glad to have things back to normal. It's fun to go but it's so much fun to come back home and settle back in.The kids were extremely tired when we got home Friday night, but they still had to unload the trailer and then JW and Luke went and unloaded straw for a few hours Friday night before it rained on

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