Chris Judd is a farmer in Clarendon on land that has been in his family for generations.
When to harvest
A couple days ago, a friend asked me: “When do you pick grapes for wine?” After I gave a very quick answer – “later on in September” – I began thinking about all the different things that are taken into consideration before harvesting any crop. Then I remembered a minister at a recent funeral saying: “There is a time to plant and a time to pluck-up!” Then I remembered a story once told at a funeral explaining the little “dash”
What did I just eat
We have all had a great meal somewhere (at a fancy restaurant, at the neighbours or at home) and some
My first drive on farm machinery
Everybody remembers their first drive on farm machinery. Mine wasn’t on a tractor. We got our first tractor in 1949,
In the ground
Several years ago, I wrote a series of articles called “The seven bank accounts of a farmer,” and the most