Hey everyone!  I just thought I would tell y'all a little about my life here on the farm. My family has been here on this farm for over 100 yrs. It is made up of a few smaller home sites that was bought over the yrs as families moved away. My family has deep roots in an old mountain tradition, lets just say it is the one that got Nascar started. But that is in the past where it needs to stay.

Now a days we raise a few chickens, about 80,000 total.  No, these chickens don't lay eggs. They are what you buy in the grocery store for your Sunday dinner. My son and I stay at home and look after them, while the rest of the family works off the farm during the day.

We also raise cattle. We run a cowcalf operation. Most ask what is that? Well I'll tell you. We have bout sixty moms and two dads. We sell the babies when they are about six mounths old. They then go to a feed lot and the next thing you know they are at the grocery store. 

I also raise a few Quarter Horses. We don't use them on the farm, they are just for my pleasure. I don't know what I would do without my horses. I have had horses all my life. I raise them and train them myself. They really help me keep my sanity. Nothing like having a bad day and then having a horse that weighs around twelve houndred pounds lay his head on your shoulder. It is better then any therapist.

As you all can see we have a lot to feed in the winter. So on top of them working off the farm, my dad and wonderful husband cut and bale the hay. They start around the middle of May for the first cutting. It takes about four days to do a field and get it in the barn. This yr we are trying some corn too. It will be a new experience for me and my husband. I can't wait for this fall when it will be ready to harvest.

Well, I hope I have not bored y'all to death with what goes on at the I-6 Farms. If y'all are ever down this way, stop by. Jesse and I are always around. Y'all come back now, ya hear.

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