I've recently been given the opportunity to use a swath of farmland on the outskirts of the city. I'm a city kid and have virtually no experience on a farm, except for two bad youth memories, including killer summer as a "farm hand" in southern Illinois.... ...full story at Modern Lei Feng
from Modern Lei Feng on Mon, Jan 12 2009
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