Land News & Opinions

11.21.08 / Thanksgiving is no turkey

BLUE GRASS, Va.—You can’t go too far wrong with a good Thanksgiving. For starters, everything smells good all day, even me. Then, everybody’s nice as pie for as long as they can stand it. &...

11.13.08 / Building dirt: Louis Bromfield, a novelist with some novel ideas

BLUE GRASS, Va.—Country property has always attracted a bit more than its fair share of philosophers, utopians, missionaries, dreamers, writers and nuts. As farmers, many in this group fail, ...

11.10.08 / Bub was here: Now what?

By Curtis Seltzer He didn't say anything for a while. Lucy and Sophie, our two Yellow Labs, sniffed him up, decided he wasn't edible and wandered off to shampoo themselves in fresh cow flops. The results of good breeding always amaze me. "Ever live out here?” I asked. "No...