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Farm Tales and Cow Pies
Many baby boomers left their rural route addresses as they made their
way in the world. But your farm remains a part of who you
are…regardless of your current address. Join Dan and Daryl as they
share tales about growing up down on the farm during those baby
boomer years. Just close your eyes and imagine the smell of fresh cut
hay or feel the softness of a baby chick in your hands. You can hear the
cows as they return from the nearby pasture. We invite you to listen,
relax and remember a…
Episodes
Farm Tales and Cow PiesHalloween on the Farm
Grab a sheet and double check your barn door – it’s almost Halloween! Trick or treating was rarely done on our farms during the baby boomer years…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFuel on the Farm
We have a gas today, talking about petrol! Get behind the wheel and we’ll drive to Dad’s fuel barrel. How much was your gas or did Dad just shake…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFirst Job Feedback Memories
Well, we asked – and you answered! Sharing tales about gopher tails to popple peeling with a spud. What a blast hearing your feedback from our First Jobs…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Diorama
Grab your favorite toy tractor and hook up the wagon or plow. Add a few toy cows, pigs and chickens from the shoebox barn and, you’ve got your own little…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Pets and Pet Names
They usually came when you called them—at least on their own terms. Some had familiar names like Tippy, Toby, or Josie. Others answered to unforgettable…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Equipment Trading Memories with Vern Johnson
Today's guest is Vern Johnson, an equipment trader who's worn a lot of hats. From his family's dairy farm—where his dad famously tripled the herd in a…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesCoulee Antique Engine Club
He grew up with a passion for engines and today we are visiting with John Wangen, President of the Coulee Antique Engine Club. John grew up on a century dairy…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFirst Jobs
Remember the cash from your first job? Did you make $1.70 or $3.00 per hour or $150 per month? Did you get an allowance for taking out the trash or feeding the…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesAerial Farm Photography
From the hills of Chipmunk Ridge to the wide-open spaces of Texas. From the cornfields of Oakland, Minnesota to the vineyards of southern California…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Memories with Will Beitlich
In a one room schoolhouse a teacher asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up. A doctor. A fireman. Will’s turn came and he answered…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesSpring on the Farm, Part 2
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow… we’re not talking mail delivery here, but spring planting for farmers. Timing is everything as farmers work…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesSpring on the Farm
Where there’s a “Will” there’s a way! If you use a 2, 4, 6, 8 or 12 row planter the seed still goes in the ground 1 kernel at a time…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesWells and Water on the Farm
The whine of windmills, pumpjacks and electric pumps supply water to Rural Route addresses across the country. Simple math played out daily, if 5 gallons of…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesManure
Get the inside scoop on manure during this episode, while we clean the barn. Join fellow manure “spreaders” as we remember cleaning calf pens…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesWinter, Part 2
Snow had a way of stopping time! Every kid knew the signs before adults said a word. The forecast was for 4-6 more inches with the possibility of a “Snow…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesCow Stories
A Rose is a Rose – unless she’s a Ross or an Otis or a Mulligan. Some cows had names as unique as their personalities. Others had numbers and…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesWinter on the Farm, Part 1
The winds howled as Dad crawled back into bed. The radio forecast crackled a tune of 20 below with a good chance of more snow as he pulled the covers over his…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesTobacco, Part 2
Cold temps + high humidity = Case weather. Tobacco leaves hung in sheds waiting to be stripped in the warmth of the barn. The cows chewed their cud as another…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesChristmas on the Farm
SPOILER ALERT – of course we talk about Santa – enough said! Magical times of Christmas return as we remember tinsel, favorite toys and an extra…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesTobacco, Part 1
We have a lot to chew on in this episode. As the rhythmic click, click, click of the planter echoes in the background. Your tobacco allotment required lots of…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Tractors
What was the color of your favorite farm tractor? Red, orange, green, yellow or blue…who knew the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was hooked up to…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Foods, Part 2
The oil is boiling as Mom slides the donuts into their 375 degree bath. The smell of baking bread drifts upstairs pulling you out of bed. But DON’T JUMP…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Foods, Part 1
Pickled herring and pickled pigs feet, stuff of nightmares or tasty treats. Watermelon chilled all day in the tank. Hot sweet corn slathered with butter fresh…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Sayings, Part 2
Where’s the beef… and why should you care? Welcome to Farm Sayings II: The Idioms Return! Ham and eggs taught us the difference between commitment…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesBack to School
You didn’t care that the official paint since 1939 for your bus was “National School Bus Glossy Yellow”. That bus was already around the…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesSummer Nights On the Farm
Temps in the 90’s, humidity and sweat soaked your shirt. The evening chores finally done. You step out of the barn into a Summer Evening Symphony created…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesFarm Sayings
So hot you can hear the corn grow…living high on the hog, and party till the cows come home – then party with the cows! These farm sayings and so…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesHarvesting Oats, Part 2 - Threshing
Neighbors gather as the behemoth slowly emerges from the shed. The earth shakes and gravel crunches under steel wheels as it rolls into position. Shocks of…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesHarvesting Oats, Part 1
Dad rolled the head of oats between his fingers as we watched Bullwinkle on TV telling us to “Go with Cheerios!” Temps in the 90s and the oats…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesRaising Chickens
Why did the chicken cross the road – find out the untold story! Plus brooder houses, broilers and fryers, and Pullets. Pick some eggs with Dan and Daryl…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesSummer Fun
Schools out for the summer…WOW…3 months of no school, sleeping late and trips to the pool...Hey, wake up, you’re dreaming, it’s time…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesMilking Cows, Part 2
Shake out the coveralls and add another layer because it’s time to head out and milk the cows. We used milk cans, Surge buckets and step savers to move…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesMilking Cows, Part 1
Help Wanted – excellent opportunity to work from home 7 days a week/365 days a year. Morning and evening milking hours, plus perform a variety of tasks…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesHarvesting Corn
Blest be the ties that bind…and shred and pick corn during Farm Tale days! USDA predicts a record corn crop for 2025. But domestic use and exports were…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesPutting Up Hay
“Sweatin’ to the oldies” was how you felt as you stacked hay in the baby boomer days. The chaff plugged your nose as sweat streams trickled…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesBaling Hay
Hey, it’s time to make hay the old fashioned way! So let’s hook up the rake to the “H” or “M” and get rolling. Dads pulling…
Farm Tales and Cow PiesCutting Hay
Farming during the Baby Boomer years had many tales. Remember how that first cutting of hay always smelled like spring! Whether you grew up on Chipmunk Ridge…