Chris Hardie

1 week ago | lacrossetribune.com | Chris Hardie

The calendar might say we are nearly a month into spring, but for me it doesn’t really arrive until I start digging in the dirt. Turning over the soil and beginning to plant is the act of faith that says warmer days are ahead. The earth is still cold but it too welcomes the longer days and the growing strength of the sun. This year’s arrival of spring happened to cruelly coincide with a day more like the season past.

1 week ago | wnanews.com | Chris Hardie

Back Home by Chris HardieDownload columnDownload the photos that accompany this storyChris Hardie’s headshot The calendar may say we are nearly a month into spring, but for me it doesn’t really arrive until I start digging in the dirt. Turning over the soil and beginning to plant is the act of faith that says warmer days are ahead. The earth is still cold but it too welcomes the longer days and the growing strength of the sun.

1 week ago | apg-wi.com | Chris Hardie

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1 week ago | lacrossetribune.com | Chris Hardie

LEWIS AND HARRIS, Scotland – Farmers for centuries have had a close relationship with their animals and nowhere is that more apparent than on the Scottish island of Lewis and Harris. The island is the largest and most northerly of the Outer Hebrides chain; it’s reached by taking a 24-mile ferry trip from the west coast of the Scottish mainland across the Minch channel. The island is the largest in Scotland, about 58 miles from tip to tip.

2 weeks ago | wisfarmer.com | Chris Hardie

Chris HardieWisconsin State FarmerThe 1970s were certainly economically challenging times for our country. We went from a recession to stagflation to high unemployment and high interest rates. Time has a way of easing pain, but it sure seemed like a kinder and gentler version of an imperfect world compared to today. Tensions are high. Unity seems like a billion eye blinks away. But in the 1970s we had what my late grandmother Cecile Hardie called visiting.