Mentorship

Hunting is been a part of the American history since settlers first arrived and by the native Americans long before that.  Today, hunting is not necessary for sustenance as farming and agriculture produces food on a massive scale and our grocery stores are overflowing...

Duck Hunting

I am always eager for duck season to start at Blue Ash Farm!  The early fall mornings while the weather is still somewhat mild, and the sound of whistling wood ducks on the ponds, sloughs and wetlands makes my heart beat like the drum of a grouse in the woods.  The...

Cider Pressing Time!

The small orchard at Blue Ash Farm yields several bushels of a mixed variety of apples and a few pears. I have never sprayed them with any kind of chemicals so they are not usually the most perfect looking shiny apples like you see in the grocery store. My bees...

Back to work

This past spring I left my 30 year career as a broker on one of the trading floors in Chicago.  It was a good career and allowed me to accomplish many goals in life, one of which was purchasing the land in southwest Wisconsin  that would eventually become Blue Ash...
Time to start blogging!

Time to start blogging!

Well, I have my web site up and running and it’s time to add some blog posts.  All I can think about is where do I begin to put all my thoughts and ideas down in text?!?  My mind is constantly in motion and I have so much to share and so many things I have done,...