By the Numbers

Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet says fitness and mental health go hand in hand.

Blogger Katie Pratt says farms are places where the cyclic nature of life occurs daily. Gathering there for reunions helps us remember the past and prepare for the future.

Blogger Meredith Bernard asks what if enjoying the best parts of our life is a matter of stopping, recognizing and savoring simple moments for what they simply are?

Blogger Katie Pratt uses her porch to share her overabundance of garden vegetables with neighbors.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell says long before cell phones or flashing beacons on full combines, two-way radios were the party line of farm communications.

Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet sees the ever-present joy in life through the day-to-day experiences of her children.

The dog days of summer are here, but every day is a dog day for blogger Meredith Bernard and her family.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell's family completed 17 consecutive years of 4-H club work.

Blogger Meredith Bernard says far from the fury of winter giving way to spring, summer quietly pulls spring to a close, and with it come some favorite memory-making days.

Blogger Katie Pratt says when a teenager drives to school for the first time, it's a bittersweet rite of passage for the parents.

Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet uses on-farm flowers to teach her children about plants and life lessons, and to burn off some pent-up energy.

Blogger Meredith Bernard says mud and the weather that brought it make farmers wonder if the yearly seasonal battle is worth it. But there's always hope around the corner.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell says the cab mirror brings self-doubt, but it also showcases a life well-lived.

Blogger Tiffany Dowell Lashmet says from piddling around the back yard to caring for families and animals to volunteering for community involvement, farmers will do just what farmers do.

Blogger Katie Pratt says there is real value in literally growing the food that feeds one's family.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell explains there are three basic kinds of pig math she deals with regularly: Baby Pig Counting; Pen Stocking Math; and Loading Out Calculations. But then the pigs start moving.

Blogger Meredith Bernard says being a farm wife has taught this blogger a lot about life and even more about love.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell says when life gets you down and things aren't going your way, list three good things to uplift your spirit.

Blogger Meredith Bernard says giving names to vehicles and equipment can give great joy.

Blogger Jennifer Campbell encourages people to imagine untraditional scents from a Seasons on the Farm Candle Collection.