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Paul Abrams, an old friend and co-worker told me the following story; He had a friend that lived in Sharp or Stone County here in Arkansas as I remember it. Paul drove up to visit the fellow one time, but could only get to within about a half mile or so of his house. He parked near a dry Ozark...

You work with what you have. If times are prosperous then you buy tools and implements. If times are hard then you make them from scratch, and probably from scrap materials. Often I'll salvage some tool/fixture/implement that has outlived its life or usefulness to be recycled into something I...

Being a dyed in the wool country dwelling Arkansas rube, and knowing that I have fellow rubites out there everywhere, I thought I would share a couple of canine type experiences that I've had over the years. Frank OF WOLVES AND WILD DOGS ｩ2008 Frank L. Jennings All Copyrights remain with the...

Life in the BT era When we first moved to our wooded land in the Ouachita foothills of west central Arkansas it was in the B.T. era, that is, before tractor. Buying a tractor at that stage of our life was as far fetched as being able to flap my arms and fly to work. Everything was done by...

Cut a nice White Ash down by the Middle Fork weekend before last. Got part of it split and hauled then and finished up this past weekend. Also got a nice Hickory cut up on the high ground and started splitting that yesterday. I've added a 12-14" high removable fence made of 1/2" pipe, on the...

It was the first spring after Joanna's death that I started clearing her field. The spring of 1998. I didn't know then that it was to be her field, that knowledge came a little later. The west most part of our rural place is secluded, and is located in the river bottom next to the Middle Fork of...

I built this wood splitter attachment for my backhoe last winter and am always trying to make it better, more functional etc. Recently I added the following features that are showing themselves to be very useful. 1. A detachable (just hooks on) wood ramp that is 5 feet long and about 13-14"...