Intern Life On the Farm

Vacation

Vacation
What’s the best part about summer? For me its going on a vacation. I was able to go on vacation this year for the first time in a while and to say ...

Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye
I am extremely grateful for the experience I got with this internship. There were many things that I learned at this internship. One of the most im...

A History of Hay

A History of Hay
This week, me and my family went to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While we got to see a lot of amazing wildlife and hike in the forest, we a...

Customer Spotlight Blog and Fanatical Prospecting Finale

Customer Spotlight Blog and Fanatical Prospecting Finale
This week, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to do a customer spotlight where essentially, I highlight a specific customer and tell y'al...

A Great Week on the Farm

A Great Week on the Farm
Last week was a really productive week for all of us on the farm. The week began with deliveries on Monday, and it was a haul. We went out to Bulla...

Solution for a Procrastinator

Solution for a Procrastinator
This week, Willie and Kelsey had me start reading a book called The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins. I went into it not knowing what to expect, and wa...

Soccer Tournament Update and a Good Quote to Think About

As y'all may know, soccer is one of my main passions. I love everything about it, and that's why these past couple weeks have been so great. Two hu...

Mental Toughness

Mental Toughness
Lately in the book I have been reading, Fanatical Prospecting, the author stressed the importance of mental toughness. He stated that it did not ma...

A Great Day of Deliveries

A Great Day of Deliveries
Today was a fun day. It wasn't a day out in the fields, and it wasn't a day out on the farm. It was a day full of deliveries. My day began at 4:30 ...

So Much Hay

So Much Hay
This week has been great. I came into this job with an open mind, and although I would like to say that this was my conscious way of looking at lif...

Hay, Hay, Hay...

Hay, Hay, Hay...
One of the things that caught my eye when I applied for this job was the opportunity to learn and gain more experience in farming. I have worked on...

A Lesson In Perseverance

A Lesson In Perseverance
Last week, when Willie was showing me how to use the baler, it refused to properly wrap a bale of hay. We tried multiple times over the course of s...