Down on the Farm: The birds return

Down on the Farm: The birds return

“No robins,” Mom laments at breakfast the other week. “We would always hear them out our windows in the morning.”

The return of Big Bird - Farm and Dairy

I was lucky to have been encouraged to join the Boy Scouts, especially because it pushed me to be outside, someplace I wanted to be anyway. There were merit badges and campouts and learning to work alone and in teams. One of my favorite times was attending summer camp at Leesville Lake in Ohio’s southeastern hill country. Located in Carroll County, the lake offers a lot of angling possibilities and includes one of the premier spots for those hop…