George Walters Blog

For those that are interested, I will be signing books in Powassan at the Powassan Farm & Pet Centre, 788 Main Street,  from 10:30 AM to around 2:00 PM Saturday June 6th. My new gardening book, Join Me In The Garden, is now out and in the stores.  I also would be more than happy to answer your questions on gardening or farming.  Going to be a great day, as it is their appreciation day, so drop by and say hello to Betty and all her staff, along with myself and my lovely wife. Also there is going to be a barbecue from 11:00 AM to around 1:00 PM, so bring along your appetite too.  Hope to see you there.

A bit of humor for your Saturday morning coffee.  Thinking back to my farming days I would have to say it’s true too.  Have a good weekend.

Old ranch owner John farmed a small ranch in Montana.
 The Montana Wage and Hour Department claimed
 he was not paying proper wages to his workers and sent an
 agent out to interview him.'I need a list of your
 employees and how much you pay them,' demanded the agent.

'Well,' replied old John,
'There's my ranch hand who's been with me for 3 years.
 I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board.
 The cook has been here for 18 months,
 and I pay her $500 a week plus free room and board.
 Then there's the half-wit
 who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90%
 of all the work around here.
 He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board
 and I buy him
 a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.'

'That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit,' says the agent.

'That would be me,' replied old rancher John.