Greetings from Dyersville! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday. I’m glad 2020 is over and we have moved on to 2021! Now that the days are getting longer I’m already thinking about spring. On December 29th Mother Nature blessed us with the last snow of 2020. I try to stay positive and snow can be really beautiful at times. In other instances it can cause real problems. …

Greetings from Dyersville! I can’t believe it is December already. November was a busy month full of surprises. The month started out quickly as the Walters family added another member. My grandson, Jack David was born on November 2nd. The next weekend was the National Farm Toy Show here in Dyersville. It was great to be able to talk to everyone at the show and display our new items. …

Greetings from Dyersville! October has drawn to an end and it’s almost time for the National Farm Toy show. This year’s show is a little different than normal. The main show is being held in a different building here in Dyersville. The former “American Homes” building is just down the road from the National Farm Toy Museum. ERTL will also be participating in the show. We will have three …

Greetings from Dyersville! It’s been a busy last 30 days as we’re now into September. In my last blog I gave an update on my sweet corn. Here is an image of some of the crop this year. You can’t beat fresh sweet corn from the garden. I also dug my potatoes up. I always seem to stick some with my potato fork, but overall it was a good potato harvest. I’m sure many of you heard, o …