After driving for about an hour — from empty farm to shuttered coop — we came upon a seventy-year-old farmer working a fishpond next to an abandoned chicken house.
A few miles farther south, the road is still under construction, but already auto dealerships and mini-malls have sprung up on both sides, leaving only an empty farm stand and a quilting shop to remind passersby that New Milford was once a farming community.
A small sign reading St. Sixtusabdij points down yet another seemingly empty farm lane.
Papaya Farm allows players to manage a virtual farm by plowing land and planting and harvesting virtual crops, trees and bushes (sound familiar?) A player begins with an empty farm and a fixed starting amount of "Papayas," the virtual currency used in the game.
Four years of drought and unusually warm weather have exhausted the patience and the resources of many local farmers, and the result is empty farm stands at Southern California farmers markets.
While this twist conveniently leaves an empty farm for Mr. Mason to take over, I can't help but feel like Mr. Drewe is really getting a raw deal here.
The areas surrounding Pabbo are empty and farms lie fallow, so food needs to be brought in by aid agencies.
A Dec. 1, 2001 barn fire at Mr. Hart's family's now-empty dairy farm was the first in a string of arsons in Killingly, Pomfret and Putnam that fire officials said have caused more than $600,000 worth of property damage.
