Gary Jackson

Gary Jackson keeps a personal, handwritten journal documenting daily life on his family farm near Amsterdam, Missouri. The entries record practical, recurring observations: rainfall and pond levels, fence repairs, hay cutting, and road and boundary maintenance. Kept since he inherited the property, the journal is organized by monthly notebooks and includes standing records alongside dated entries. The site presents these field notes in their original, plainspoken style, offering a window into the routines and seasonal rhythms of working a Midwestern farm. It serves as both a personal record-keeping practice and a public archive of one man's ongoing account of his land.