Gaines Green, a part-time United States Department of Agriculture field employee for Nelson County, measures the capacity of a silo at Mark Reding's farm on County Rt. 247 in Howardstown.

Gaines Greene, 71, listens to Terry Troutman during lunch at the Boston Community Center.

Gaines Greene praises his dog, Sarah, a Kelty, after rounding up sheep from a pasture off Route 62 in Boston, Ky.

George Buerer, Irvington, shears some recently purchased sheep by Gaines Greene (right) as he watches and helps Mr. Buerer when needed at G & G Sheep Farm in Boston, Ky.

It's feeding time at G and G farm, Boston, Ky., as sheep run and jump toward the barn. Gaines Greene is a retired school teacher who took up full-time farming after retirement. He has a herd of 150 to 200 sheep and raises them for meat.

Janet Bee, who owns a house and land near Boston, allows Gaines Green to grow hay and beans on her fields, rent-free. The two pause for a moment to catch up.

At the Greene household, laundry is dried the natural way.

Before calling it a day and heading to bed, Gaines Greene washes his hands after feeding his sheep.