Remember how last fall I was totally dreaming of getting a cow ? Well, I've recently changed my tune.   It all started when my f...

 Our city farming chores began this spring with re-queening our beehive.  The colony successfully survived it's second winter, which ...

Kitchen Duties Last week I spent some quality time in my kitchen with three large bags of peaches.  I was washing them, scoring them, blanc...

Along with homemaking soap I've been experiementing in homemaking other bath products as well.  My first experiment (before the soap ev...

I can identify the exact catalyst for my recent foray into mad science.  Labor Day two years ago we took a family camping trip .  Just an ...

Jeremy finishing up his semester threw me into a kind of panic.  All of the sudden we seemed significantly closer to graduation, and "r...

 It's been a little over a week since Jeremy installed our colony of bees.  Jeremy contemplated the task while brushing the sides of the...

At some point we are going to cross the threshold of "weird."  Perhaps we've already done it. Recently I was talking to Jere...

 We're adding to our backyard flock this year.  I went to "the farm store" intent on getting some chicks that would lay blue e...

If you've ever bought a bag of salad called a "Spring Mix" you may have noticed something in the bag that looked suspiciously ...

Our early spring peas are growing well. It's been reasonably cool and has included a few rainy days--The peas love it. I can't ...