Everyone, Meet Trapper

We made a big change in farm life this week.  It was a hard change for many reasons, but a good one for many more. We traded in Philip’s pick-up for a more fuel-efficient Subara Impreza that I named Trapper after the seal in the children’s books. That...

Mom’s Garden And The Wedding

This coming weekend, we are going to finish our shade patio at the front of the farmhouse.  Dad is bringing over a skid steer, and we’ll load in soil (and lengthen the space for the barn at the same time.)  Then, we’ll mulch it all and plant ferns and...

The Good (If Tired) Life

It’s a trying thing to work full-time, run a side business of crafts, keep up with a house and pets, stay in touch with friends, and plan a wedding.  Throw in “hosting the wedding” and, well, let’s just say that TIRED has a new sense of depth...

Late Summer Garden

I’ve started studying other people’s gardens as I drive past, looking for browning tomato stems and the open spaces that show they, too, have pulled up all their cucurbits.  I need some affirmation that I haven’t messed up the garden. Because, well,...

Laying Stone for the First Time

As a child, I used to “help” my dad lay stone walls all over our mountainside yard. I would sit and hand him tiny pieces of rock that he placed into retaining walls that terraced and retained the slope of our shady land.  I loved it. So when Philip and I...