Purslane is in all it's glory right now. What is usually thought of as an annoying weed is actually one of the most delicious and nut...

Of late, I've been busily trying to bring the farm up to speed in terms of social media. It seems everyone has their favorite platform a...

I love the change of seasons, the cycles of growth. If what was grown, what was harvested was always the same, it would be incredibly boring...

  chamomile   queen anne's lace   feverfew   clematis   "new dawn" rose on my newly completed arbor...

Kavalier Big Hairy Deal, "Biggie" 05/04/2005 - 01/18/2016 My dogs. My dogs . They are my companions, my compatriots, my c...

A SONG OF THE ROAD WHATEVER the path may be, my dear, Let us follow it far away from here, Let us follow it back to Yester-Year, Wha...

books are my friends So here's the thing - more than just about anything, I love to learn (It's my favorite!). With that in min...

I'm in the middle of reading this book by Ben Hartman, The Lean Farm . It speaks volumes to me. Motivated, one of the first things on...

It's been a month since we started the oyster mushrooms and I've been keeping a loose eye on them. Today I thought I'd take an u...

The latest new, big experimental project here on the farm is mushrooms. I tried a very small batch of these a couple years ago and it went w...

We found this lovely lady meandering among the leaves near the Jerusalem Artichoke bed we were harvesting on Monday. About an inch long, b...

Glancing up from harvesting, I noticed what appeared to be a hedgehog in the grass near the garden. Surely an impossibility, but intrigui...

Last summer I planted several flowers in front of my porch with the goal of attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and beneficial pollinator...

I am now accepting internship applications for the 2015 growing season. If you know anyone who might be interested, please pass it along. Th...

Favorite quote: " I don't do anything I don't want to do unless I have to... and I don't have to. So there we are. " ...

The new batch of silky peeps arrived a little over a week ago and are now ensconced in a pen in a corner of the greenhouse, a heat lamp keep...