waiting ... All the prep work has been done for the "great greenhouse project of 2009". Now I wait. Wait for the greenhouse bits a...

Inspired by the old children's story, this princess is resting on a stack of seven cushions. Near the bottom is a pea in a pod, keeping ...

This weekend I spent more rainy-day time working on my planting plans and seed lists. And yes, it's very early to be doing this - most f...

Big and Ava are posing with our new outdoor water hydrant. They don't look very impressed, do they? To them, it's a non-issue. They...

Instead of digging the run-off trenches, the excavator spent much of the day trenching and laying conduit for the electric and water lines.....

Today's a big day at Tulip Tree Hill! First thing this morning saw me at the zoning office to pay my fines , I mean fees, and to pick up...

Above it all, perched on her very tall chair and enjoying it, or wanting to get down if she can just figure out how? Maybe both. As she is t...

What better way to spend a cold, rainy Saturday in October than to sit with seed catalogs to begin plotting out a plan for next year's g...

On October 28, I'll be attending Food for Profit , a state-wide entrepreneurship training program which is being offered by the Penn Sta...

I just read a blog post by Gene Logsdon on this subject. Logsdon is a wonderful writer with strong opinions about small farms and farmers -...

No, it's not about raising vegetables for lasagna. It's about a method of gardening that utilizes a layering system (basically sheet...

Perhaps it's just me, but I think the sensation of flying is one we'd all like to experience. Soaring through the air, the wind rush...

Here you can see the start of my new low tunnel for winter growing. (in the foreground is a small fall radish patch, way overgrown.) The hoo...

After reading a couple books by Eliot Coleman , I am pretty excited about exploring the possibility of growing crops all year long. No, we...

At 7 a.m. sharp, the tree guys came and began removing five trees right next to where the greenhouse will live. I hate cutting down trees. F...

I love my dogs - I really do. But sometimes... I bought a new book last week, something rarely done anymore since re-discovering the library...

Morning has broken, like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Prais...

The night before last, while working on the greenhouse budget, I was looking at various flats and seedling trays, and trying to decide which...

Today I gave the greenhouse company payment for the structure and it should arrive in three to four weeks. Hard for me to believe, but it...

Finally just about ready to move forward with the greenhouse project and so called the zoning officer to see exactly what I need to do to ge...