This is Aster. One of the two shetland ewes I brought home in the back of my VW Bug this summer. And of all the sheep here, she's my ...

Thankfully, the last of the work was completed (wiring and heating) on Thursday in the greenhouse. Just in time, too, because Friday night...

Construction on the greenhouse is complete! The only things left are for the electrician to run wire to the heaters, fans, and roof vent; an...

The woodland path, decked out in the season's first snow .

Construction is underway! However, it's been slow-going due to the weather - one day of sun, then two to four days of rain. They started...

Look, fresh flowers in December! In zone 6! They are growing in a protected spot at the front yard gate and must have been fooled by the war...

The greenhouse arrived yesterday. Or at least all of it's bits and pieces did. There are now boxes of parts and bundles of pipes stowed ...

Yesterday afternoon I decided that it was the perfect day for putting in the garlic. We've had our first hard frost, but the soil is sti...

The weather this summer was not real conducive to ripening hot peppers. They grew like gangbusters, set flowers, and even produced many, man...

I have nothing to say about this piece, really. It was just a bit of fun.

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 -...