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...

the merry band of crazy ducks The ducks are eight weeks old, but I'd be surprised if their brains were bigger than a pea. Crazy is what...

Today I placed an order for twenty-five blue silky peeps.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life......

I've just returned from a two week vacation at a little cabin in the Adirondack mountains. One of my favorite places for many reasons; p...

"song of the blackbird"

"Abigail Pictured Herself as Quite the Performer"

"k" CityFolk gallery in Lancaster, PA wanted to spell out their name in 3D letters for their front window display, and so asked ei...

"sing a song of sixpence"

"over achiever"

"hatched"

"empty nest"

"the blackbird's flag"