by katie | Jan 12, 2013 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
I love what farm life offers kids. Time to remember just how to have fun with everything. Make your own toys. Learning all kinds of body skills and capabilities in the midst of a working family.
by katie | Jan 3, 2013 | Farming, Self sustainability
Life on the farm sometimes feels like that movie “Babe”, you know where all the animals are such crazy characters ? The animals here are like that. Our horses are some of the funniest. We already had the horses when we moved here, so we tried hard to...
by katie | Jan 1, 2013 | Cooking, Farming, Self sustainability
New Years Day working in the garden. So much garden work to do at this time of the year. I’m pruning deciduous trees and shrubs, fruit trees, roses, hydrangeas, fushias. Cutting back perennials. Transplanting or planting out new plants. I have an area where I...
by katie | Dec 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Everyone should read this book to understand the demise of American agriculture, which has led to the dysfunction of our society and our health. “The Unsettling of America” by Wendell Berry Wendell Berry writes here during a rainstorm in Kentucky, watching...
by katie | Nov 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have the most wonderful husband, sometimes he seems like he was made to order. I think a lot of this is from being raised in the country. Having country values. You get married to someone you love and you can continue loving them your whole life. Ethics are hard...
