This post started as thoughts mostly related to motherhood, but I think it applies to us all – mothers/fathers, wives/husbands, employees/employers, etc . . . I found this post of Nicola’s on A Step Toward Balance last month, signed up to join, and then forgot about it (you can laugh now – the irony is ...
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Here at our house, Ben has been maniacally starting flats of seeds.  He decided that this would be the year to kick the plastic seed-flat habit (gross, breakable, disposable, ugly, totally un-environmental, and completely ubiquitous in the farming world).

So Ben has starting using soil blocks, a la Eliot Coleman (check out his books for instructions ...
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I’m going to do Gratitude Friday with a little twist today, as part of Heather’s call for Ten Simple Things that make us happy.  So here’s ten simple things I’m grateful for, this week and every week.
Good books – the wisdom, humor, compassion, and joy they bring.
The sound of my husband and my daughter, playing ...
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Now that you have your delicious leftovers from yesterday’s Mucho Gusto Black Beans and Corn, you can make this simple, hearty Tamale Pie.  This idea is from Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass (her Masa-Harina Beef Casserole), but you’ll see that I have changed it quite a bit.  At our house, we ...
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Introducing a brand new instant classic in our house – Mucho Gusto Black Beans and Corn.  This was easy to make, delicious to eat, and as you’ll see, the leftovers can be transformed into another delicious meal really easily.  Many of my favorite things are here – delicious whole grain and beans, foods I can ...
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Here’s the menu this week, folks, and a recipe soon to come!
In no particular order . . .
* Roasted Beet Salad with Hazelnuts
* Rye Grits with Bacon and Potatoes (*if* our meat share has any bacon in it!  from Whole Grains Every Way, Every Day by Lorna Sass)
* Farmer’s Cabbage Mushroom Pie (from The Farmer ...
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It must be . . . maple syrup time!  One of my favorite seasonal rites of passage happened today – tapping our maple trees.
Some dear friends, big and small, came to help us today – first you drill your hole a little smaller than the diameter of your spout, and about 1 1/2 inches deep.  ...
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(whoops – I wrote this and then realized I had skipped Step Six!  I’ll do that one next, but in the meantime . . .)
I really wish that this step read something like this:
I am thrilled to announce that eating seafood is super sustainable, and we can all go stuff our bellies with shrimp and ...
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This week, I’m grateful for the restorative powers of a calm day at home.
I’m grateful for this yoga sequence, which rescued me from serious back pain.
Grateful for this quote from Ella, as we were on our way to a grain meeting: “. . . and I’m going to talk about emmer!”
Grateful for this reminder from ...
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the cat came back!
Today, I was grumpy.  Sometimes, I see myself as if from far away, making myself grumpier but somehow unable to stop.  Today was like that.  Ella couldn’t sleep, so I found myself up with her too late, grouchy, trying not to think about all the things I “need” to do.
One of these ...
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