Prepped new beds in the hoophouse for winter crops (salad greens, kale, carrots, beets).  Ella dipped her feet into a little pond that formed in the back yard, tried on Ben’s respirator (he wore it while spreading the wood ash, chicken manure, and lime) and then hopped on the broadfork for some “rides.” An excellent ...
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We finally found something to get the whole family out for a walk in the woods – a wild mushroom hunt.  (and yes, we are extremely careful.  Ben did a post about this over at the Wheatberry site – check it out if you haven’t already.)  Ella knows that we never eat mushrooms raw, that ...
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Well, it’s been a while!  We had quite a month.  We went to the beach in Maine for a week.  We all got a nasty cold that turned into an ear infection for me (almost better at last!).  Ella’s Nana came out to the lake for a week and they had a terrific time together, ...
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First, I hope everyone had a wonderful, peaceful Mother’s Day.  I enjoyed a freshly scrubbed kitchen (thank you Ben!) and spent most of the day listening to Ella giggle hysterically while we played with our new kitten and some ribbon (sorry, no photos yet!).
Emmalina asked for advice about finding a draft horse, and as usual, ...
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I have been feeling, these days, incredibly be blessed to be here, in our beloved Valley, enjoying the tender new spring.  This time of year, driving past other greening farms, I wonder how anyone could choose to live anywhere else, or live any other kind of life.
In June, sometimes, in the crazy scramble to get ...
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What’s that you say?  It was five degrees outside Saturday night?  Well, if you ask Ella, it is officially spring, and therefore we should all be wearing sandals and no sweaters.  Preferably, just ballet tutus, as you’ll see.
At our house, I’m looking around and seeing a lot of my favorite color – yellow.  We finally ...
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Hello everyone, and Happy Spring! Today, we have a video that shows our farm and bakery, put together by our friend and neighbor Shalini Bahl.
We talk about everything from using draft horses, the real cost of food, and how to make your love visible.
Enjoy!
AWEtv from Seed to Scone with Adrie Lester of Wheatberry Cafe ...
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Signs of spring. Rain, rain, and rain, bringing on mud season – hope you’re ready!  (And goodbye, clean kitchen floor.)

Six eggs from six chickens, two days in a row.  I had to make cheesecake (Keller’s, from Ad Hoc.  It was divine, of course.)

A dog who comes in from a night on wandering, reeking of ...
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Malting barley to brew our first batch of beer (no, this isn’t barley we grew – I knew you’d ask – but we do have some planted, so perhaps next year we’ll have homegrown homebrew!)

Insulating, insulating, insulating. (Yes, that’s wool I’m stuffing into the crack, and we’re covering it with caulk.) Our little helper ...
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This poem is so appropriate, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you. It’s from the book Ten Poems to Set You Free that I mentioned in Yarn Along. (And yes, we’re using soil blocks to start our seeds, just like last year – we love them!)  Those of you who know me, know ...
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