This morning, the birthday girl looked like this.  She’s four!
So naturally, she’s ready for bikinis, movies, and moving in with the nice family who lives down the street.  She thinks.
It is, of course, incredibly hard to believe that this girl has been with us for four years – sweet, fierce, determined, and hilarious.  As always, ...
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Yesterday was Tu Bishevat, the Birthday of the Trees on the Jewish calender. It’s traditional to plant a tree on this day, but, um, there’s more snow falling outside on top of our three-foot drifts.
We spent the week planting some of the season’s first seeds (lettuces and cold hardy greens), deciding which fruit trees ...
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(you know how I feel about birthday pies . . .)
Thanks so much for all of your kind words about my article for Rhythm of the Home!  It’s a joy to be part of such a supportive community.
This is another big month for us – planting beans for Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA, training a ...
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Before you do anything else, hop over to Rhythm of the Home’s Summer Edition, where I wrote an article on loving your mother – Earth!
(our family, according to Ella: from the left, Ella “with stripes”, Ben “with a beard”, and me “with little feet”)
There’s so much happening it’s hard to find a moment here, but ...
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On Tuesday, we celebrated Ben’s birthday.  As you may remember, we’re a big fan of birthday pies around here, and so at Ben’s request I made Pascal Rigo’s Caramel-Pecan Chocolate Tart, from our favorite American Boulangerie.  With the help of my, um, assistant pastry chef Ella (just don’t tell her she’s not the main chef), ...
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Hello friends.  Don’t forget to keep entering the Local Bread Giveaway – it’s so fun to hear from all of you!

On Sunday, we had a big tri-birthday celebration, aka a pie extravaganza.  I proposed to my dear friend Seth, and our farm apprentice Jeanine (the other two birthdays) that we try birthday pies instead of ...
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