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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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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Happy Wednesday everyone!
Today, the Spring edition of Rhythm of the Home is live with an article by yours truly about the importance of working with our hands in the home.  Be sure to check it out for lots of amazing inspiration from all sorts of folks!
Also, I’m joining Ginny and others today for Yarn Along.

The ...
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(photo by Seth Seeger)
This is taken from far away, but can you see Ella riding on Ben’s back here, while he drives Cole?  Ella, Seth, Cole, and Ben had a little adventure while Mama was baking yesterday afternoon!
(photo by Ben)
Grateful for our good earth.
Grateful for our winter wheat trials coming up, looking healthy and strong.
Grateful ...
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This week, our gorgeous seed rack from Seed Savers Exchange arrived at Wheatberry, which means that spring really is almost here!  We are just a little bit excited.  Ok, a lot (Ben started out first flat of onions today!)

Seeds, glorious heirloom seeds.  Many of these varieties are ones we’ll be using at our farm, too, ...
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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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