Every day, I walk a loop around my neighborhood, starting on our road, which is dotted with antique homes, raised ranches, and hay fields. I walk this for about five minutes, then follow a long, occasionally narrow road called Fairfield, which is also dotted with hay fields (lovely ones, as the name suggests), Capes, ranches,… Continue Reading
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This Week in the Garden, Early April: We’ve Started Nearly 100 Plants from Seed. Oh, and, It Appears, We’ve Started a Farm.
Or perhaps it’s a farmette. If that isn’t too ridiculous a word. Which, now that I’ve typed it, I’m thinking it is. For years – nearly eight to be precise, since we received our first shipment of chicks in the mail – I’ve maintained that we are more homesteaders than farmers. Much, much more homesteaders.… Continue Reading
Farm Dwellers
I’ll be in NYC for a few days, having a grand time at the International Association of Culinary Professionals annual conference, I’m sure, but I’ll be missing these creatures and things at the farm (I get to speak to JR, so I’ll miss him, but it’s not like we won’t have any contact while I’m away. So… Continue Reading
A Leap-Day Leap
There’s been a lot going on on our little farm this winter, and today, on Leap Day, I’ve taken the leap and launched a farm-centric blog. I’ll still be posting here, because there’s still lots of inexpensive delicious food to discuss, though I’m really excited to start sharing more of the farm madness with you… Continue Reading
Scrambled Eggs with Edible Flowers
It’s been a busy spring and early summer here. A new flock of chicks arrived mid-May, just in time for JR to be injured at work (again, though this time less seriously than his car accident, thank goodness, however, he is quite lucky to still have his index and middle fingers on his right hand).… Continue Reading