Latest From the Farm

We have had an ongoing discussion about getting a hot tub for about 10 years or so. We are very active with golfing and working out so it would be nice to relax and soothe our muscles. For some reason, I have always had an excuse to delay the purchase. Something like...

A long time ago in a province far, far away. . . I was born to people who farmed. Almost all of my uncles and aunts farmed; my grandparents on both sides farmed. So, it isn’t too hard to figure out that I was, for all intents and purposes, supposed to grow up to be a...

It has been so mild here that I have continued planting trees. I am creating a hedgerow along one length of chain link fence that separates the house from the fields. I want to attract quail which we had in abundance at our last house. I saw a few up the road but...

We feel very sheepish watching the weather forecasts because the rest of the continent is getting smashed with ice storms and frigid arctic weather. I was happy to see the frost here this morning since we need some cold weather to slow the plants down. The bulbs are...

Helping my friend A.R. decorate her house for a Symphony fundraiser last weekend has motivated me to get this house feeling more Christmassy. So yesterday I harangued Special K into tromping through the fields with me to cut boughs and pick up windfall from the fir...

There is something new to discover every day in this garden. This first year is all about witnessing the changes as the seasons go by. There are large clumps of primroses in all the beds and it is wonderful to have such a temperate garden.