Last year's exuberant collard greens were an unqualified success in the garden. A. was delighted and declared we will grow collards fore...

Let's say hello to the sheep, shall we?  We had another ewe lamb born last week, so now there are three lambs, all female. O ur neighbor...

Friday   Short version: Tuna salad, bread, frozen peas or radishes, ice cream Long version: The children and I went down the hill to swim wi...

I was at the grocery store with the oldest son last week and I told him he could choose an ice cream flavor. He surveyed the options for a m...

I had an unfortunate incident with granola this week. I had some in the oven when Poppy came in to tell me about the very boring passage in ...

Friday   Short version: Chicken, biscuits, tomato/cucumber salad, apple/pear crisp Long version: I had enough chicken left from the bag of l...

Last year was such a great year for wildflowers. We had multiple kinds for months, starting in May and going through until about September. ...