Well, That’s Different
After a number of years with just exposed OSB subfloor (and a couple of rugs) as the flooring in my kitchen… It now has (part of) a floor. Do not be fooled by that picture. It is still mostly this… I have
Cake-Fueled, Rain-Soaked Tree-Planting
So, a couple of major (and awesome) things happened on the farm this weekend. 1.) Technically I got a year older… So… it turns out I’m a year younger than I thought I was going to be, and I feel like that
Quick & Dirty Farm Update
Quick and dirty basically describes every aspect of my life right now. And I know last week I promised a quick update on the garden progress (I actually wrote that sentence and then went back and looked at the last time I
In The Garden – 2015
You might think now that I have a perfect lounging spot on my porch I’m just going to loll about all summer, drinking wine and reading books and not doing doing much work… Right. Except in all of my spare time (that
The Happiest Girl Who Ever Had To Pull A Bee-Stinger Out of Her Neck
Guys. Guys. I don’t even know where to start on last week, but, okay, let’s start here: That’s me in my car. With 30,000 bees tucked into the back seat. OR, we could start here… That’s me last Sunday morning, after 4
I Used To Feel This Way About Houses
My lawn mower has been broken for six months. This is mostly a non-issue on the farm (despite my previous posts about things that happen out here when you don’t have a lawn mower) because 1.) I now have a tractor with
Around The Farm: Spring Maintenance
This is my fourth spring on the farm, and, I’ll be honest, the first three all found new and fun ways to kick my ass. I mean, the year that I bought this place I didn’t have any animals to take care
Sparing my Gentle Fingers… Or Not
Sometime in the next week or two thirty thousand bees are going to show up at the farm. Thirty thousand. That’s… not an insignificant number of bees, you guys. And heading in to the weekend my bee hives looked like this… I’m
How To Build an A-Frame Coop (or Duck House)
I’ve built a lot of things in the last decade (and definitely a lot more coop-like structures than one would have guessed… thank you, chickens) but building this duck house was a first on many levels… first time I’ve built an A-frame
Wherein Spring Is About To Kick My Ass
I expect I’m going to be in a full-on panic about ALL OF THE PROJECTS by the time I get to the bottom of this post, so let’s kick this one off with some good news… The roof on the duck house
Duck, Duck… Done (Kinda)
If the success of a weekend is measured in how many splinters you have at the end of it, then, guys… I am killing it. Or if you measure in how many full-grown ducks are no longer living in my grandmothers sun
Happy Birthday from the Farm
So, I’m not naming names here, but it’s possible that someone might have had a birthday in the last week, and while that someone didn’t want any gifts for said birthday, I couldn’t just give her some lame birthday card. We do
Building Fun & A Duck A-Frame
As a person who spent a fair number of years living in far more tropical climates, and then willingly and happily decided to move back north, I very much appreciate the changing of the seasons. I do. And I also very much
No Place Like Home
I just got back from six days in Mexico… for five of those days I had a decent wifi connection and really good intentions of finishing up some lingering posts in my drafts folder and telling you all about the progress I
Wherein I Am Not The Crazy Bird Lady, I Swear
I don’t think we really need photographic evidence to prove that over the last three years I’ve become a crazy bird lady. But just in case there was still a question… WHAT. I know. Try not to die from the cute. Also,
Down, Out, and Taking Off
Most days when I sit down to write, there’s a narrative just sitting there waiting for me to put words around it. You know, progress on a project, a particular insight about farm life, or, if it’s been a really good day,
Cake-Fueled, Rain-Soaked Tree-Planting
So, a couple of major (and awesome) things happened on the farm this weekend. 1.) Technically I got a year older… So… it turns out I’m a year younger than I thought I was going to be, and I feel like that
Quick & Dirty Farm Update
Quick and dirty basically describes every aspect of my life right now. And I know last week I promised a quick update on the garden progress (I actually wrote that sentence and then went back and looked at the last time I
In The Garden – 2015
You might think now that I have a perfect lounging spot on my porch I’m just going to loll about all summer, drinking wine and reading books and not doing doing much work… Right. Except in all of my spare time (that
The Happiest Girl Who Ever Had To Pull A Bee-Stinger Out of Her Neck
Guys. Guys. I don’t even know where to start on last week, but, okay, let’s start here: That’s me in my car. With 30,000 bees tucked into the back seat. OR, we could start here… That’s me last Sunday morning, after 4
I Used To Feel This Way About Houses
My lawn mower has been broken for six months. This is mostly a non-issue on the farm (despite my previous posts about things that happen out here when you don’t have a lawn mower) because 1.) I now have a tractor with
Around The Farm: Spring Maintenance
This is my fourth spring on the farm, and, I’ll be honest, the first three all found new and fun ways to kick my ass. I mean, the year that I bought this place I didn’t have any animals to take care
Sparing my Gentle Fingers… Or Not
Sometime in the next week or two thirty thousand bees are going to show up at the farm. Thirty thousand. That’s… not an insignificant number of bees, you guys. And heading in to the weekend my bee hives looked like this… I’m
How To Build an A-Frame Coop (or Duck House)
I’ve built a lot of things in the last decade (and definitely a lot more coop-like structures than one would have guessed… thank you, chickens) but building this duck house was a first on many levels… first time I’ve built an A-frame
Wherein Spring Is About To Kick My Ass
I expect I’m going to be in a full-on panic about ALL OF THE PROJECTS by the time I get to the bottom of this post, so let’s kick this one off with some good news… The roof on the duck house
Duck, Duck… Done (Kinda)
If the success of a weekend is measured in how many splinters you have at the end of it, then, guys… I am killing it. Or if you measure in how many full-grown ducks are no longer living in my grandmothers sun
Happy Birthday from the Farm
So, I’m not naming names here, but it’s possible that someone might have had a birthday in the last week, and while that someone didn’t want any gifts for said birthday, I couldn’t just give her some lame birthday card. We do
Building Fun & A Duck A-Frame
As a person who spent a fair number of years living in far more tropical climates, and then willingly and happily decided to move back north, I very much appreciate the changing of the seasons. I do. And I also very much
No Place Like Home
I just got back from six days in Mexico… for five of those days I had a decent wifi connection and really good intentions of finishing up some lingering posts in my drafts folder and telling you all about the progress I
Wherein I Am Not The Crazy Bird Lady, I Swear
I don’t think we really need photographic evidence to prove that over the last three years I’ve become a crazy bird lady. But just in case there was still a question… WHAT. I know. Try not to die from the cute. Also,
Down, Out, and Taking Off
Most days when I sit down to write, there’s a narrative just sitting there waiting for me to put words around it. You know, progress on a project, a particular insight about farm life, or, if it’s been a really good day,
