The intensity of the heat these last few weeks is only matched by the intensity of the schedule. Here in Northwestern PA it has been a...

I think I must be boring to listen to since pretty much every day I find myself saying, "This is so beautiful!" I am blessed in this...

I want to share with you all that exciting things happening on the farm but alas the season has overtaken me in a big way. Last week, at...

I have installed my last remaining bantam hen, Creamy in the wooden brooder in the barn. It is safe space for her and her chicks for the...

It can be easy to keep to let the days sweep you along and not step back and make sure that the most important things are center stage. ...

So I did find Mr. T the rooster but not in the way I had hoped. He was eaten by a raccoon. Likely the same raccoon that ate our other...

Spring! For real this time! And the onslaught of growth and hard work are here. If winter is a time of dormancy, hibernation, and rest,...

Once again Mr. T is missing :( We do not need bantam chickens but they are my family's favorite form of outdoor entertainment and I miss...

After a very tardy start we are getting to the "spring-y" part of spring. Gardens are not pretty this time of the year, they are brown...

I am in the process of re-organizing my strawberry patch. It was planted in a flurry of spring work two years ago, in the rain and snow...

I have NEVER tried to grow sweet potatoes, but I was inspired a few years ago when I saw my friend Fran starting sweet potatoes in...

This past week was chock full of great opportunities to learn new things. I learned to never leave a tray full of squash seeds in my...

I am a huge fan of sunshine. I feel my best on sunny days, no matter what the temperature is; hot or cold, bright blue skies make me...

I do love walking the dogs in the snow, which is good because I've gotten to do that a lot this year, including the six inches that fell...

When people start a sentence this way in American English what we are really saying is, "I am about to say something good about something...

(Photo of a neighbor's farm from my drive home yesterday) I had a very busy day in Pittsburgh and I am pleased to say "Thank You" to all...

Okay it's not much to look at but I am proud to say that I converted our lean-to myself (with a bit of help from my oldest son) into a...

It was a very pleasant surprise Saturday Morning when I went out to feed the horses opened the barn and looked up into the beams to say...

After dodging the job and feeling so overwhelmed with butchering, I have finally got around to rendering lard. I tried a batch of the...