Singing Wren Farm

Well, fall is officially here, but, boy is the weather keeping us on our toes! It's going to be a scramble to get set up and the temperatures are expected to...

Today was just one of those gorgeous late spring days; 65 degrees, light breeze, sunny. After 2 inches of rain, thunderstorms, and oppressive humidity last w...

Well, the trees are fully in leaf since about 10 days ago when the black walnuts finally unfurled their leaves. The garden is about 1/4 planted by now and w...

Spring is rapidly drawing to a close. We have passed our final frost (possible) date last weekend having gotten a two week head start on the season by gambl...

November is just a mud puddle away now and summer a swiftly fading memory. When I open the door in the predawn there are no crickets, cicadas or confused sp...

I wish I could multiply myself (though honestly, what mom hasn't?) in spring and fall in particularly. There are just so many jobs that need to be done and ...

It has been a awhile since I posted on any of my websites. i apologize. This is the first year that I have committed to blogging over the summer-seriously?...

I love berries. Perhaps because a really good berry at the peak of sweetness and flavor, is such an ephemeral thing. Berries are delicate and fragile and t...

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 season to live in a plac...

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 about 4 am I went o...

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. Spring on the farm m...

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, then spring is the t...

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 and grey and a bit mes...

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 and arrival of baby ...

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 Ontario. I thought, "If t...

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 happy. I don't even mi...

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 you might normally ...

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 greenhouse to start se...