The third week of June, I finished harvesting garlic scapes in the rain. I had intended to start earlier, before the afternoon storms rolled in, […] Read More
Author: LeeAnne
For us in Colorado, garlic usually comes out of the ground sometime during the last week of June to the first week of July. While […] Read More
Around the time the tomato plants all died, we decided it was time to scale back the farm The demise of that ultimate summer vegetable […] Read More
I woke up early this morning, 6am on the winter solstice. In my flannel pajamas and slippers, I started the coffee, then went downstairs to […] Read More
Over the last year or so, I have been grasped by an overwhelming urge to see the stars. Not just any stars. Not the stars […] Read More
The weeks that we bring fresh tomatoes to market, we generally sell out within the first hour. Home-grown tomatoes are the favorite crop of the […] Read More
We got hit by hail again this week. This makes our third hail storm this season but we’re counting ourselves lucky because all three have […] Read More
Owning chickens has greatly deepened my understanding of the English language. I had no idea, not consciously at least, of the volume of poultry-inspired idioms […] Read More
Our dishwasher broke several months ago. We’ve been running a shoestring budget, trying to meet a goal of paying off some debt while simultaneously […] Read More
When Mike was diagnosed with MS, we were lucky enough to already have a couple of acquaintances in our circle who also suffered from the […] Read More