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What do you do with broccoli???

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This summer has been hot and dry, dry, dry. Not your usual "ideal" broccoli growing year. But my broccoli plants must not have read...

The wild plums are ripe!

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The wild plums are ripe! (but plum pickin' ain't what it used to be!) I've had my eye on the scattered wild plums on our mile...

In praise of really big trees

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Did you ever stand at the base of a really big tree and look straight up? It's truly amazing. We have several small groves...

The porch swing — a homestead essential

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It's funny what you come to enjoy on the homestead. Some folks have to attend the theater, dine at fine restaurants, go dancing, fly...

Plentiful water is a wonderful thing

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It's amazing how you take some things for granted; plentiful water for one thing. On our last homestead, we had to haul water during...