Going green
Jul 18, 2011
My family had a very positive weekend on the plastic-free front. We purged our house of plastic Tupperware and replaced them with BPA-free glassware. Almost. We left a couple larger plastic pieces, but will eliminate those as soon as we pick →MORE...
Jun 16, 2011
1. Unattended dirt in a wheelbarrow is a feline port-a-potty. 2. If a bird needs help hatching, chances are that it will not survive. 3. Gophers are the devil. No, seriously. THE DEVIL. 4. Toddlers cannot →MORE...


Apr 27, 2011
Most days I think about this place and I have no idea what to write. It’s ironic, really, because I was SO EXCITED to begin blogging about food: politics, culture, industry, gardening, homesteading, recipes, the whole nine yards. And now I →MORE...


Jan 17, 2011
This is the first time I have been to the garden since the rains. Looking around at the carnage, I am overwhelmed. It is silent all around. There are so many weeds, so few plants. My husband’s apple trees have toppled →MORE...


Dec 28, 2010
The thing about being a Grinch and not buying your kid any gifts for the holidays is that people look at you funny. Real funny. I think the proper scientific term is TOTAL BEWILDERMENT. Let’s put it this way: I would →MORE...

