by Kara | Jun 17, 2022 | Chickens, Country Living, Farm Life, Garden, Seasons on the Farm, Spring, Uncategorized
‘Summer is coming, summer is coming. I know it, I know it, I know it. Light again, leaf again, life again, love again,’ Yes, my wild little Poet. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson, from The Throstle Hello from June 17th! Extremely-rainy-May has merged into...
by Kara | Apr 7, 2022 | Country Living, Farm Life, Garden, Lambs, Reflections, Seasons on the Farm, Spring, Turkeys, Uncategorized
“Now say to yourself five times, and believe it… “”This is March. The main thing to do in March is to don’t. I don’t dare do much in my garden.. because I know this old fellow March; he fools me every time.” ~ Alfred Carl...
by Kara | Oct 18, 2019 | Autumn, Country Living, Garden, Go Local, Recipes, Squash
Over the past few years, the fever-pitch over Pumpkin Everything has reached epidemic levels. I don’t mind, as I think it is one of the most versatile, delicious, inexpensive, healthy add-ins to almost anything. I make pumpkin muffins and breads, pumpkin...
by Kara Williams | Sep 22, 2017 | Canning, Country Living, Garden, Summer
The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year – the days when summer is changing into autumn – the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.”~ E.B. White,...
by Kara Williams | Oct 22, 2016 | Garden
The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. People who know the garden in which their vegetables have grown and know that the garden is healthy will remember the beauty of the growing plants, perhaps in the dewy first...
by Kara Williams | Sep 23, 2016 | Garden
“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Each season on our property has its own charms, but in summer every joy is magnified....
