Cockle Doodle Doo…

Cockle Doodle Doo…

Our rooster has finally found his Doodle Doo...The only catch is, he sings from inside the coop between 6:00 and 6:30 every single morning now.Yep, you read that right...he doesn't leave the coop and stand in the brilliant sunshine to sing his song, he does it from the comfort of the roost inside the dark coop.  Even the Ladies are…
June 30, 2012
Morning Wanderings and Radish Seeds

Morning Wanderings and Radish Seeds

Every morning when I wake up (whether it be by the alarm or by the suns gentle rise behind the Sangres), I make myself a cup of black tea with milk & honey and take a little walk through the garden.  I check for growth and blossoms, I harvest, I listen to the soft, sleepy coos of the chickens, I…
June 28, 2012
Songs of Summer

Songs of Summer

I plant sweet corn not only because I adore the taste of it...but because I am also in love with the way the wind dances through its leaves, singing its beautiful songs of summer...
June 27, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!This week brought a mixture of harvests, including the first jalapeno and the first Happy Hot Peppers!  Dave, I'm hoping you might have some insight/shared curiosity about why ours went straight from green to red instead of the pretty orange you've gotten in the past.  Very interesting...I guess we'll wait and see what happens with the other three experimental Happy…
June 25, 2012
Honey Lemon Apple Jam

Honey Lemon Apple Jam

With our warm spring and zero late frosts, our fruit trees are doing wonderfully this year!  Despite the cherry fiasco, we are anticipating a hefty harvest of apples, apricots and pears this summer and fall...well, as hefty as one might expect from a couple of young trees ;-)We noticed a little while ago that our apples were looking a little…
June 24, 2012