I got home this afternoon from work only to see my family on their way out the door. Vera was peppy and happy waving coupons for the craft store in my face and pointing at a birdhouse for sale. She said "Daddy will buy us two if it's not...

I'm getting really excited for the market to start. I'm excited for my garden, too, although I don't know when we'll end up selling this place and moving, so I'm playing that by ear. At the very least we'll get lots of root veggies and greens. With all the...

Oh we are having fun over here. Food has been a mix of silly over-the-top creations or really simple stick-to-your-ribs kind of fare. A good balance during these cold months. My sister and I saw a recipe for baklava made with brie, and we had to make it. In...

Trigger warning: I talk about the death of animals.

We lost our last little bantam hen to the cold a couple of nights ago. Last year we lost Miss Frizzle to a skunk, which left poor Lemon (aka "Pay Shay", depending on the day) without a bunk mate. You see,...

I can tell I need vitamins these days. It's been… a winter. I've gone back to old-faithful, brewing up quarts of red raspberry leaf and nettle tea, aka "Happy Woman Tea". That, and I'm trying to remember to take cod liver oil every day.

Meet Spots. He's a four month old guinea pig that we got Vera for her birthday last week.

And this is his brother Cinnamon. Together, they are the sweetest most delightful new additions to our family.

Here's...

It's cold outside! My kombucha is so slow to brew due to the cooler temps that I forget about it now. I actually remembered it and made a new batch, but it got moldy for the first time in a few years of making it. Sad! I think it...

Over the past few weeks I've been slightly more crafty than usual. I think it was the holidays that gave me a little creative jump-start. It probably doesn't hurt that it's so cold out that we are pretty much confined to the indoors, too. I'm even knitting a hat...