When I was in 3rd grade my teacher read The Secret Garden to our class. To say I was captivated would be an understatement. I could so clearly see that garden in my mind. From the first description of its neglected state to its revived glory later in the book, it was vivid in my…
Gift Guide For Gardeners
Are you looking for a gift guide for gardeners? One of the positive things that has come from the pandemic is an increase of interest in gardening. In fact, early in the spring it was challenging to find seeds and other gardening supplies. Of course there are many lifetime gardeners but if you have a…
Victory Gardens: Is It Time For Them Again?
I love the idea of Victory Gardens. During WWI and WWII, people were encouraged to plant gardens to supplement their rations, reduce pressure on the public food supply, and to boost morale. What a lovely…and important…way for individual families to do their part to support a cause larger than themselves. Is it possible to bring…
Back to Basics on Apple Tree Farm
“The business of procuring the necessities of life has been shifted from the wood lot, the garden, the kitchen and the family to the factory and the large-scale enterprise. In our case, we moved our center back to the land.” ~Helen Nearing Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Read more here. When I was…
LWD Book Club ~ June 2017
I’m back! Did you miss me? We are still in recovery mode following our 10th annual Happyland Music Fest. I’ll share some photos soon – hopefully tomorrow. We had the most amazing time. Everyone seemed to agree it was the best HMF thus far. But now it’s time to get back to whatever passes for…
Here on Apple Tree Farm
I’ve got a busy, busy day ahead of me (Meals On Wheels, hair appointment, errands and a meeting of our city’s Multicultural Committee) so I’ll just share a few pictures this morning: My tomato plants are loaded and that makes me happy: I took this Sunday morning while walking Shiloh before church: And this one….
And then there were nine…
I had been planning to get Dharma spayed after we get back from New Orleans. However I noticed this past week or two that she looked a little, um, broad? I was hoping she was just fat but this morning she presented us with five kittens (plus one that didn’t make it). Along with Tillie’s…
Spring is busting out all over Apple Tree Farm
Last week Gentilly (aka “Tilly”) had her babies. I’d been suggesting she just have three rather than the five or six our cats generally like to have. She did pretty good and just had four. Most of our cats have been mostly black. We’ve had the occasional striped kitty and a gray one (poor Gracie…
Morning Harvest
My plans for a big vegetable garden haven’t quite panned out due to extreme heat and no rain. However, I did plant some potatoes a couple of months ago and today I decided to see what might be lurking beneath the soil. I pulled out a few small potatoes from one of the buckets. I…