Prairie Garden

I think radishes are the most beautiful spring vegetable. That red makes my eyes buzz. Why do clothes have to wear out? My favorite brown pa...

I am in the midst of planning Story Hour for both the 4-8 year olds and 9-12 year olds for the Summer Reading Program at our little library ...

One of our hens went broody last week and is sitting day and night on a clutch of eggs. She's in one of the nesting boxes in our chicke...

I'm at that point of the year again where the root cellar is empty and the garden is only producing lettuce, radishes, and spinach. I ha...

Our household is currently head-over-heels for steamed cauliflower with butter (or olive oil) and salt. What could be easier? I steam it who...

The 2010 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 List s are out, published by the Environmental Working Group through FoodNews.org . The produce on the Di...

ANOTHER JOURNEY Another journey. The southern provinces, Pennsylvania. I think also of you in your wandering exile. What are the differences...

We ate our first garden salad of the season this evening - unusually early in Minnesota without cold frames or a greenhouse. But hey, we...

I just frittered away an hour doing two things: 1) Paging through the "old school" pictures of an elementary school classmate on F...

Truen got his cast off today - his little right leg was furry, scaly, and softer and smaller than his left leg. Saaaaad. But he's walkin...

Diego self-initiated a spontaneous interest in drawing letters this week. (He's 4.5) We were coloring with sidewalk chalk with the cousi...

After almost a week of gallivanting and visiting with family and friends, Diego said it best last night as he ran inside to go potty. "...

As I was reading The Marvelous Journey Through the Night aloud to Truen this morning, a book about sleepy-time dreams, a particular portion...

I forgot . . . I left something out . Does everyone know that one of our future goals is to operate a CSA ...? Still a few years out, but de...

Our garden is half-planted (we are 18 days ahead of last year): peas, kale, cabbage, spinach, leeks, lettuce, two rows of potatoes, a new as...

I adore David Bowie. Be My Wife is one of my favorite songs, off my favorite album, Low, cut my favorite year, 1977. And, in addition to ...

This afternoon, Diego cried piteously over the fact that he cannot marry me when he grows up. "But I want you to be my wife!" he w...

Just checking in to say -- Having a 2.5 year old with a broken leg is a lot like having a baby again, only this baby is enormous, cranky, an...

For the record, two year olds can break bones. Yup. And yikes . Truen and Diego were happily wrestling and playing around on Thursday nigh...

My brother and SIL introduced this song to me just this week...and I think I might be obsessed. I have had it on repeat all morning; I am l...