Prairie Garden

Siberian Sweet watermelon Apricot flesh with lovely brown seeds -- sweet and delightfully chewy. Best of all: from our garden and Squeeze...

What do you get when you add chopped tomatoes and scallions, shredded cheese, a little bit of sea salt, and a nice lump of butter to brown r...

Ugh, I should post something. We've been back for a week now. But where do I start? Things are good, the weather is cool, sunny and brig...

Hooooooola, estoy aquí! I've gone AWOL because my parents and sister have been staying with us for the past week. Needless to say, the b...

A friend and neighbor is lending me her old camera until we can buy a new one, so I finally have pictures again. What a relief! It has been ...

Southwestern Minnesota doesn't have mountains or beautiful trees, both components of landscapes that I hold dear and esteem highly. Sigh...

Yep, poop transplants . This was local news throughout Minnesota a couple of years ago, but I just stumbled upon a New York Times article p...

We battled mosquitoes and heat and sweated like hogs this weekend and got a good chunk of the East Garden paper and strawed. What a relief!...

I just went out and picked a cucumber for a snack. Nummmmmm . . . I love that.

Honestly, is there anything tastier than a green bean just picked from the garden? Eating one always reminds me of my grandpa and his garden...

We've felt a little down about our garden this year, particularly Squeeze. Not because things aren't coming along nicely, because th...

My little belly is starting to look like a lil' belly, mostly. Kind of. I will be glad to start looking a bit pregnant, because I'm ...

The hair-cut was over a month ago, but my parents, let alone any of you, have yet to see it. This pregnancy has put me in a major communicat...

We had two hens that went broody this spring. Due to timing and "just life", instead of further investigation and intervention . ...

You're looking at: chard, kale, mustard, lettuce, potatoes, beans, spinach gone to seed, leeks, onions In my opinion, one of the best th...

It has been so quiet around here, without the rooster . It's amazing - it sounds like a deserted island outside vs. chickenville. Soft b...

It took us about a half-hour to butcher our beautiful rooster tonight, from start to finish. He has been a wonderful rooster, simply wonderf...

No way. No way! This is too hilarious. And I can still remember every single one of their names. Ohhhhhhhhh, Jordan. ♥ From my new favori...

No time for anything other than a streaming list of my thoughts... The garden is phenomenal this year. We are eating all kinds of things: ch...

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...