Here is a photo of our baby taken last year while on our cross country trip. It was her first experience with a majestic, giant redwood. The picture speaks for itself.

The weather has been unseasonably cool. We were just getting used to 90 plus degree weather (which didn’t really kick in until last week – only a month late), when yesterday the temp went from about 88 on the porch to 75 in 30 minutes. The rain fell, and has been falling ever since. Great […]

I love sunflowers. They come in all different shapes and sizes. The giant sunflowers have tasty seeds. They bring birds, bees and butterflies to my garden. They provide a great “screen” for our front fence. They have provided shade and hiding places for the chickens. And they look great in my windowsill. My favorite sunflowers […]

Jason loves sprouts of almost all types. We decided to “make” our own and are really happy with the outcome. Having never sprouted for consumption on this level before, it was quite a thrilling process for me. I’m sure some of you expert sprouters will snicker at a newbie’s enthusiasm over how simple, rewarding and […]

I was so excited to open my mailbox yesterday and find an abundance of seeds from Heirloom Seeds.  I have no idea how many of these will fair, but I’m excited to see what happens.  🙂   Here is a list of what I got: Peppermint Pyrethrum Sage Creeping Thyme Bull’s Blood Beet Early Siberian […]

Fox Natural Building Wikipedia’s short definition of cob: “Cob is a building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe. Cob is fireproof, resistant to seismic activity, and inexpensive. It can be used to create artistic, sculptural forms and has been revived in recent years by the natural building and sustainability […]

And she is just the cutest thing!  She really loves the garden, and I love seeing her in it…:) Another friend is hanging out with the tomatoes today.  We had these in Hawaii and their webs always facinated me!   New cucumbers peaking out. We planted some new ones in a different spot…hoping they do […]

Summer is definitely here.  This thermostat is on the front porch, in the shade at around 8:30 AM (the camera date and time are wrong in the picture).  It’s breezy this morning though, so I am able to have the windows open for a bit.  It is suppose to reach 91 this afternoon, although I’m […]

So we got another veggie section done over the weekend.  Jason and his dad brought in lots of good, organic soil on Saturday.  Sunday we shaped the mounds and planted the seeds.  We have pumpkins, cantaloupe, more cucumbers, chard and eggplant.  We’ll see how they do.  This is the site for Jason’s gothic garden, but […]