The tomato sauce is done. Peaches and green beans canned. Sausage made, fat rendered, pigs harvested, homeschool routine well under way. It is time to rest and play before phase two of the harvest begins. I am taking some time off to enjoy the company of my family, and I’ll return in a few weeks. […]

The sky was too perfect, the air too heavenly, the crickets too lovely to ignore. And so, while Daddy and Saoirse did science research by investigating frogs and other pond life, Ula and I went out to say farewell to a glorious month.

And amid the tomatoes, I decided to put a half bushel of apricots through the dehydrator. Luckily, I had help…

  It was after six by the time we all got home from the farm on “tomato night,” after gathering all the necessary ingredients from Sap Bush and the valley farm stands. Bob and I faced down the day’s unwashed dishes, two hungry kids, a mountain of tomatoes in need of immediate attention, and a […]

Spinning the midsummer honey…and enjoying a bit of the comb.

She’s stuck in that mud. I may face a bit of a mess later, but at least that will glue her in place and keep her off the round bales for a while….