Ummm…somehow, the words “Get down from there RIGHT NOW!” just don’t strike me as being appropriate (or safe) for this particular moment.

Thanks to Mom’s garlic cultivation, the tomato sauce I must now prepare to can should be pretty spectacular…

A toast: I’d like to raises glasses to an amazing girl, who, just after she was born, crippled me with so much love, that all I could do was sit and cry.  This is the person who has taught me that fairies really do exist that Barbie dream houses are best made out of old […]

Folks, Sap Bush Hollow is not generally open on weekends during the growing season, but as part of Schoharie County’s Family Farm Day, Sap Bush Hollow Farm will be open from 10am until 4pm this Saturday, Aug 17. We will have many of our products available for purchase, we will be on hand to talk […]

Yikes! I’ve been caught with a child who isn’t blissfully happy on the camera….The other day, when she helped me, she was full of smiles. Today she wanted to sit and listen to music, rather than help me stack the last load of firewood. But I had her work with me for one hour (and […]

In my humble opinion, the best way to eat broccoli is to leave the florets for Mom and Dad, and go straight for the leaves. I remove the ribs (save them for my broth), and tear them up for salad greens. I marinate them in a dressing of chopped garlic, coarse salt and olive oil […]

To conclude our week of reflecting on competing joys, Ula engages in an artistic meditation on balance. Ok, for now, she just thinks the symbol is really pretty….

All in all, I would have to say it was a lovely day. Everyone pitched in, all the firewood was stacked in four and a half hours, a number if critters were observed and admired up close before being moved to safety, and we had that blissful, deep, glorious fatigue that let us drift away […]

It takes a couple weeks to take lard and tallow from pigs and cattle and transform them into shaving soap. But no matter how many times I do it, the process continues to amaze me. These will be ready to ship next week. For those of you who would be interested in acquiring some, I […]

I have been allowing Ula more autonomy in the kitchen. But this is the scene I found on my counter this morning after she fixed her breakfast. Not sure what to make of it.