Actually, around these parts, it would be crickside.

I know. This may not seem a pretty set of images when pondering this way of life, but it is part of how we live. Every time I have an opportunity to work in our cutting room and feel these cool carcasses move through my fingers on their journey to becoming meat and sustenance for […]

Just feeling grateful this morning that they have each other.

In the rush and chaos that seems to define our lives during the growing season, I forget sometimes to stop and appreciate the things that emerge from Bob’s hands, working in the stillness of the night, while the rest of us sleep. Sometimes, a quiet moment to create can restore our bodies more than slumber […]

“Why, yes,” comes my reply, “how could you tell?”

For those of you who have been following our bear saga, here is where we are at now: 1. All but one of the hives have been safely relocated to a new home, down on the farm, behind our barn, surrounded by multiple layers of tall, permanent electric fencing: If you are wondering why we […]

Yes, it is hot. But at least the rain has let up enough for all of us farmers to get some hay made. I hate seeing my dad and all our neighbors go out and work in the direct sun in these temperatures (first cutting really should have come off weeks ago), and I think […]