Apr 10, 2025 | Favorite Things, Tools, Uncategorized
We have a dandelion problem, especially in our orchard and field areas. There are thousands it seems! There’s not much we can do in the orchard (see photo below) because we don’t spray, but I do dig them up in our peony rows and in my garden. That’s...
Jul 9, 2024 | Favorite Things, Flowers, Uncategorized
If you’ve been here for almost any sort of time, you know that I love cooking and baking with edible flowers. I just think it makes all meals prettier and tastier. I’m very aesthetically driven, so I appreciate the beauty it adds! Also, there is evidence...
Jan 22, 2024 | Celebrate, Farm, Favorite Things
I genuinely love snow, and frankly, wish it would stay on the ground most of the season as it is so much prettier than the brown we’ve become used to during winter. It’s been several years since we got a significant snow and this past week we got two days...
Nov 28, 2023 | Favorite Things, Flowers
I’ve always really enjoyed gift lists so I thought I’d put one together for the flower lover! I don’t ever want to recommend something unless I have personally used it and have loved it (though it would be fun to put together a wish list!) so...
Aug 7, 2023 | Farm, Favorite Things, Flowers, Uncategorized
We have 5 rows of lavender planted on the east side of the garden and for the month of June it’s a place of beauty, a favorite hangout for the bees, and a perfumery for the entire garden- especially if it’s humid! We planted each row (varieties are:...
Jul 5, 2023 | Farm, Favorite Things, Garden
I’ve always loved the idea of a beautiful greenhouse. Back in 2016 when we first laid out our initial garden plan, we included the chicken coop, the shed and a greenhouse. At the time, we thought we would build the greenhouse ourselves out of old windows and...
