We were recently over at my Dad’s and Thelma’s when Dad got out his old engineering books. The orange leather cover...
Generational Gifts
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Be a Part of the Solution
The seed catalogs recently started coming in the mail. Most mornings there’s still frost on the grass and a thin layer...
Black gold
We were turning over the soil in our new garden bed when we hit black dirt. In a garden full of heavy, red clay, even...
Songs of Stewardship
You might recognize Lauren Ray from social media. She’s a Buffalo National River park ranger, which is a cool, though,...
Farmed by faith. Farmed by family.
The Ralston Family Farm is located just a few miles south of Atkins, in rich bottomland encircled by mountains. Grain...
Water tables
I’ve gotten into this habit of listening to Jason Isbell and the 400 Unite while I garden. I love to sing along with...
Rebuilding the soil
Back when it was still cold, we decided to try our hand at a no till garden — a mixture of hügelkultur and lasagna...
Pearly Everlasting
I haven’t had a chance to write about it much, but I seldom choose to leave our house these days. My home is on...
A view of the past
It’s still foggy as I drive to the Arkansas Archeological Survey office at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute...
Where the wild hens roost
One afternoon, a neighbor stopped to ask if we had any chickens missing. All of ours were accounted for, happily...
When friends pass on
We recently lost our sweet Katie Dog to heart failure. A few weeks before that, we lost our cat Orwell to old age. In...
A commitment to community
Winter is here and most Farmers Markets are closed for the season. For a lot of growers, the cooler seasons are a time...
