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...
Gar Hole
Point Remove Creek’s slow warm currents dawdle in the lazy hot days of mid-summer. The creek bottom’s air dawdles,...
Guns and responsibility
During my rural childhood, I was taught, as I’m sure many of you were, that there were two appropriate places for guns...
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...
A nearby faraway
The old white farmhouse was tucked into a corner with woods on two sides. A gentle ridge dense with post oak and...
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...
Out there in the dark
It’s about 15 minutes before graying of the eastern horizon, and I’m sitting in a tree overlooking the head of a steep...
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...
Jake
The raggedy old collar resurfaced while cleaning up the back room. As I sat down on our kindling box and traced a...
Hunter
I watch her movements become slow and deliberate as rustling leaves bring her to alert. An image of the oak tree...