Okay, I've actually been back for over a month. What can I say? I need a vacation!  =) The computer is still awful and hard to work wi...

Lots of things I want to post about (a yummy shiitake risotto dish we just made, the overachieving plants sprouting in the basement, things ...

We have five nest boxes, but will those girls spread out and use all of them? No. Will they take turns? No. At least they're splitting t...

While perusing the internet some weeks ago I stumbled on this way of dyeing eggs. As I searched more, it became clear that I was one of the...

Back in December, Jeremy and I were suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of breaking glass. It's amazing how quickl...

...that sage was a perennial. I had to look it up in the new herb book we Jeremy got for his birthday. And there it was in black and white:...

Slowpoke was a chicken, a very slow chicken. If you haven't learned yet, named chickens in our flocks often aren't long for this wor...