The grower of trees, the gardener, the man born to farming, whose hands reach into the ground and sprout, to him the soil is a divine...

Oh, my, we have been experiencing one wet winter! The rain and snow keeps coming! At least you can say the weather keeps you on your...

Ahhh, the ever increasing daily sunlight gives a farmer hope of good things to come!

It is a warm February day and the bees are out taking their flights. Let’s cross our fingers that the bees can make it through the rest...

If I knew the world would fall to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree. -Martin Luther

One day, I came across a quote from J.R.R. Tolkein, author of The Lord of the Rings, he wrote a letter to a friend, from which I will...

Previously, I posted an article about Rudolph Steiner and his prophecy that the honeybee would collapse. Steiner also talked about the...

"Every time you go to market you relive the story of Jack and the Beanstalk: you trade the family cow for worthless beans, but if you...

A root cellar is an old technology. When most of mankind lived in rural areas before the age of electricity, a family had to find a way...

Wassailing is an old English folk custom going back hundreds of years. It is a ceremony that takes place in an apple orchard. Its...

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation. Paul Thoreaux

When I was a history teacher, I was often asked what is my favorite time period? I always said Medieval Europe. My favorite part of...

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. -Wendell Berry

I had a great time at the holiday market at the Yellow Cab. It was nice to meet all the many people who visited and bought from my table....

This is your task, the garlic says, this is your job, and you can have it as long as you can walk, as long as you can bend, as long as...

Old garlic saying pertaining to the potential troubles of young peoples relationships with the opposite gender from the viewpoint of mom....