by Daisy | Jun 15, 2014 | Fencepost, Reviews
A handful of home farm staples, treats, and neat stuff I’ve run across in my travels across the web this week.I have a giant soft spot for this slouchy, feminine style from the 20’s and 30’s. It makes me think of those cozy English mysteries on PBS I...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 11, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
My landscape guy cleaned out my asparagus beds. Considering the below picture more closely resembles my bed last year…. It’s a bit of a travesty. See below. I think two out of six mature plants survived. They used to run in a hedge the length of my...
by Daisy | Jun 9, 2014 | Fencepost, Reviews
This is a weekly post in which I link to deals, interesting finds, and cool stuff related to home farming and sustainable living. Love the nostalgic vintage vibe of this metal sign from MyPet Chicken. On sale for $9. It’s storm season. “This Eton American...
by Daisy | Jun 8, 2014 | Beverages, Recipes
I was feeling sort of yuck one afternoon; I think it was the weather, raining one minute and sunny, hot, and desperately humid the next. Then more rain. Stuck inside the house under those meteorological circumstances wasn’t doing me any good. I decided what I...
by Daisy | Jun 5, 2014 | Garden, Plants & Uses
With three times the antioxidants of that other superfood, the blueberry, Aronia melanocarpa, or chokeberry, may be poised to become one of the next superfood sweethearts of the nutrifood industry. Why wait, though, when you can have a chokeberry in your own backyard?...
