by Daisy | Apr 10, 2015 | Fencepost, Reviews
On a recent trip we took the kids to the Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee. Basically in the middle of nowhere is a colossal multi-theme park (not amusement park), complete with real trains, log cabins, barns, farm equipment, a 100 year old chapel,...
by Daisy | Apr 2, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
When all you know is the year-round availability of everything from the supermarket, it’s easy to forget the reason why, for example, eggs are an emblem of spring. When you have your own hens, though, and after a long, eggless winter your hens are finally...
by Daisy | Apr 2, 2015 | Breads, Dessert, Recipes
Note: This is a repeat of a recipe I try to re-post each year. I want to make another one this year. (And guard it better from certain people this time). This is a fun Easter bread, Italian style. It’s basically just a rich egg bread decorated with almond...
by Daisy | Mar 28, 2015 | Garden, Permaculture
The first time I tried trench composting, I couldn’t dig down very deep because of the hugelkulture logs I buried. All was well for a couple of days, then I woke to find the buried compost in the trench had been discovered by some critters. They dug around and...
by Daisy | Mar 24, 2015 | Conversation, Fencepost
Did the people who named the shampoo-free movement “no ‘poo” really think that one through? Besides being confusing (it’s hard to communicate that apostrophe in spoken communication), it’s a bit inelegant. But what’s done is done....
