by Daisy | Aug 16, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
As you can probably see, our blog is having a bad hair day.We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties and are in the process of working things out. In the meantime we’re looking rather frazzled, so please bear with us while we push and shove and...
by Daisy | Jul 30, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
I can’t get enough of certain herbs. One of my absolute favorites is thyme (right foreground). I love the flavor, and I love that it has such depth and pungency; it holds up to slow simmering while is also perfection in uncooked preparations like cold pasta...
by Daisy | Jun 18, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
What is that thing? What are you doing in there? We all must know. Move over. Hasn’t killed anybody yet. Must check it out. OK, enough of the chicken POV. Initially, things looked promising. They were curious about the new box and kicked the tires around for a...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 18, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
I planted these muscadines a few years ago for the photo shoot for our book, Little House in the Suburbs: Backyard farming and home skills for self-sufficient living. I haven’t touched them since. I mean, I haven’t pruned, watered, weeded,...
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 Ivory Soap | May 21, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
This spring, for our “nature walks” (read: nature drives, preggers…wait, read: pointing out nature periodically when we’re driving somewhere else), we are tracking the blooms of the season. Here is the order of appearance. Week One 1....
