by Daisy | May 19, 2014 | Fencepost, Reviews
I love “deals” pages on blogs, and I’ve been looking for some that focus on home farming and sustainability with little success. So I thought why not do one myself? Here are a few tempting deals I’ve seen around the net, specially geared for...
by Daisy | Apr 14, 2014 | Fencepost, Reviews
Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of a tour of the home and gardens at Moss Mountain Farm, P. Allen Smith’s ferme ornée, or ornamented farm, in the Arkansas River Valley near Little Rock, Arkansas. I took an embarrassment of photos and wanted to share some of...
by Daisy | Nov 19, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
Of all the books on growing food, this one deals with what may be the most precious and fragile component of food production: water. After all, fine soil, gracious sunlight, the most carefully chosen seeds and plants, without water, is doomed. How desperate the...
by Daisy | Aug 29, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
I began reading this book over a week ago and am still tumbling down its fascinating rabbithole, bouncing from one adventure in permaculture to another. In case you are unfamiliar with permaculture, briefly it’s a way of farming which seeks to mimic and enhance...
by Daisy | Jul 25, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
When I meet someone new and find out he or she loves to garden, it seems as if we immediately hit on an endless vein of common interests. Soon, we are deep in a discussion of soil and pests and cultivars and comparing lists of what we grow. I seize on their success...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 6, 2013 | Fencepost, Reviews
It’s rare that a book is really for a 90 year age difference, but Shanleya’s Quest certainly worked for the 30-year age spread in my home. It even worked for my 7-year-old. But, Shanleya’s Quest isn’t a traditional picture book that can be...
