Our bees have been hard at work this year, helping to create one of the most abundant fruiting seasons that I can recall. (After two years where we could literally count the number of apples on the old tree, it's amazing to look up and see hundreds of ripe fruits!) And now we are even more grateful ...
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Goatpacking
We spent a lovely Labor Day weekend in the wilderness with good friends and goats, complete with great weather, a pristine alpine lake all to ourselves, and lovely views. We were in the Diamond Peak Wilderness, in Oregon, and only a few miles away from the spot where we backpacked with goats for ...
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Home again, home again
We're home. After three weeks of travel via planes, cars, subways, trains, and swan boats. Home after visiting family, old friends, and new friends. Home after swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, watching a thunderstorm roll in, sleeping on the Amtrak, witnessing a marriage ceremony. Home to a ...
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Peaceful Parenting Resources
As the mama of two young children, I spend a lot of time reading, talking, and thinking about parenting. I'm always so excited to read a book or a blog that guides me towards new ways of parenting peacefully and unconditionally. I would love to share a short list of some of my favorite parenting ...
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In the Garden :: 8.2.12
The most amazing cabbage I have ever grown! I get my cabbage seed from High Mowing Seeds, an organic seed company based in Northeast Vermont.
These raspberries are good enough to just stare at all day! (Thanks DRG, for the fabulous photos!)
The greenhouse is taking off: cukes, carrots, basil, ...
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Hay Day
This Saturday was Hay Day - the day we make the trek over to our favorite hay grower's property to load the pickup with a few months' worth of hay. I bet it was a real nail-biter of a haying season for the growers, as intermittent rain storms made difficult to time the cutting with a few day ...
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