We signed the papers the week we got back from our honeymoon. The homeplace that has been in Matthew's family for the last three generat...

Only two things money can't buy: That's true love and homegrown tomatoes. -Guy Clark It's true love and homegrown tomato season ...

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. Read more at: http://www.brainyq...

So maybe, like me, you're dreaming of a place in the country where you can stretch out and have a flower garden, a mini milk cow , a...

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. -Henry Ward Beecher  We had to chase the Master Garde...

Please accept my apologies for dropping off the face of the blog planet last week. My best laid plans were shoved aside when we got a call T...

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Sha...

The beginning is the most important part of the work. -Plato So I'm here. I'm here at the new house. It's surreal. I wand...

My, but the kitchen ignited a fire storm. I have read every comment and email. It's fun to hear from you- who you are, what you...

But don't forget, in the meantime,  that this is the season for strawberries. Yes. -Clarice Lispector The first strawberr...

I'm now counting the hours until we close on the house. Hours , instead of weeks and days. It's all so exciting I could hardly s...

....It struck her that that perhaps everyone  had the ability to see themselves in others.  Even in the rocks. Even in the roses. -H...

A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting—sings! Whose galleries—are Sunrise— Whose Opera—the Springs.... -Emily Dickinson Ev...

I hope every American who possibly can  will grow a victory garden this year.  We found out last year that even the small gardens hel...

I think I just picked my last tomatoes of the year. And my last strawberry. It is November. Thank ya, Texas. Know what I've...

Stores have beautiful roses. Markets have gorgeous tomatoes. But I usually grow my own-- roses and tomatoes. I grow them because I l...

It will not always be summer; build barns. -Hesiod     I'm here, under a pile of cucumbers. Hey there. The cucs are going cr...

Sauerkraut is tolerant, for it seems to be a well of contradictions. -Julien Freund Let me tell you about a well of contradictions...

I'm growing blueberries in clay pots this year. As I search and pray for an old farm place to renovate, I find I'm impatient to st...