tall clover farm

Yesterday was a big day for Boz and Gracie. Sure they had dollops of dressing and gravy chasers to indulge in, but their T-Day treats were spiced with a little something extra: triumph.  Last Thanksgiving Day, they were inconsolable when the National Dog Show judges slighted their breed,the bulldog, choosing the Lhaso Apso as best breed of the non-sporting [...]

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May the distances that separate us be erased with each fond recollection, and the smiles and laughter of family and friends be captured in memories that never fade. May this day be filled with warm hearths and warmer hearts and may our gratitude for the gifts of life never escape us. Happy Thanksgiving and Best Wishes, Tom

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Comparing Apples to Apples: Easy-to-Grow Trees With Great Tasting Fruit I’ve lived in my fine old farmhouse for five years, and before I sanded one baseboard, patched any plaster or fussed with the foundation, I planted trees—trees that I had been nurturing in pots for years, trees awaiting their liberation from city to country living. Half a [...]

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Boz is obsessed with apples. In his world and from his point of view, they fall from the sky, which is something you can’t say about a dog biscuit. Milk-bone handouts or kibbles found under the couch are not as forthcoming as the windfall of twenty apple trees, all of which are a short jaunt [...]

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I fancy myself as someone who is pretty handy in the kitchen, a man able to smoke a brisket, assemble a tart, craft a Cassoulet or conjure up some ice cream. But one day, one sad summer day, I entered the kitchen overly confident that making ketchup was a breeze. How hard can it be [...]

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