Flower Garden or Salad Bar for Deer?
Their midnight snack...
My morning indigestion...
We can all remember the first time the magic of Disney brought us Bambi and his ilk (or should I spell that 'elk?'). We never saw the dark side of our...
Potato Sausage Casserole: Embracing My Inner American Breakfast
Potato Sausage Casserole: Who wants breakfast?
Farm fresh eggs have amazingly bright yolks.
I had some friends over for breakfast last Sunday, the perfect occasion to celebrate the best meal of the day. Don’t get me...
How to Plant a Bareroot Fruit Tree
My Avalon Pride peach tree takes root and sprouts some shoots one year after planting.
I wanted to add some peach trees to my orchard and thanks to One Green World nursery and UPS, three...
He’s a Smooth Pollinator — When Peach Trees Need a Helping Hand
Let me just say peach trees are worth the effort, and in the Pacific Northwest that's some effort. Our rainy cool climate tricks the peach into blooming early--early enough that no bee worth his knees is...
Yoga or Plan B: Fish and Chips
ummm, homemade fish and chips...
Saturday was one of those days where each step I took seemed out a pace and out of place with the universe. Much like a dubbed low budget foreign film,...
Jam Up and Jelly Tight: Apple Jelly Is Out of Sight!
Homemade apple jelly with chopped cranberries for one-two flavor punch.
It's that time of year when I instinctively begin to ration my homemade preserves. It truly is summer captured in a jar. In the photo, I'm holding one...
Greenmantle Nursery: Vintage Apples off the Beaten Path
In my neverending quest to cover every square inch of Tall Clover with anything that bears fruit, I stumbled across a remarkable site: Greenmantle Nursery of Humboldt, California. The nursery has been in business since...
Tall Clover Farm: Warm Welcome on a Chilly Night
The chill of the evening cannot dissuade me from writing my first blog entry, not even at my desk upstairs. The heat in my house is most comfortable on the first floor where it remains insolent...
