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  • The fun of interviews and good press!

    I’ve been very fortunate this summer with several lovely articles and interviews in local and regional news venues. Living by Hand – VirginiaLiving.com Source: virginialiving.com Our experience with ducks was profiled in C’ville Weekly’s ABODE: http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1990603072856470&ShowArticle_ID=11800408104112175 Enjoy!!

  • Thank you to my cooking class students

    Cooking with people who enjoy food is a great pleasure!  Thank you, Tracey and Catherine. Tracey and I canning  peaches                                        …

  • Storing food for use all summer and fall; the Spring House

    Last weekend I harvested the carrot and beets before they got buggy in the ground.  The Elephant Garlic is out of the ground and we dug all the potatoes.  Here they are in our 1911 Spring House – staying relatively…

  • Late Spring Blooming

    This morning the air was thick with the fragrance of the blooming world around our house; Privet, honeysuckle, musk rose, greenbriar, not to mention the ordinary roses in my yard!  Damn near makes one swoon.