• 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…

  • Leni’s Summer Tomato Salad

    The first big tomatoes are ripening on the vine; and we did eat three tiny cherry tomatoes yesterday . . . . . .  The cucumbers won’t be fruiting for weeks but I am dreaming of my favorite fresh summer…

  • More Ducks and Chicks

    The chicks love being able to be outside.  The older hens – in the pen next door – are very interested in these strangers! The ducks  are soooooooo very happy to be swimming. They are locked in a tight pen…