Two Queens Are Better Than One!
If there's one thing people remember about the farm and this blog, it's the bees. People love the bees, and it's often one of the first questions I get. I…
If there's one thing people remember about the farm and this blog, it's the bees. People love the bees, and it's often one of the first questions I get. I…
I can't remember a summer where I've enjoyed the fruits and vegetables of the season more than this one. Although it was a busy summer with work and more house…
Cherry Belle Radish & Mustard Greens When it's a heat index of 115+, the produce cries to come inside for dinner. I oblige.
With it being nearly 100 degrees in Northeast Virginia with no pool in sight, writing about the garden seemed like a much better deal than working in it. It has been three…
Just before the Great Depression began to take hold, a new baby was born in Echols County, Georgia in the mid-1920s. The oppressive August heat was no match for the…
As summer draws to an end, the number of intense, sporadic storms seems to increase. The dark clouds roll in, and the last rays of late afternoon sun are quickly…
Heralded by the running of Sirius the dogstar as it chases Lepus the hare across the sky, the dog days of summer were documented with sweltering heat and pestilence in the ancient…