After three years of trudging all over this farm searching for the elusive stinging nettle, I finally got stung. I was weeding…

Friends of ours have offered me elderberries for the last several years to no avail. For one reason or another, I couldn’t…

So you remember four years ago, Ralph and I were sitting on the veranda cooking up our next farm project when he…

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know by this time of year any berries from last…

It seemed like a normal Friday. Now, I realize there were tell tales. Sara called, that morning, to ask what we were…

Watching a Tuscan order the worshiped steak, bistecca alla Fiorentina is like witnessing food porn. The whole restaurant is in a lather…

Mom has baked me the same birthday cake for every one of my fifty-five years. Delicate layers of vanilla infused cake, the…

This is my favourite time of year in the garden. The trees and shrubs are heavily laden with blossoms or buds waiting…

During our time at the farm, I’m inspired to experiment with century old recipes. I love playing around with combinations of ingredients…

It was a great week. The vegetable garden is finished except for a few less hardy things like eggplant and an assortment…