Author Archives: Letty

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” ― Elbert Hubbard Curtis and I had a great time in Tryon, NC at the World Equestrian Games.  It was so good to get away, … Continue reading →

The Cow in Apple Time Something inspires the only cow of late To make no more of a wall than an open gate, And think no more of wall-builders than fools. Her face is flecked with pomace and she drools … Continue reading →

“Men and melons are hard to know.”  -Benjamin Franklin I have the hardest time growing and knowing melons.  Every year I try – if I succeed the raccoons and coyotes eat them.  No one eating my melons this year – … Continue reading →

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”  Sam Keen This is Isabelle.  Every Wednesday, Jennifer and Isa show up for work together.  Isa is always excited about her work and her exuberant behavior is contagious.  She bustles about in the … Continue reading →

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia PlathHard to believe it is end of August.   Fall is a lovely time of year for a farmer.  The … Continue reading →

“Be careful about reading health books.  Some fine day you’ll die of a misprint.”  -Markus Herz It’s funny how as human’s we don’t know what we should eat.  We constantly battle between eating what’s healthy and….what’s easy.  Because, let’s admit … Continue reading →

Look at our farmers markets today, bursting with heritage breeds and heirloom varieties, foods that were once abundant when we were an agricultural nation, but that we have lost touch with. Bringing all these back helps us connect to our … Continue reading →

“According to analyses conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 100 grams of fresh tomato today has 30 percent less vitamin C, 30 percent less thiamin, 19 percent less niacin, and 62 percent less calcium than it did in the … Continue reading →

“….pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet-corn boiled, with the addition of salt?” Henry David Thoreau, ‘Walden’ (1854) My sweet corn patch has been … Continue reading →

“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine The zinnias are gorgeous right now.  They are a burst of … Continue reading →