Author Archives: Letty

“What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” -John Steinbeck Farm News:  Chickens will be processed this Tuesday.  Garden is growing great guns.   We have a film crew headed out on … Continue reading →

RANDAL MARLIN The pursuit of truth is like picking raspberries. You miss a lot if you approach it from only one angle. My mother-in-law, Lovella, has helped me many years with my gardening and CSA adventure.  She is a wealth … Continue reading →

” I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck”.  Johnny Carson Has anyone ever told you that?  I think I have been asked if “I just fell off the turnip truck”.  I think it means you are a country bumpkin. … Continue reading →

“Self-pity is the hens’ besetting sin,” remarked Mr. Payton. “Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom.” ― Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake Any of you who have been in our … Continue reading →

When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced … Continue reading →

“And he gave it for his opinion…that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to … Continue reading →

“How one learns to dread the season for salads” -Elizabeth David, Summer Cooking I send this quote out every year because it is how I feel after a few weeks of salads and greens.  Especially when I start to send … Continue reading →

“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird:  it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg”.  -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Farm News:  This is the time of … Continue reading →

What’s in the bucket?  Napa cabbage, red leaf lettuce, mesclun or sweet lettuce mix, greens (kale, mustard and/or collard) Farm News: Baby chicks coming this week!  They will ship from the hatchery Monday and arrive at our post office in … Continue reading →

Beautiful day of sparkling snow and sunshine.  We got about a foot of snow I think.  The chickens don’t know what to do about it – they can’t walk in it because it is so deep.  Thus the saying – … Continue reading →