For a bit of greenery indoors and a future meal from out windowsill, we have been growing pea greens. They are simple to grow, take about 10 days until harvest, and when it’s time to harvest, my kids snip them with scissors. Then we let them regrow for a second harvest!I use Dwarf Gray Peas from ... View Post
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Texturized Cowl
For over 6 months, every knitting project I started fizzled out into a mess. Some were frogged (pulled out), some are still in a bag, pretending like they might behave someday. I just needed something lovely and easy and being spoon-fed was a bonus. I needed success. This kit caught my eye and I was ... View Post
Grids in the Woods
While hiking with my family, I kept seeing all these grids in the woods. there was order to the trees and the rocks (though human hands had stacked them), there was a structure that I loved. We wandered over a new bridge, which created a strict order over the wild swamp, but the sun played with the ... View Post
February 27
I started a knitting project yesterday, and I have had such a knitting slump this past year that every time I start a successful project I feel this deep relief to have knitting in my hands again (there have been many unsuccessful projects - wrong yarn, fabric didn't feel right...). It’s like it ... View Post
The Cardinal Rule
I have been staring out the window, seeing nothing but brown, brown, brown. Its winter and there is no snow. The sky can be a soaring blue, but it can all be a dismal gray that sits right on top of the trees and pushes down slightly. I am embarrassed how long it took me to really see that ... View Post
Sheep!
Welcome to our homestead, my dear sheep. Three ewes and a ram joined us yesterday, relocating from White Barn Farm Sheep & Wool in Gardiner, NY. I have dreamed of this day for years. But I also fretted about having livestock again -- what if the coyotes go after the sheep? What if they run ... View Post
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