A bunch of raspberries are growing on a bush
By Miranda Johnson July 17, 2025
Picking raspberries today reminded me why this work matters.
A pie sits on a table in front of home-canned jars of peaches
By Connie Casey June 25, 2025
It was hot the day I picked the peaches. It took 2 days to process them all, and the kitchen was like Georgia in July with the canning pots belching out steam for hours on end.
A person wearing green gloves is planting seeds in the ground.
By Miranda Johnson June 2, 2025
Each spring, I start tucking seeds into the soil with purpose. Like many gardeners, I grow food for my family. But in recent years, it’s become more than that.
dirty boots on a wooden floor
By Connie Casey April 27, 2025
Random musings about farm life ... and I still wouldn't trade it!
A small bird with a yellow beak is standing in the grass.
By Connie Casey April 7, 2025
I don't really pay attention to what the calendar or weatherman says about the season changing. I just go outside and listen to the critters.
Pieces of  jeans lying on a table next to a pair of scissors
By Connie Casey March 7, 2025
Today was a bore. Mending day. Fixing buttons, seams, and zippers. My oldest had 7 pairs of jeans with both knees ripped out from one seam to the other that looked straight out of a zombie movie. The youngest had his share, too.
Fried eggs in a pan with pepper on top
By Connie Casey February 21, 2025
What's on your plate?
jar of honey, steeping elderflowers, a blue mug with a spoon inside
By Beth Warner February 6, 2025
There's more than one approach to medicine and health.
black and white dog in front of a fenced in garden in a field
By Cyndi Ball August 17, 2024
What an honor and privilege it was to see the hearts of so many of our ladies evidenced in their land, no matter how large or small.
a woman holding corn at a farmers market with the words Homestead Economics Going to Market
By Julie Ibarra August 9, 2024
Being a vendor was a top-tier secret goal that I have had ever since college, and it wasn't until the last couple of years that I was able to achieve it.
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