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Stop the Treadmill!

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Do you ever feel like you’re running on a treadmill with the speed set too high?

Nettle Cravings

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For some reason, I awakened today with a fierce craving for fresh, healthy greens.

Sleeping Porches: Rest in Peace

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Outdoor slumber makes a quiet comeback with a resurgence in popularity for traditional sleeping porches.

Food Documentary Insomnia

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I really need to be more careful what I watch before bedtime.

Dusty’s New Dig

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Last week, something momentous happened. My husband and I actually completed a project we started: Building a new cage—more like a palace—for our house-rabbit, Dusty.

A Corky Craft

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Ask my husband, I’m a compulsive list-maker: Shopping lists, chore lists, packing lists, farm project lists…and the list goes on.

Country Walks Revisited: Early Spring and Staying Alive

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During January we experienced unusually warm temperatures here, thanks in large part to El Nino, a cyclic warming of the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Disaster

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Like many people around the world, my thoughts have been centered on the citizens of Haiti this past week: Mourning the staggering loss of life in a poorer-than-poor country whose people have so little, and have now lost their family and friends, too.

101 Uses for Canning Jars

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OK, I lied. I haven’t actually figured out 101 ways to use them yet, but glass home canning jars, also called Mason jars, are just so versatile and useful that I couldn’t resist the title.

Bird-sighting Chart

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You can keep track of the birds you see on your farm with this downloadable bird-sighting chart.

Winter Solstice

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We’ll be two days past the shortest day of the year when you read this, but as I blog right now, here in the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice is today, December 21 (you can blame it on our tilted planet).

Making a Culinary Connection

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Imagine flipping open a menu and seeing your farm fare featured. Make that dream a reality by becoming a chef farmer with these tips.

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