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The Community Table

Homesteading
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Celebrate your local bounty with a potluck meal of regional fare.

Organic … and Mosquito Free

Crops & Gardening
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Learn some tips to help keep mosquitos away and maintain your organic approach.

Italian Hand Tools

Crops & Gardening
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I love my hand tools. When I moved to Italy, my largest packing crates were filled with tools.

Tillers International Helps Keep Traditions Alive

Beginning Farmers
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At Tillers International, learning from our past provides critical skills for the future.

Sowing Flower Seeds

Crops & Gardening
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I’m busy sowing flower seeds.

Invasion of the Fleece Snatchers

Homesteading
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A few weeks ago, we celebrated sheep shearing day here on at our farm, a day and an activity I particularly enjoy.

10 Things You Should Know About Raspberries

Crops & Gardening
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Grow your own crop of raspberries to add to fruit salads, ice creams and other desserts with these must-know tips.

Making a Sledge

Equipment
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Building a sledge can be a "make do” or a work of craftsmanship.

Building New Garden Beds

Crops & Gardening
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The photo at right shows the new beds I’ve made on the southern border of the garden.

So Many Tomato Varieties…Which One is Perfect?

Crops & Gardening
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It’s so much fun to decide which tomatoes to plant each year.

Let Us Plant Lettuce

Homesteading
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I just took a peek at my lettuce wheelbarrow, and discovered that the lettuce I’d planted about a month ago had suddenly shot up to a whopping two inches in height.

Making Do

Equipment
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Last week I brought home a load of cow manure from my neighbor Roger.

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