I'm late in posting about the most exciting thing to come to the farm since chickens: BEES! It's been over a week now with the bees...

Like soldiers in the night the garden rotates its next plot Part soil, part mulch, and clay loam The goal is a jungle bound But let's j...

In our backyard, behind Coloma over the American River and around Mt. Murphy lay a misty waterfall oasis. The moderate hike through newly ri...

For those that are interested, I thought I'd post the cheat sheet (below) that I use to log and account for all the things growing in th...

With farm life (and by that I mean tending to a garden, an orchard, chickens, bunnies, quails, dogs, horses, and a cat) you'd be quickly...

The first veggies of the season are now officially planted in the garden. Those pictured are peas -- Amish Snap and Green Arrow -- that wil...

With the last frost estimated to be less than a month away (my elevation is 2000ft., and at zone 8a - or so they say) and with a brief break...