At the top of one of our pastures, just along the edge of the woods, sits an old piece of farm equipment.  You could almost miss it walki...

Cushaw squash makes an excellent pumpkin style bread.  My boys adore it.  And since Cort recently came up with an intolerance to pumpkin, it...

One of the things I worked on this summer was putting together an emergency car kit.  You may remember that time we got stranded on a mounta...

I love to make my own hummus.  It's a healthy snack, and I have fun creating different flavors. The boys enjoy it, and it is lunchbox fr...

Last Spring I was listening to an organic gardening podcast and heard that the cushaw squash makes wonderful pumpkin pies, and, even better,...

One day I heard Bo barking on the porch.  He is a bird dog through and through. The only time he isn't obsessing about birds, he's o...

My only association with paw paws before now was the song about the paw paw patch my mom sang to me when I was little.  I didn't know wh...