Lacy Phacelia Brand spankin’ new year, and I’m sitting here surrounded by notebooks, last year’s seed envelopes and journa...

Last night on a beautiful spring evening, I stood outside my hive and watched bees coming and going, their panniers packed with pollen. I ...

We've been treated to some wonderfully warm weather for the last few days, and besides giving me spring fever, it gives me the chance ...

A bird in the hand...M holds the first hatchling. It started with Cotton sitting on a clutch of six eggs. When my sister-in-law gave u...

Cotton, dedicated mama-to-be. (That's Thelma squeezed in next to her.) Our little hen Cotton has been broody for months. She wants s...

Our new old O'Keefe & Merritt stove, circa 1956 When we first bought our 1905-era home, I remember seeing pictures of renovate...

If you're like me, you may be starting to think about seeds -- what you'll plant, where and when you'll plant it and where you...