"Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein
This is a story of How to Clean Black Walnuts, and I think you're going to like it because now you're going to be searching for them on your walks. You never know what treasures are out there that you didn't even realize.
One of my almost daily rituals at Tulipwood is to go for walks…
Georgia took a work trip to New Mexico recently, but couldn’t resist going a bit early to experience Santa Fe. It is one of those towns you fantasize about — is it really as mystical as Christian Bale made it seem in Newsies? Well, not quite as frontier feeling anymore, but there are gems to be…
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul." - Alfred Austin
On our recent #ADVENTUREGETAWAY in Arkansas, we traveled to Stuttgart to meet with John Stephens of Rich-N-Tone calls to learn all about duck calls. He sent us home with some takeaways we just couldn't wait to share with all of you. The following is some helpful terminology and Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Duck…
I'm always looking for new ways to use pumpkin during the short, beautiful window that it is in season. While having family dinner one Sunday afternoon recently, someone mentioned "clafoutis." I had never really had clafoutis on my radar but it occurred to me that as a custard, it would make the perfect vehicle for…
I had a can of organic pumpkin puree staring at me on my shelf and decided it was high time to do something with it. Really just so I had an excuse to buy more pumpkin. This pumpkin spice smoothie turned out to be pure magic and I whipped it up in under 5 minutes.…
There are a few more things still to harvest at Tulipwood, and my favorite are the red pepper plants still ripening next to the wood pile. We had quite a lot of them, but the deer decided they liked them too, so the harvest wasn't quite as abundant as we were hoping. But I gathered…
During our most recent Adventure Getaway, we had the pleasure of traveling to Arkansas to meet and learn from a legend. John Stephens is three-time World Champion Duck Caller and President of RNT Calls Inc. John is also a co-host of RNT-V, a waterfowl show featured on the Sportsman Channel.
We were in awe of all…