As a child I used to love to collect summer flowers, green clover, and fall leaves for my flower press. I would then paste them onto homemade cards or drop them into letters before sending them off so that the reader had a little piece of where I was writing from. Today I'm going to…
One of my favorite things is to get what my dad calls "volunteers" in the garden. Thess are plants that spring up from having their seeds tossed in the compost pile, and later getting transplanted when the compost is added to the soil. This has happened with squash, zucchini and zinnia flowers this year. But…
It’s people, relationship, and experiences that I hold closely. It’s about making memories and you’re not going to make memories with things. With that in mind I'm excited to announce my next Adventure Getaway will be in TEXAS. It is an epic hog hunting adventure!Join me on an exclusive adventure with other wonderful women,…
Toward the end of the season, when you have had your fill of garden squash, pick the blossoms that form on the vines before they bear fruit. They are less likely to mature into full fruit anyway as the weather gets colder, and the flowers themselves have a delicate squash flavor, so they are wonderful…
Most people think that you need a lot of land around you to grow watermelon because their vines need to spread out. But watermelon varieties are available in dwarf sizes and don’t require the land you might think you would need to grow them. There are also an amazing range of things you can do…
We have 5 new chicks that have just hatched at Tulipwood. We didn't intend to have 5 new chicks, but the hens got broody and they just wouldn't get off of their eggs and so we gave in and let them sit on them and here we are months later with 5 new chicks. We…
Last night, I harvested the kale I'm growing in the planter box I tried out this year. Since I didn't have a lot of growing space this summer, I went with all sorts of containers, and I have to say it's been rather fun to harvest jalapeños and tomatoes and radishes and herbs and now…
I was recently looking for a warm weather dessert that didn't require a lot of baking time or fancy cooking equipment and came upon the idea of a summer pudding. I had made small versions of this recipe way back in culinary school and haven't made it at all, I don't think, in the years…
When I wrote my book Modern Pioneering, it was to encourage and inspire the use of our hands no matter what kind of space you live in, because most of us don't live with a lot of land around us. Sometimes all we have is a windowsill, or a back alley, or a fire escape,…