Homestead Happenings

In the place where I grew up -- there on Brown Avenue in Orofino -- we had a huge rhubarb plant on the alley. My mother liked rhubarb and i...

My eldest half-sister, Harriet, sustained a broken wrist last week and underwent surgery to have it pinned. We were at the farm and initiall...

Nick and Hallie like to be active around the farm, so they prune and weed and generally help us with whatever needs to be done. Here's...

I’ve been thinking about ordering iris rhizomes for the south side of the farmhouse. I almost did it, too, until I remembered the project...

We left the farm last Saturday (May 21) in order to accomplish some things in town -- shopping, exercise, and a P.E.O. meeting. We're al...

Friday (May 20) was another lovely day. With the assistance of neighbor Pete, Mike worked on the windmill pump.  Mike took Pete's advice...

I have a theory that retired people lose a sense of what a day’s work looks like. Mike does way too much. I, on the other hand, struggle t...