Living in the country: 10 things I’ve learned
If you would have told me as a kid that in my 30’s I’d be married to a farmer (for 16+ years!), homeschooling my kids, living in the country, raising animals, Christmas trees and tending a large garden, I would have told you you were crazy. But here I am! The Lord works in mysterious…
A homestead dream of Christmas trees?
Four years ago this week we signed papers on our 10-acre homestead in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. It was untouched, overgrown, unkempt and neglected. To everyone we knew, it seemed absolutely crazy. But to us, it was the realization of a dream. This place we named…
Bulbs to plant in a cottage garden
Years ago I fell in love with cottage style gardening. Through stacks of good books, a few favorite blogs and YouTube channels, I nurtured that love and learned a whole heck of a lot about the topic. Like any other garden anglophile, I developed a…
Better than Pumpkin, the Maple Pecan Scone
Now don’t come for me Internet but…I’m not a pumpkin girl. I like to grow pumpkins, carve them, decorate with them and paint my toenails a dusty pumpkin color, just don’t make me eat them. The problem has been, I do LOVE a festive flavor…
How to arrange garden flowers
Do you ever find yourself pinning photo after photo of gorgeous, Dutch masters inspired flower arrangements, only to have your mind go absolutely blank once you actually have the shears in hand? Yeah, me too. For years I’ve admired the floral stylings of all-stars like…
What you should be harvesting this time of year
It is easy and understandable to feel burnt out on gardening by this point in the year, which is unfortunate since it’s the ideal time to be out there harvesting. Whether it’s the hot sun, the pesky bugs, the endless weeding or too much summer…
