Firesign Farm

Lots of little bits and pieces to talk about - where do I start? The smoke here is worse than ever. This morning I could barely see across t...

I heard on the news last night that there have been more than 800 lightning-caused fires in California since last Saturday. A lot of the the...

I practice a system of integrated pest control instead of using chemicals. After the garden is harvested each fall, the chickens are allowed...

Organic gardening practices and living gently upon the land allow for a wide variety of little critters about the place. Most are welcome, a...

I love watching the night sky. In the dark of the moon, I love seeing the stars, but full moon nights can be so glorious (I even check the p...

I'm only a couple of weeks behind. Our last freeze is usually around the end of May, so I never plant most things until after the first ...

We currently have three guinea fowl - Grey Guinea, a male that took up residence in our chicken coop years ago after a neighbor tore down hi...

I've been busy - working on the garden, my volunteer activities, and taking part in my first political forum last night. I'll write ...

We had something a bit out of the ordinary happen this morning. We woke early, and when Aries went out to bring in the newspaper he noticed ...

I love spinach salad (especially with this dressing ) but our growing season for spinach can be problematic. High-desert spring weather can ...

Thinking of the famous war poem, In Flanders Field , I took this picture of red poppies in bloom, with my flags flying from my deck railing ...

I'm home again, after a very emotional week in Colorado. My mom and two sisters had taken care of a lot of the arrangements before my tw...

I trusted my gut: saying to myself that I would run for office made me feel calm inside, saying I wouldn't just made me feel anxious. So...

A couple of months ago, I wrote about something outside frightening my cat, Albert , so badly that he wouldn't leave the house for weeks...

This is just a quick little catch-up post. The six baby chicks have doubled in size, with wing and tail feathers over bodies and heads of ba...

Sorry I've been a bit MIA here lately - I took for a few days to visit my sister in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's always so nice ...

Missy, a little brown leghorn we took in years ago, would hide a nest each year, then disappear and three weeks later, return with a new clu...

The weather is warming up, the garden and rest of the yard are calling my name, Ciara has tagged me for a meme that I want to answer, and R...

I grew up in Denver, Colorado, the mile-high city. One of our standard junior high science class experiments was measuring the temperature o...

Well, that cold front definitely came through. Night before last, it snowed a bit and temps went down to 27º. The fruit trees were looking p...