


Turkey Egg Rescue
The cold was coming and there was a whole clutch of eggs!

Chicken Attack
Dear Neighbor, It was the dusk of the first and probably last “Snowpocolypse” of the year. After hauling in a healthy load of firewood, we sat writing by the fire, listening to tiny pieces of sleet peck at the windows. It was then the most unexpected thing happened,...
Ant Free Hummingbird Feeders
Dear Neighbor, One of our favorite visitors on the homestead are hummingbirds. We get our regular guests each year and can tell them apart by either appearance, flight patterns or sound. We can’t help but name each one, which I think they would like. Last week...
Goodbye to a Friend and a Chapter
Dear Neighbor, They say there are four seasons but there is one more: the season of change. Change is something most of us don’t like, yet it is essential to growth and thus, life. When you quit growing, you die. My life has been nothing but change in the past...