“Farther Find Me Now,” by the Coal Men, from their album Kids with Songs. I am told this song was featured on the “Bitter Tears” episode of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest…View post

I’ve mentioned several times that this year’s pigs are frustratingly finicky.  But we found something they gobble: acorns!  I threw a shovelful in the pen and it was like someone…View post

We planted oats on a long-fallow patch this spring.  The neighbor was kind enough to plow the sod, then I tilled it and used a simple shoulder-slung broadcaster to spread…View post

Must be that time of year.  I’ve received a number of emails asking me how to make the roast tomatoes I describe in Truck: A Love Story. It was tomatoes,…View post