Grateful to have a piece in this new book. It’s an essay drawn from the lambing section in Coop (speaking of which, hardcover currently available here for same price as paperback).

That chicken coop on the cover of Coop? When we moved it this weekend, we found a surprise:

Little something from the next book (due out August 21): I use three whetstones to sharpen my scythe. Each is a slender oval that fits nicely to my palm. They…View post

  Fed the pigs a mix of hog feed and curdled goat milk. In the background you can hear Anne Murray singing on the pickup truck radio. It was tuned…View post

Good 4th last night. Sat on our ridge with a fire and 70% homegrown food (have never successfully grown marshmallows), just enough breeze and woodsmoke to keep the mosquitoes and…View post