Ordinary Magic

Wine stains, cabbage stains, flower and fauna leaf, stem and petals stain, tea and coffee stains. It is all the stuff of ordinary magic. Put a frame around it and it is art. Hang it on a wall and call it art. If it brings you joy, it is art. Joy is … Read More

April Garden Prep

  April is a busy time in the garden!  So much to do and longer days for doing. Dream BIG and do what you can. If you are reading this, you have a garden; either well-loved, benignly neglected or somewhere in between. If you do not have a garden, read on, and … Read More

Celebrating Equinox

The Vernal Equinox: Monday, March 20, 2023, 2:24 in the afternoon. A moment in time when the Sun crosses the celestial equator, the imaginary line in the sky above Earth’s equator from south to north. We will enjoy 12 hours, 9 minutes and 33 seconds of daylight and Spring will be sprung … Read More

spring hopes eternal

During the first ten days or so of February, we enjoyed 45- 56 degree days, 10 hours of daylight, basked in warm sun on our faces and hopefully we watched as the hellebores, crocuses and snowdrops revealed their spring inspirations. In that instant we were drawn to early spring tasks. Digging into … Read More

EGG-O-NOMICS 2023

Maligned and disrespected for years alternating between years of cholesterol fear mongering and joyous years of the nutrient rich, low calorie, high protein sustenance. Fried, scrambled, poached, soft boiled, basted, hard boiled, scotch eggs, 3 minute eggs, shirred, coddled, omelettes, shirred eggs, deviled, souffled, dippy eggs over easy, the possibilities are endless. … Read More

Winter Solstice 2020

Monday, December 21, 2020. The shortest day at 8 hours, 25 minutes and 26 seconds. OR The longest night. Sleep tight. Hold on tight. The sun will stall for a mere moment as it reverses course and begins its journey back to us from the southern hemisphere. Monday evening also brings us … Read More

Egg-O-Nomics 2020

The Chicken, The Molt and The Egg Bears, bees, bats, groundhogs and chipmunks hibernate. Geese, Monarch butterflies, whales, wildebeast and hummingbirds migrate (Would someone please remind those geese who stick around to poop on our yards and driveways?). Chickens molt. As do cicadas, snakes and crustaceans. You may wonder what molting has … Read More

Devil those eggs!

This is all about FRESH, really Fresh eggs from the nest box to the farm stand to your kitchen. I have heard so many friends and customers say eggs they just bought from their nearby farm stand are impossible to peel when they are so fresh and freshly boiled. What to do? What’s the secret? Before I tell … Read More

2019 Vashon Egg-O-Nomics Report

Pour yourself a cuppa before reading this annual report. It’s long. Not as long as a recently released political report and not nearly as much fun. And the facts are clear. I have always been quite fond of the idea of everyone having just enough hens to feed their family. Interesting enough, … Read More

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