It has been colder and wetter than expected so far this month, and I am a little slow getting the newsletter out, but here we go. We are the third owners of our house.  The guy who built it, literally with his own hands, and his wife, were the first family who lived here.  They were an older couple and didn’t need anything fancy, and let’s just say, they didn’t see any need to build ‘to code’ out here in the boonies.  The second family was the father and mother of my bride. 

For real, Autumn? As I write this, we are preparing for the first freeze of the year.  Thanks, Autumn.   Planting continues for the hundreds upon hundreds of daffodil bulbs, ranunculus corms, and peony roots that are going in this fall.  Ranunculus 'Tecolote Cafe' The woody perennials like the smokebush and weigela and hydrangea are still waiting to get into the ground.  We are going to move them into the greenhouse Saturday, along with a space heater, to keep them safe in th

We are finally getting down to some more reasonable temperatures, which means time to stop some things, start new ones, and even do a wonderful chef/farmer event at the Orion. Delivery day. For starters, we joined up with the Huntsville Food and Farm Hub . These folks are great, I can’t say enough good things about them, but I’m going to try. First of all, their shopping website is clean, quick, and super organized. Second, they have the personnel, the expertise, the crew,

All about expansion and growth.  This past year we have been building, building, building!