This post is for all you other DIY-tiny-budget-little-bit-at-a-time people out there. The cabin is our third house, but the first that feels like ours since…

We’ve had some gloriously warm days and the green is returning. The forest is slowly waking up and full sap trucks are running up and down the road. I love…

Cranberry + Ginger Shrubs were a regular this winter. I love a mocktail with a shot of shrubs, bubbly water and a generous dose of bitters. I bought two flats…

My oldest daughter and son-in-law became an Aunt and Uncle last summer and I stitched up this sweet little quilt for baby “B”. I sewed the binding on differently –…

I finally made a batch of sourdough donuts and they were even more delicious than I remembered. These were rolled in a blend of 50/50 maple sugar and fine sugar…

morning. noon. night Early morning baking under a deep blue sky. Abundance from the greenhouse. The last of the carrots in our solstice dinner. A warm fire encouraging a temporary…

Now that these have arrived safely in Alaska, I can share them. I stitched these quilted stockings up for my girl – a little something to send her a hug…

We got a few peach trees planted in the orchard. The hoop house is full of happy green plants. Longer nights. First snow. First hoop house green smoothie. My old…

First frost. Fare the well friends. Until next season…. ~s

Living my best hoop house dreams thanks to Mr. Miner!! We scored the metal frame + hardware for free and bought our plastic and roll-up side kits from Bootstrap Farmer…

A long time ago I promised to never, ever grow anything that needed dug up because it couldn’t hang with our winter temps…. the dahlias finally won me over though.…

I’m a bit of a nerd about resilient plants and I mostly make notes on what plants do well with the least amount of input from me. I’d rather grow…