Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
My gardens are suffering a bit, friends. They aren’t quite dead or beyond hope; but they are less vibrant and magical than they were just a couple of weeks ago. Maybe these charming summer months have spoiled me into what…
What a perfectly gorgeous day we had last Sunday for a bee yard inspection. Maribeth and her husband Dean visited the farm, and we all had the nicest time laughing, trading stories, eating a long, leisurely, family style dinner (the…
What a long, luscious drink we’ve enjoyed in Oklahoma this week. Several inches of soft rain day after day, a drought buster they’re telling us. Cool temps, too, which is such a welcome relief even if you love summer like…
I finally read The Secret Life of Bees. Maribeth loaned it to me a few years ago, around the time I first tried beekeeping in fact, but one of my friends in book club said it was about a motherless young…
Our little buffalo has nearly destroyed the outermost fence of the front field, which is a problem for so many reasons. Mostly, it makes the neighbors nervous. And this is definitely gun country, and nobody needs nervous neighbors. I’m usually not…
Ah, July in the world of slow foods. It brings me food for my table and food for my soul. Every day lately I can walk outside and fill my arms with zucchini, tomatoes, herbs, eggs, cucumbers, eggplant, and blackberries. …