pathoerth wrote 2 days ago: Woodpecker Looking for Seed And so we have winter. The first ice - just a little, freezing rain befo … more →
pathoerth wrote 3 days ago: Scenes from Dirt! the movie We were in St. Paul, Minnesota, last week for the Acres ag conference. A … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 week ago: The Winter Choir at Turtle Rock Farm In the winter, we get to see the birds more closely because the … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 week ago: Sabbath keeping values our ability to rest, not merely our ability to work. In sabbath we live in Go … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 week ago: The chickens are now in their winter pen, at the barn on the Home Place. Their days of scratching up … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: The red-winged blackbirds, our glorious winter friends, seem to exalt in the sunny, cold, windy weat … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: In his book Anam Cara, the late John O’Donohue quotes a friend who is aware of the spiritual v … more →
pathoerth wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s not porch-sitting weather - too damp and chilly - even with a blanket. But neither is it … more →
pathoerth wrote 3 weeks ago: It seems the project-building goes easiest when we don’t plan. Yes, we wanted to make a winter … more →
pathoerth wrote 3 weeks ago: Sunday evening walk south down muddy gray road, chilly mist at my back. Wet prairie grasses, darkene … more →
pathoerth wrote 4 weeks ago: We’re planning to build our first straw-bale cottage in the spring. This week, our friend Tom … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: Turtle Rock Farm Booth at Peace Festival 2008 It’s something we are really looking forward to, … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: The ladybugs are arriving. Every year about this time they first appear outside on the white trim on … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: When I lived in town, early on Sunday morning, I usually saw two wild turkeys crossing 16th street a … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: It’s lovely to notice the trees’ changes in color each autumn. Always beautiful, and alw … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: It’s probably a good thing the air cools and I can’t sit on the porch comfortably, even … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: I’ve become aware that Doe Creek is part of my life. A friend I’m getting to know. She h … more →
pathoerth wrote 1 month ago: It was three weeks ago that we said goodbye to Cha Cha, an Alpaca on loan to us from Heartland Farm … more →