Musings Archives

Inspirational Corn

I’m growing corn again and it’s beautiful. Inspired by an amazing man who dreamed of black corn and devoted his life to breeding it from Native American seed, I purchased his seeds. The plants sprang from the ground in five days and grew like gangbusters in our foggy, cool, bright…

The Energy That Fuels Life

Life on Earth ultimately relies on photosynthesis, the reaction that turns sunlight into energy to fuel plant growth, which feeds all animals, including us humans. This is what I was taught in school. Every living thing is alive because of sunshine.

How to Grow Nutrient Dense Food

Just because we garden or farm organically, it isn't automatic that we know how to grow nutrient dense food. We've learned this the hard way, and we have gardened all of our adult lives. When we were beginning to garden seriously on our first homestead, trying to grow all of…

Our Great Grandparent’s Food

Wisconsin 1890's farmhouse

Calculate Garden Area

Do you need help figuring out the area of your garden? We do the math!