Our daughter Penelope has wanted a pet pig for years! We have done all of the research on small, indoor breeds etc. When she realized that pigs are as demanding as human toddlers, she decided to get a guinea pig, instead.  The guinea pig is …

Each issue of Woolgathering comes with a seasonal postcard, which you can mail to a friend, use as a bookmark, or post on a bulletin board. The postcard for the 2019 Fall Issue included this recipe for Sausage, White Bean, and Kale Soup. Heat olive …

As the story goes, the farmers cooled the cans of cows’ milk in the chilly waters of the Spring Bird creek, back when it was a dairy farm, a century ago.  With the cows long gone, forest has flourished, but you can still get fresh …

The first animals we visited on All Grass Farms were the egg laying chickens. There were 1,000 of them droning like a siren in unison and moving as a flock, too. There was something otherworldly about the experience.  It was louder than you can imagine!!! …

In my opinion, there is little that you can grow in your Summer Garden that is better than a tomato! They just don’t taste any better grown anywhere else! Garden tomatoes represent so much of my childhood and the best parts of Summer. My Mom …

This week Pat harvested the garlic and hung it to dry. We will eat most of it and plant the rest in October.  Right now the garlic bundle hangs on the patio overhang where it can stay dry with plenty of air circulating around it.  …

Cousin Luke and his chicken pose with the first egg! I love that Luke adores his backyard chickens and cares for them so well. He always updates me as to how Lloyd the Chicken is doing when he visits Spring Bird.  I think it’s so …

This Summer, Pat has been teaching the kids how to cook dinner and desserts. I am so grateful that everyone enjoys cooking, learning new recipes, and most importanly, eating! Here is a drawing of Abe chopping potatoes to be roasted.  We’ve been spending a lot …

In the garden, Penelope snips some lettuce for dinner. She might also share some with her guinea pig, Cinnamon. Behind her a bed of cilantro and dill has taken over and gone to flower. Too bad we don’t have a salsa and pickle factory 😣

Those of you who are subscribers to Woolgathering might remember my piece in the Fall Issue about stuffed pumpkin. For those of you who aren’t subcribers or don’t remember, the following is an excerpt: “A few years ago, we heard about stuffing a pumpkin on an NPR piece about …