If you don’t know the story of how we came upon our farm house (not a “farmhouse,” as in the farmhouse style, but the house on our farm) it was fate. We wanted to build, but our survey company had a different plan. Two years into waiting for the septic plans to be submitted to
Meet Nutmeg. She is a full time farm dog and a full time lap dog. She joined Pinewood Christmas Tree Farm’s team in October 2016–the same weekend we planted our first round of Christmas trees. We had planned on getting a bigger dog, but who can resist that cute little face? (Don’t tell Nutmeg, but
I technically asked Jamie out for our first date. I was in college and only a few weeks from going home for the summer after my sophomore year. He was dragging his feet and I was impatient. He had given me a CD of his latest project at the time (see below), which happened to
First let me get this out of the way. I don’t judge people who use microwaves. If you’ve ever served me a meal prepared in a microwave, I didn’t secretly hate it. I didn’t wake up and decide one day that I had a moral issue with microwaves. For me it was more gradual than
The kids have been on Spring break this week, but we have been working non-stop. We fertilized trees, worked on clearing the trees from the spot we want our farm driveway to go, tilled up the garden area, and planted trees, among other things. I am usually part of the manual labor force on our
The seeds have been ordered, even our trees have been ordered. The closer it is to planting time, the more our excitement grows. We will be planting trees starting this week, and will plant the garden sometime after that. We had a garden last year, but it was the first year that particular patch of
I’ve been so excited about planting this year and it’s just not time yet. In the meantime I found a garden related project to keep me busy. I mentioned in my last Fiber post that Mia always thinks anything on my needles is a present for her, so this one is for her. It’s a
I love perfectly baked potatoes. Nothing is better than a crispy seasoned skin and an inside so creamy and moist you don’t even have to add butter. Impossible, you say? Try this, then we’ll talk. I picked up this technique from my time at the Barrel, Cracker that is. Jamie and I both worked there.
We try to eat most of our meals at home. If we are going to make the effort to go out, we like to make it special. In March of 2017 we had only been in our house on the farm for a month and we were still exploring the fun unique restaurants in our
We love winter on the farm. In Middle Tennessee we only get snow occasionally, and that makes it more special to us. We inevitably turn that occasional snow into snow cream, and hope to have at least a few trips down a steep hill on a sled before it’s gone. Winter is the time of