Rachael M Rollson

Duendesday

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Another typical day for this sunshine kid – cold homemade cheese and black olive pizza for breakfast, maybe a little Odd Squad or Wild Kratts, then some chores; clean the litter box, open the cold frame/water plants, hang laundry, and then a lot ofContinue reading “Duendesday”

Busy Busy Busy Beeeees…

And just like that we move into Tuesday Happenings…I know, we’re pretty blog sporadic lately – lots of stuff going on. The weather has been kind to us lately and much is getting done. A new cold frame built, fencing for the espaliered white grapes, blackberry lanes, a new elderberry patch cleaned out and plantedContinue reading “Busy Busy Busy Beeeees…”

Friday in Pictures: Let it be Spring

let the pictures tell you their story

Special Seedling Edition

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Seedlings are out and about! Some took off like crazy, others are still getting their groove on but many are ready. I know you’re not quite ready but getting these babies in your windows, coldframes, greenhouses have got to be better than keeping them in mine (I’m running out of roomContinue reading “Special Seedling Edition”

Tuesday Happenings

What is happening on this little plot of land? Mostly, our list of things to get done outpaces our getting things actually done but such is this life. I’m getting excited about setting up some Dandelion Wine, Flower Syrups, and Foraged Kimchi. I’m getting seedlings ready for sale and ready to plant. Josh is buildingContinue reading “Tuesday Happenings”

Monday Musings

“…change is possible…and people can do it, also…people can change themselves…I sometimes feel very sad because the people who have had the power to do so have been incredibly destructive to all of us and to the planet. But I’ve never lost faith in the people who didn’t have that kind of power, who didn’tContinue reading “Monday Musings”

Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Harold

The simplicity of Harold. Who is he? He’s not our in-house-special-chef. He’s not our cooking mentor or even family member, though he’s a bit of the latter. No, Harold is the name we give this dish, that is not a dish. If you know us well, you know that we give names to things allContinue reading “Recipe Thursday: Bread Book – Harold”

Duendesday!

{a day to check in with a 9 yr old’s doings} Secret code love notes, scavenger hunts, sewing babydoll clothes (and repairing home clothes), shaping/baking her own bagels, growing Mexican gherkins, morning glories, and catnip, weeding strawberry beds, official laundry line hanger, seed-bomb making (to shoot with her wooden slingshot – thanks Ian!), new manualContinue reading “Duendesday!”

Rock Bottom Happenings

Peas, Onions, Carrots, Beets, and Potatoes are in! Yay, Spring! (Alright, not all of the potatoes are in – I have too many, as usual, mostly in the fingerling department so we’ll be doing those in bags and buckets). I’d like to find a good permanent bed for the parsnips and get the smaller raisedContinue reading “Rock Bottom Happenings”

Monday’s Flower Muses

Spring in New England is a lovely thing – the anticipation of color back into our lives keeps our visual acuity sharp in any subtle changes. The tiniest of buds, the unfolding of leaves, the precociousness of blooms…in the woods, they hide – facing down, or shadowy amongst curled leaflets and grey-brown litter, in theContinue reading “Monday’s Flower Muses”