Real Dirt

The first babies of 2009 here on our farm are these twin calves. Rosie, the young Jersey cow, gave birth sometime after 3 a.m. on New Year...

It's morning. It's time to eat. They've been waiting for hours. HOURS! They don't get much, just a can of sweet feed to sha...

I really had intended to sell the entire litter of pups. I'd have kept every one of them if I listened to my heart instead of my head. ...

I know that a hurricane is a fearful thing – my grandparents spent their last decade or so in a beach community on the Florida panhandle. Th...

This box turtle has been a frequent summer visitor to the front porch of the farmhouse the last two summers --- and we've been watching ...

I realized that the puppies are six weeks old now, and I've been hoarding all that puppy goodness to myself. I apologize. That was so se...

Last week, I spotted my first morel of the season. Here it is, a moderately sized, half-attached morel. I snapped a quick picture, and tha...