When I was little, I loved, loved, loved the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.  One of my favorite things about the books were the pages and pages of endnotes, giving the pedigree of each story.  My love affair with folklore could be traced bac...

So after milking our Christmas break for alllllll we could, we’re back with a whole new episode.  We’re playing around with a new format, so excuse the dust. Cattail roots- you really can eat them!  Here’s a recipe for cattail casserole.

Gah! We are so excited to share this episode with you all.  We just love Doug Elliott around here, and we hope that after it’s over, you will too.  And if not, at least you’ll have fun listening to me get all fan girly. Meet Doug here,

Happy Thanksgiving!  Join us this week for a lighthearted helping of stories, memories, and apologies for Thanksgivings past, as well as some goal setting for next year’s feast.  Here’s to a beautiful year passed,

Are “farm birth stories” and thing?  I don’t mean, like, giving birth on a farm (though those would certainly be rad.  I can’t wait until Suzie the Goat gives birth here on the farm, but I digress).  I mean stories about the journey people took to deci...

This week, while catching our first whiff of colder weather, we interview Daniel Stewart, who left a steady job in Florida, sold most of his possessions, and moved with his wife and their three young children to a teaching farm in Texas. -

Another month gone, another review episode.  This week, we talk about everything we accomplished in October, from killing frosts to fisher cats. If you missed our Halloween episode, you can listen to it here. If you missed the Potager Garden episode,

A huge thank you to our friend Michael Lichens, editor at Catholic Exchange, for being our redshirt.  

This week’s episode will make more sense if you click on over to the homestead’s website to take the tour de potager.  The link will open up in another window, so if you’re listening from this site, the show won’t stop. The Greenhorns are here.

This week is our first ever Readers’ Questions episode, and y’all had some great ones.  But first- giveaway winners!  We’ll be contacting you via email; congratulations winners! $50 St. Clare Seeds gift certificate: Bonnie $25 Murray McMurray gift cert...