Country Life in Sandwich, New Hampshire
As spring settles in and it’s time to wash and store the sap buckets, the farm is shifting into full-out gardening mode. A key to the success of a robust organic market garden is rich soil fed by compost. As … Continue Reading →
If you love margaritas, Mexican food, key lime pie, or lime garnishes for your gin and tonic, you appreciate a juicy lime that yields cooperatively to a knife. Limes aren’t happy in the refrigerator for long, but if left on the … Continue Reading →
What do preschoolers at Sandwich Children’s Center do? They walk out the back door of the Center and into the woods to look for animal tracks and scat ~ no “ews” from country kids! They also go into the woods … Continue Reading →
I often eat yogurt for lunch, and recently I decided to jazz it up with granola. The grocery store shelves had so many choices that I became nearly comatose in the cereal isle. I was saved by a small elderly … Continue Reading →
I don’t know why it is that when I see a wild animal, an exciting one, my instinctive reaction is to call out its name. (Shouldn’t evolution have eliminated that trait by now?) There was the time, a few summers … Continue Reading →
The Town of Sandwich and local conservation organizations maintain some beautiful open spaces in the area, including Sandwich Notch Park. One of our favorite dog walks (off-leash romps, mostly) is to Beede Falls, located in the park. We often start … Continue Reading →
Last Wednesday, the dictionary.com Word of the Day was “catawampus.” How do I know this? Jason Gay mentioned it in his Wall Street Journal article about one of the players on the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team as March Madness is … Continue Reading →
My local hair stylist called this a “dumb winter,” and I must agree! We had little snow — virtually no sledding, show shoeing, ice skating, or cross-country skiing — and the maple sugaring thaw has been crazy. For the sap … Continue Reading →
My mother read the Little House books to me at bedtime. I can remember tapping on her shoulder to wake her up when she had drifted off to sleep. I loved those books, and when I began reading Little House in the … Continue Reading →
Are you familiar with the verb, “gambol”? It has nothing to do with Vegas and everything to do with sunshine and friskiness. There are currently nine lambs enjoying life on the farm, often gamboling and kicking up their heels. Another … Continue Reading →