Around the Homestead
Hoof prints in the sand, seeds tossed to the wind and wild bee swarms big as melons. Totaled the car, came home with two dogs. Cabin windows always open.
Built and Grown by Hand
Locust fences, haphazard gardens, barn-built wagons and hives. Birthed by feel, not plans.
Horizontal Hives for Feral Bees
Hives heavy as trees for bees that don’t need medication.
Hoof Boots and Barefoot Trimming
Hoof care the way horses and mules would do it if they could do it themselves.
Splinters and Orphans
Stories from covered wagon crashes to gravity water salamanders that don’t fit elsewhere.
Eating and Being
Cooking with a grin not a menu, all served up on a little cracked plate.
Photo of the Day
Photos of homestead life in western North Carolina, from horizontal beehives, fence lizards and home brewed elderberry lemonade to the spring lizard that shot out of the spigot. Posted every few days.
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