I am still very much so a morning person. However, the moon and night skies have recently been alarmingly impressive and consistently expansive. Real night-time observersRead More

The very first mockups of a bark & bloom space included a weathered sign engraved with laser precise cochin characters, so when we needed the sign,Read More

This is the first Friday in 4 and 1/2 months that I haven’t been running around in utter panic. Market season has ended and I haveRead More

Early Saturday morning before the market started, I saw a tiny black and white warbler (later identified by my mom) on a  sidewalk in downtown CedarRead More

We planted grapes our first Spring on the acreage in 2008. The variety is Marechal-Foch, a French-American hybrid. Eleven rows were planted which proved to beRead More

Our precious cat, Dops, demands affection daily and we are only too happy to love him up. Alan is very good at capturing his expressive face.

  Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-low”. Especially impressive since I just planted it last fall. Like the wild sumac, this variety has reddish orange fall color to dieRead More