Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
Today is Penny Lane’s gotcha day. On this day six years ago, we woke up early for a drive to The Animal Welfare Society in West Kennebunk, Maine. We hoped that we would find that the puppy’s face we fell in love with online would Read More
Imagine that you live in a small one room apartment without indoor plumbing. Living with you are your closest friends. You dine together in this space. You sleep in this space. You go to the bathroom, when necessary, in this space. It’s not the prettiest Read More
Fall is here. Our landscape is becoming more colorful every day. The foliage has been just glorious this year, the most beautiful I have seen in several years. Each day, I am astounded by the intense colors Mother Nature has treated us to this year. Read More
I grew up celebrating Independence Day with sparklers and barbecue. We lived in Kansas and didn’t really need the guise of a holiday as an excuse to eat barbecue. Fourth of July parades and celebrations seemed to be as ubiquitous as sunshine on a summer Read More
Here in New England, we spend more of our calendar days with frigid temperatures than intense heat. Yet, we can count on several days above 90 degrees each summer and seem to see more of them each year. Today, our temperature is predicted to exceed Read More
From the moment that our first day old chicks arrived here at 1840 Farm, I was hooked on chicken keeping. We built their coop by hand, using repurposed materials when possible, planning the best we could for the chicken keeping adventure that lay ahead. We Read More
I live with my family in a house that is over 170 years old. I plant heirloom seed varieties in our gardens and raise heritage breed livestock. I guess it’s no wonder that I always stock Goodwinol’s VetRx Veterinary Remedies in our farm medicine cabinet. Read More
A year ago today, we celebrated a milestone here at 1840 Farm. We woke up to find three newborn Nigerian Dwarf baby goats in the stall of our barn. When we first saw them, they were minutes old. In those first few moments of their Read More
I’ve had a wide variety of duties here at 1840 Farm. I’ve been a wife, mother, cook, housekeeper, handyman, appliance repairman, etc. Luckily, I’ve never had to be an undertaker. Well, until a few days ago.
It was a typical Tuesday morning at 1840 Farm. I was 90 minutes into a tomato soup canning session when the phone rang. When I picked it up, I could immediately hear the “cheep, cheep, cheep” in the background as a not very impressed postal employee Read More
I am on a mission. 1840 Farm will have a flock of chickens in residence before winter comes calling. No, this didn’t happen because of the salmonella egg scare that has been the news story du jour as of late. But I will not tell Read More