BakingHomemaking Fall is here Fall has arrived bringing a cool, foggy, sunless morning. This is my fourth fall season at Biddan Ridge and I slowly find a rhythm. For…LisaSeptember 26, 2015
Homemaking Organizing My butlers' pantry is one of the absolute high points of this home. It allows me to store almost everything regarding the house with the…LisaMarch 29, 2015
GardeningHomemaking Leeks My approach to gardening is benign neglect. The outcome of such loving disregard is that sometimes things behave in an unexpected and undocumented manner. Leeks,…LisaMarch 15, 2015
Homemaking Ginger Love We live in the country, eight miles from town which is to say eight miles to the grocery store. While we don't have a truck…LisaFebruary 8, 2015
Homemaking Firestarters A goal for Biddan Ridge is to be increasingly self sufficient. Grow some of my own food. Plant a small orchard that produces a variety…LisaNovember 1, 2014
BeekeepingGardeningHomemaking Time Flies I last posted in July. July. J.U.L.Y.! Shameful. So much has been going on. I realized that gardening, specifically a food garden, in the summer…LisaOctober 3, 2014
Homemaking Fire starters With sixteen long leaf pines, I usually have an abundance of pine cones. Somehow I missed the major dropping and didn't get any cones collected…LisaJanuary 18, 2014
GardeningHomemaking Front manicure The front porch is planted with pink lorapetalum. They are 15 months in the ground and in need of a trimming. I trim by hand…LisaNovember 17, 2013
CookingGardeningHomemaking Returning home Being away from home is hard because home is so truly awesome and amazing. I planned it that way. I planned it to be my…LisaOctober 27, 2013
GardeningHomemaking Weeded I spent yesterday morning weeding out this bed beside the driveway. Today I ordered fresh pine straw for mulching. I need to weed along the…LisaJuly 30, 2013