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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…
Lisa
September 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…
Lisa
March 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,…
Lisa
March 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…
Lisa
February 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…
Lisa
November 1, 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…
Lisa
January 18, 2014
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…
Lisa
July 30, 2013