Pastoral Symphony Farm

A lot of what I write is the result of conversations that I have with people; whether inspiring, thought provoking or irritating. I was sp...

Today is Asa's very first birthday! It is so unbelievable that we've had him for a whole year, the time certainly flew by. He isn...

Today we went to pick up the meat from the pair of pigs that we had butchered this month. These were grass fed Tamworth pigs, born right her...

I know a lot of people are celebrating the end of Summer and delighting in the cooler temperatures that September brings. There is a charm i...

To obtain clothes was an even more difficult matter. Mothers of families sometimes said in despair that they supposed they would have to bla...

Asa is ready for his first pair of shoes due to the cooler weather we've been enjoying. We are attending an auction tomorrow and I wante...

14 years ago today I had the wonderful experience of watching my family double in 14 short minutes. It went like this: Once upon a time in a...

We have a lot going this week in the canning kitchen. Over the weekend we canned tomato juice-21 quarts, salsa-10 pints, chokecherry/peach j...

On the canning docket today was Cowboy Candy, a yummy blend of hot peppers in a bread and butter pickling sauce. It's good on hotdogs, ...

This is the 2 nd of the 3 dresses that I am sewing for Rebekah. I asked her what she'd like and she wanted an 1830's dress with gig...

Katie was away this weekend to the Hale Farm Civil War Reenactment. When we went to pick her up we had Bob Szabo take a wet plate image of ...

Rebekah's tenth birthday is this week. Every girl gets at least one new dress for her special day, it's a great matter of discussion...

I have been working, for about a month now, on a knitted baby vest. I know that knitted vests were common in the Civil War era and it seemed...

We've had a busy week in the kitchen putting things into canning jars. Hot, tiring work to be sure, but I know the reward will be worth ...