Those of you who have to clear your driveway, scrape off your car, and make your way to work on snowy winter mornings will probably roll your eyes when I say this, but I love the snow. Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, my winters included hours outside playing in the snow. With the freedom …
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Field trips and fires
In 1974, when I was a freshman at Pioneer High School and my brother was a sophomore, my mother attended a school board meeting as an observer for The League of Women Voters. She found herself sitting next to Bill Browning, who was the head of the environmental education (EE) program with the Ann Arbor …
More goats????
Although my mom grew up on a small farm outside of Detroit and was returning to her roots when my parents bought Green Acres Farm, I grew up in Ann Arbor, and the closest thing to farming I ever did growing up was help a little with the large garden my mom maintained when I …
A beekeeper’s winter worries
Winter is my least favorite time to be a beekeeper. Don’t get me wrong. There is much to love about the lull that cold weather brings, the chance to catch ones breath, reflect on the year past and attend to planning and preparation for next year’s honey and garden season. But during the winter I …