The Holdfast Seeker

Our view Wow, I realized it's been a year since my last post. What have I been up to? Well, mostly chasing around a very energetic 2...

The milk jug greenhouses Lizzie and I planted back in early March are finally ready for their first hair cut. The black seeded Stimpson lett...

A lot of people land on this blog because they google "should I clean out a chickadee nest box". The short answer is: yes. Last ye...

Want home grown salad in winter? Live where your garden is under four feet of snow until April? Have a child obsessed with starting seeds? Y...

My kids will be nerds, they kinda have no choice. Their dad is a computer/surfing/road bike/barefoot running nerd and their mom is a nature/...

Blame Iceland. Yes, Iceland. To anyone experiencing crazy weather this winter there is a theory that it's all because of the Eyjafjalla...

Yesterday Lizzie and I found a little American toad hopping around in our grass. Never having seen a real live toad Lizzie was pretty excit...