Follow the journey of a farm that has been in my family for over 140 years.   The center room of the house is still the original log cabin built in 1883 after 10 years of living in a sod house and where my father was born in 1909.

I have been living this adventure for the last twelve years.  Most of you probably remember the movie “Under the Tuscan Sun”, beautiful woman, buys old Italian house with romantic dreams of dinners with her family and friends — but, reality sets in and she finds a myriad of creepy-crawly things in all of the corners.  Yup, it was pretty much like that, only bigger…skunks, raccoons, and possum.

 I will also be telling the story of saving a farm house from ruins, a house where my parents raised a dozen kids,  a house that saw laughter, tears, and  a lot of wine!  In this section I will detail some of the DIY and remodeling projects, as well as, some history of the farm, through blogs and  family stories.

Farm Blogs

Watch here updates with new farm blogs and resource links that I like.

What Scarlett O’Hara and I Have in Common….

…and it is NOT an 18 inch waist! Part 1:   The Land From this picture you may think that Katie Scarlett and I had the burning of Atlanta in common, close, but it’s really the love of the land. In the movie, Gone With The Wind, Gerald O’Hara said to Scarlett, ” It will come to you, this love of the land. There’s no gettin’ away from it if you’re Irish. ”    Followed... Read More