Spice Holler Farm

The urgency of being in the garden continues to wane, and it is a good feeling to focus on other aspects of farming for a while. Things…

The first frost came a few days early this October, pushing out an explosion of fall color and setting the mountains around the farm on…

I have had to learn to appreciate that death is part of farming. A plant grows, we eat its leaves; it flowers, we eat its fruits, and then…

When I was a kid in Hawaii we learned about the four seasons in school, but I remember being confused because it was warm every day so I…

June and July often run together. Both start with the same two letters. Both are four letters long. And both are hot, not as hot as August…

The coldest part of the night is just before dawn. I know this because I’m usually awake when it happens and for most of the night I am…

Hope and fear are really just two versions of the same story but I guess everybody has a different opinion. Since apparently we’re living…