Here on the north side of a small mountain in Maine Autumn has arrived in full glory. Days have grown shorter, the air has become a bit sharp and cold; leaves changed color, falling softly to the ground. With the final passing of summer’s warmth the Home Place Fairy Folk retreat to their chambers deep […]

October is apple season in Maine.                   It is when the Fairy Kingdom and mankind merge together working side by side to harvest nature’s bounty.                   Humans unlike Fairy Folk cannot always see what lays directly before them, so […]

                    Late  September is harvest time . The Home Place Fairy Folk and I have been busy gathering vegetables,  late season fruits such as apples and grapes as well as flowers and herbs . Vegetables are cleaned and frozen for consuming during the long cold months […]

                    Magic happens in every garden.                   All one has to do is look.                 Late September, October is on the rise as summer gives way and autumn begins to fall. […]

            The view from my bedroom window this morning as the sun rose in the east.             Wearing a moss green cape to ward off an early morning chill I set out early into my gardens with Paco to nibble on Arctic Hardy Kiwi and […]

As the seasons come and the seasons go, here’s something you might like to know.           There are fairies everywhere!               Under the bushes, in the air, playing games just like you play, singing through the day.                 […]

Last night on Blueberry Hill the moon rose just as the sun set.               Fairy Folk twinkled in the moonlight as dusk set into night.                    

                  This time of year the gardens are abundant with food crops to harvest here at the farm. The Concord Grapes are ready, recently sweetened by both the sun and the fairy folk.                   Fairies as you probably already […]

On the north side of a small mountain in Maine the wild blueberry season is drawing to a close.                 The harvesters have raked the fields removing all of the blue for human consumption and few berries remain.                   Every […]

Here is a north facing view of my  garden taken this afternoon from beneath the grape and hops arbor. Pink and magenta astilbe and brilliant red monardas are in full bloom.               Many things need tending to on the farm this time of year. The pithouse and glass greenhouse […]