How do I even begin to describe the year 2020? It boggles the mind. All I can say is somebody hit us with the curse "May you live in...

This year carrots decided to impart upon me some important lessons. Lesson the first: Just because something worked the previous year,...

This month celebrates one year in our new house. It also marks six months for my garden, which we started to more seriously build in...

Welcome back! This is part two of what I learned planting my first garden from seed. Last time I talked about why I chose seed and a...

This year I wanted to sow my garden almost entirely from seed, which was a new adventure for me. I've scattered my share of bean seeds in...

Well, I was off to a good start. I was actually writing blogs, keeping up with social media and then it fell apart. Why? A perfect storm...

When my husband and I started house hunting last year we began to discuss the possibility of having chickens. Three, maybe four hens...

We moved in June in the heat of California summer. Immediately the daydreams began. What about a tree here? A planter here? I was so...

Welcome to Relatively Rural! We are a family of four who moved out of our downtown condo into the beautiful canyons of Southern...