Archive - The Dew Abides

You 'can' do it

So you're growing a ton of food. Now what?

Apr 3 •

December 2024

Self on the shelf

How hundred-dollar holidays have saved us from humbuggery

Dec 9, 2024 •

A farmer's birdin'

Feeling bird-brained with Mister Graybird on my ... head?

Dec 1, 2024 •

October 2024

Don't take fruit for 'granate

Oct 17, 2024 •

July 2024

All Hail Our Electric Overlords!

Or, 'Are you a tool for not switching to battery-powered lawn implements?'

Jul 11, 2024 •

May 2024

Killer Tomatoes!

One of the tried and true one-liners about home gardening is where a practiced grower tells a newbie, “Tomatoes!

May 17, 2024 •

March 2024

When Columbus and the Valley Magazine approached me about writing a bimonthly column, I was trepidatious.

Mar 10, 2024 •

January 2024

How did our garden grow? We made some quality-of-life changes and braced for reduced yields. Imagine our surprise...

Jan 10, 2024 •

December 2023

Skeleton at the Feast 2023

Dec 29, 2023 •

June 2023

Naked and Up to Somethin'

As the annual tomato festival in Columbus nears, I found myself trying to reconcile the word “mater.” This must be addressed, for the event is called…

Jun 23, 2023 •

State of the Farm, Summer 2023

A mild summer is what those who toil in the sun dream of, and so far those dreams have come true.

Jun 14, 2023 •

March 2023

So this is the time when we talk about gamboling in the fields, on edge with excitement about all the vegetative life about to burst through newly…

Mar 18, 2023 •

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