Gifts of the Land

CURRENT Gifts of the Land

Eli uses a knife to gather chicken of the woods mushrooms.

Gifts of the Land: A Summer Morning with Chickens and Eli

A summer morning can present just the right blend of challenge and accomplishment for an 8-year-old grandson.
Sam and Eli pause in their spring wildflower searches for a break on their favorite sitting log.

Gifts of the Land: Young Grandsons Explore – First Discovery of Spring Wildflowers

One of the charms of living on 38 wooded acres is the wide-eyed reaction of a 7- and a 5-year-old to their first identifying of the land’s many wildflowers.
Sam, Granddad and Eli marvel at a sign of wildlife left in the new snow.

Gifts of the Land: Snow Day

Part of the white-day experience is identifying animal tracks.
Sam and Eli Reynolds assist Elaine Ingram in preparing pawpaw/wild black walnut bread.

The Day of the Walnuts: Grandsons Across the Hollow

“Grandchildren are children only once,” might well be the theme of our new columnist.

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