When planted, potatoes are laid out in a particular pattern, like the 5 side of a die. Four corners of...
Scabby Ewe (affectionately known as Scabs or the Scabster) is one of our friendliest sheep. This is her story. In...
The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
They say you never forget your first time. Mine was so painfully embarrassing that it’s difficult to write about. In...
Lorna Sixsmith is an Irish author and dairy farmer. Her latest book is Till the Cows Come Home by Black and...
THE PARLOR is a new series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can...
Homing In I wandered down the highway a few times to a neighbor girl’s house that was further out of...
My favorite inheritance is the green toy metal shovel. Also, the elfin-like ski-toed leather booties. Also, the pair of snowshoes,...
William Shakespeare managed to pack an awful lot of drama into his graveyard scene in Hamlet. In fewer than three...
The rural mailboxes that marked the turning point to farmhouse laneways dotting the Kansas countryside were landmarks to those wandering...
Crescent was getting more than a bit familiar with me. First it was my fingers, then the seams and zipper...
In 1893 the city of Chicago celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival with the World’s Columbian Exposition. I have...