Archive • Granny Plants • Buttondown

Holy lotta fizz (and the garden is a wrap)

October 19, 2026

Hi friend, It's been a busy couple of weeks around here. The laboratory ran an experiment, the garden went to bed for the year, and I got left home alone...

The dogs formed a tribunal (and four other things from the homestead)

October 8, 2026

Hi friend, It's been a full week on the homestead. The canner barely got a day off, the freezer got dessert, and a plant I nearly killed has moved into my...

A farm shoutout, kitchen chaos, and welcome to October 🍂

October 1, 2026

Hi friend, It's officially October, and this month arrived the way October always does around here — all at once, no apologies. Here's everything you missed....

A freeze, a fizz, and a cry for help from the craft room 🍒

September 17, 2026

Hi friend, It's been a big stretch at Granny Plants — cozy season showed up overnight, the pantry got fuller, and I may have made a small mess of my sewing...

Sleepy dogs, thieving birds, and a garden named Elizabeth 🎃

August 26, 2026

Hi friend, It's been a good week at Granny's — the kind where the garden winds down, the coffee stays warm a little longer, and everybody (feathered or...

Farmer Jack files a complaint, kraut gets lazy, and a basket happen

August 20, 2026

Hi there, It's been a busy stretch since the last update, mostly because my dog has retained a lawyer and my cabbage has been quietly outsmarting me for...

The garden's been busy (so have I)

August 13, 2026

Hi there, It's been a minute since I've sent one of these, mostly because I've been too busy fighting a cucumber plant for dominance to remember I have an...