Vermicompost is the product or process of composting using various worms, usually red wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms to create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials, and vermicast. What do you do when you can’t have a compost pile at your rental and, equally, can’t live with the guilt about wasting the scraps that can’t…
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1,461 days 1, 055 blog posts 6, 129 comments 500,000 + visitors This little blog of mine was born on Feb 20, 2011 with a post titled Beginnings. Which makes today my official Blogiversary 🙂 It really has been a jam-packed, completely amazing four years! I’ve written a bunch of posts, met countless inspiring people, have been caught by surprise when…
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For a short while this winter I thought that, for the first time in years, we wouldn’t add any new chicks to the flock this year. With all of the transitions and upheaval, I guess I was thinking that adding some Newbies to the mix might not be the best idea this spring. Luckily, I was wrong 🙂 Really, is…
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I’m practicing being comfortable with imperfection and not getting stuck on details or preconceived notions. Trust me, this is a practice for me. Like appreciating the taste of my crostata despite it’s imperfections…or by taking a photo to capture a joyful moment, despite how dirty the glass is…or by releasing past commitments that no longer serve me. I am, however,…
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There’s just something about watching the sky day after day and finding a rhythm in nature through intentional observation. I have fantasies about tracking the weather patterns on our Eventual Farm…learning the ebb and flow of nature in our own personal micro-climate…how each day of sunshine, each drop of rain, and each gust of wind (and it’s direction) will directly…
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As a kid, Snow Days were the best part of winter. The level of excitement brought on by the cancellation of school was almost uncontrollable. There was a Snow Man to build, sledding to be done and hot chocolate to drink after you’d played so hard your fingers were almost too frozen to even hold onto the mug of chocolatey, creamy,…
