• Homesteading

    Welcome May!

    Oh HI! How the heck are you? It’s been a few minutes… errrr… months 😉 You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn’t intend to be gone from this space for so long but life has a way of happening when…

  • Reflections

    Winter’s Rest

    After a full, long year, moments of rest and reflection seem fleeting in the face of 2023, don’t they? Counting down the days and hours until we “begin again” take on a fever pace as we are conditioned to look back, tally up all our accomplishments, celebrate our wins, plan to better our “failures”, and jump into a New Year,…

  • In the Garden

    Fall Planning & Planting

    Have I mentioned in this space over the last eight years how downright hard it is to grow vegetables in the ground? I know that may sound crazy, but just hear me out… While humans have been been growing food directly in the ground since the beginning of time (or close to it), we started our growing adventures on a…

  • In the Garden

    Sowing, Growing, Harvesting, & Preserving: A Mid-Summer Update

    Can you believe we’ve hit the August mid-way point?! I’m not sure where the summer has gone but POOF… Between the irrigating and weeding, harvesting and kidding… It’s just nearly gone! While most (human) kids are heading back to school this week, we’re still soaking up all the summer vibes and working our tails off to get all the needed…

  • In the Garden

    Milky Oats

    I was first introduced to Milky Oats a few years ago through Asia Suler’s online Intuitive Plant Medicine course. Shortly thereafter, a local farmer had some at the Farmers’ Market and I immediately and happily purchased a bunch and brought them home to process into medicine. Little did I know then how transformative this plant ally would be in my…

  • Everything Else

    Welcome Corazon & Kira

    Six years ago we welcomed two boy kitties onto our farm who became the sweetest and best Barn Cats ever. Ben & Jerry, abandoned at our farm gate when they were quite tiny and amidst an incredibly exciting population explosion on the farm, served our family incredibly well for several years before leaving us. Since their departure another type of…