When we first arrived on our land we had three very basic needs that needed to be dealt with immediately: Water Waste management Cooking I remember those early days of our new homesteading adventure. It was October, the days were warm and the nights cool. Everything was so new and I think we were all…
Life is a constant flow from season to season. Seasons of plenty and seasons of scarcity. Seasons of rest and seasons of productivity. Seasons of babies and seasons beyond. August and much of July have proven to be a season of survival for us. We are in what I am calling "the hot winter" which…
I absolutely adore those living history reality TV programs. You know, the ones where you throw a bunch of modern day history buffs into the life of one of our ancestors and you watch them struggle to stay alive and not kill each other because you know they cast the most obnoxious of personality types…
Our life right now is feeling a little like that peach pie – cobbled together, pretty messy, really hot, made without a recipe, and rare enough to be a real treat. Right now is accepting defeat in the garden wars. Too many grasshoppers, too much heat, not enough water, and above all: soil that needs…
