I’ve never made New Year’s resolutions. I don’t like the idea of waiting until January 1st to implement the changes I know I want to make. I’d rather do it now, whenever that now is. Still, there’s an energy about the New Year that seems to encourage and hold space for setting intentions. …
How Lyme Taught Me the Most Important Lesson of 2017 : Be Gentle Read More »
Winter is for lovers. Book lovers, that is. I’m often asked how I got started in farming. The truth is, I read myself into it. Books planted the first seeds of my organic farming journey. They showed me that this lifestyle not only existed, but that it’s possible. And while I believe that every season …
The Best Books for the Organic Farmer & Gardener, part 1 Read More »
Some mornings I think more than I write. I stare into space as ideas meld together in my mind. You might look at me and think I was doing nothing. Don’t let the blank stare fool you—inside my mind is turning over like compost. This morning is just like that. With current projects I’m …
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.” -John Muir, The Yosemite I’ve been mourning gluten and dairy lately. When I was diagnosed with lyme earlier this year, I went on an anti-inflammatory diet as part of my …
Tis the season for making gifts! One of my favorite things about the holidays is making meaningful gifts for my friends and family. For a long time, I thought that meaningful meant each gift had to be unique to each person. But then I realized that the things I love most are simple and not …
Snow has dusted our fields and we’re ready to call it a season. Some endings come hard, dragging their heels all the way, frantically throwing out more to-do’s just to convince me that autumn can’t actually end quite yet. But yesterday morning, in the pre-dawn dark, I wrote in my journal: Universe, I don’t want …
When to Root in, and When to Fly like a Dandelion Seed Read More »
