Just last week, we had our first hard frost. After homesteading for a number of years, you grow to be vigilant for the signs of the first frost. The air smells different somehow in the two or so weeks leading …
The Samhain of our Lives

Spiritual journeys in tending the living earth, permaculture, and nature-inspired arts
Just last week, we had our first hard frost. After homesteading for a number of years, you grow to be vigilant for the signs of the first frost. The air smells different somehow in the two or so weeks leading …
As I’ve mentioned on this blog many times before–the spaces where we live and work each day are prime places to begin the regenerative work and rebuild our relationship sacred connection with nature. For many, the land nearest to us …
I really love January. The bitter cold, the winds, the snow–there’s something so magical about being out in a snowstorm. Where most people lament for the sun and hot summer months, I welcome all of the cold, the wind, the …
Eating a locally-based, mostly plant diet is a key way of reducing your impact on our earth mother. Finding foods that are easy to grow, highly nutritious, easy to preserve, and harvestable for most of the year make eating sustainably …