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Biggest Change Yet
Sometimes dedication is downright luminous. Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, rural life
Tagged Claire, connections, gratitude, homestead dedication, when a homeschooler farms
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Tangling & Interweaving
Live a life you can endure. Continue reading
Eye-Level Planting
When we’re on the ground right next to our plants we see and smell them more intensely, sense the health of the soil around them, somehow engage more fully in the experience. Continue reading
Posted in connections, gardening, plant intelligence
Tagged connections, gardening, plant intelligence
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Hay Now
The living skin of our Earth is thin, wildly complex and more interconnected than we might imagine. That’s why, when I look out over the woodlands on our land, the pastures our cattle graze on, the hayfields—I am reassured. The continuous ground cover of pasture or forest protects the soil. Perennial hay fields, pastures and woodlands allow organic matter to build naturally. Continue reading
Posted in connections, farming, grassfed, hay, soil
Tagged connections, farming, grassfed, hay, soil
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Wealth in Connections
We depend on the land to feed us. We cannot allow agribusiness to degrade our nation’s true wealth. Continue reading
Posted in agribusiness, connections, real wealth, soil, sustainability
Tagged agribusiness, connections, real wealth, soil, sustainability
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