by katie | Nov 30, 2011 | Farming, Fine Gardening, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Uncategorized, Vegetable Gardening
As we walked by the dining room, the sounds of thirty young men chanting “Ram Yam Kham, Om Ah Hum” with their deep resonant voices came flowing through the windows. The sound went down into my heart and I stood there shaking. We three, twenty year old...
by katie | Oct 31, 2011 | Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
We have the right to eat what we want, right ? No we certainly don’t . It is not the governments job to “protect” us from the choices we want to make. If I want to buy some milk from my local dairy it should be my choice, the Farmer should not go to...
by katie | Oct 9, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
This year we decided to host our families Thanksgiving Dinner. It didn’t matter that we did not have a big enough space to sit 25 people, much less a warm space to even get that many people inside.The most we’ve ever squished around our table was 10 and it...
by katie | Sep 15, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
Tomorrow we are going to butcher four Moscovy ducks at our place here. It brought up different reactions in each of us. It was a request of our budding chef, volunteer Katie, who wants to learn as much about Farm to Table as she can. She saw nothing wrong with killing...
by katie | Aug 17, 2011 | Baking, Cooking, Farming, Fine Gardening, Flower growing, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability, Vegetable Gardening
So five years into building our farm and working outside to afford our farm. Plus living a self sufficient life, living off grid while doing this. Growing the majority of our food year round . Wildcrafting for local fruit; blackberries, huckleberries made into jams...
by katie | Aug 16, 2011 | Cooking, Farming, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Self sustainability
This morning my young daughter told me the Kiwi smelled like compost . Not garbage, or just stinky- but like compost. That’s how we are changing the world, through living the sustainability concept and the kids ” getting ” it ! Although my husband...
