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Play
We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children’s memories, the adventures we’ve had together in nature will always exist. Richard Louv – Last Child in the Woods I…
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Building Our Dreams
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis Neither Christine nor I were born into the homesteading life. We are both products of late-20th century cities and suburban life. We grew up in a generation defined by MTV, convenience foods, and impatience. At some point though,…
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Size Matters
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself. Elanore Roosevelt Consider this a public service announcement. Not all chickens are the same. When we first began our chicken journey we started our small. Just a few chickens. Except that the few chickens became 17 chickens. Chicken math.…
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Taking Inventory
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero We didn’t start out with a farm. In fact, when we first bought our land there wasn’t even a garden on site. Lake Township’s zoning classifies our property residential. There is no separate zoning classification for agriculture. In a historically rural…
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Springing Ahead
Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm. – John Muir Did you know that you’re more likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or automobile accident on the first Monday following the spring time change? It’s true! Apparently we have a hard time adapting to that artificially influenced change in our schedule. It severely…
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Bloom Where You Are Planted
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. Herman Melville We often open these posts with an update on the weather. It’s sort of a thing. Maybe that’s because Ohio cannot seem to figure out which season it wants to be in at the moment (even more so…