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It Will Grow!
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau Patience is a virtue, right?! Sometimes the waiting can be agonizing. We started our seeds way back in March, planted them out in May (as soon as we knew there was no chance of a late frost) and I’m still waiting for tomatoes and peppers! It…
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Steward Well
“When we see land as a community to which we belong, we my begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold Many consider the late Aldo Leopold to be the father of modern conservation theory and practice. Leopold believed that land stewardship was not only rooted in conservation but also involved ethics, or…
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Digging in the Dirt
Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains. Paul Harvey, “So God Made Me a Farmer” (1978). As fall winds down and leads into winter, I struggle with what to write on a weekly basis. Sure we’re still collecting eggs and preparing for the…
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We’ve got… soil!
“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other is that heat comes from the furnace.” – Aldo Leopold A bit of a mishap led to a great discovery in our compost pile this week. For the last year we’ve…