I’m currently reading The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka. I find myself having to read it in small doses – the wisdom in its pages is worth taking some time with, allowing my head and heart to take it all in. Here are some of my favorite quotes so far: Food and medicine are not … Read the Rest
I’ve always been a sucker for a good sugar scrub…the smell, the way your skin feels afterwards, it’s just wonderful! So, instead of buying a fancy, brand-name scrub that cost $30, I decided to make my own scrub. Here’s how I did it… I used white sugar, brown sugar, grape seed oil, and lavender essential … Read the Rest
While growing up I was always drawn to sheep and lambs. I’m not sure what started it, maybe the few pictures and books on sheep that my mother had around, or the fact that I enjoyed reading about the “olden days” when there were shepherds living with the sheep. Whatever it was though it stayed … Read the Rest
That’s the truth isn’t it? Why is that Americans will spend $$$$+ on a car or clothes but only $ on food? In this chapter, Joel says, “Never has a society spent less of its disposable income on food, as a percentage of all expenditures.” Have you noticed that society also spends more on medicines … Read the Rest
Here are some pictures from around Polyface this week. Enjoy!
It’s always a bit of a gamble, spring chicks going out onto pasture in early April. We’re several days ahead of the usual date to get them out, but this weeks calls for mostly sunny and warm days so we’re taking the risk. We can feel the birds are ready to move out of the … Read the Rest
If I were to come to your house today, and pull up a chair at your kitchen table, this is probably what I’d tell you about. Here are the random things on my mind today: Blame it on my southern California, flip-flops-in-every-season upbringing – but if I were to have a choice, I’d probably go … Read the Rest
That’s what he’s dubbed it…”The Raw Shake”. I’m not quite sure why or how he came up with this concoction, and I’m sure he’s not the first to do it, but it’s been his drink of choice for the past two weeks. Buddy insists that it’s delicious, but I have yet to try it…and I’m … Read the Rest
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