I’m all packed and ready to head off to complete my Permaculture Design Certificate through Midwest Permaculture!
I’m Off to Complete My Permaculture Design Certificate!
Learning to Love Weeds – Plantain
You’ve probably seen it growing in lawns, along the sidewalk, and in vacant lots, but have you ever realized how beneficial plantain can be? (And no, we’re not talking about the banana-like fruit.)
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Tree Swallows
I discovered a clutch of tree swallows in a duck nest box in the urban park I’ve explored with you before.
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Sea Lion Lessons
The Ojai Foundation
Last week in California, my partner and I visited The Ojai Foundation and found a great source of inspiration for the type of service we eventually hope to provide. Most notably, the Foundation combines lessons about sustainable living with experiences that foster the development of the human spirit.
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California Beauty & a Reflection on Place
There’s been a delay in posting as I was enjoying myself in California last week. I have several posts envisioned, but for today, I will be simple and focus on some of the beautiful wild things I saw that I am not used to seeing in my native land.
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Easy Solar Dehydration
At this point in the season there are a lot of fresh herbs and flowers to process. Hanging them upside down in an area out of direct sunlight is one of the easiest methods to use, but it can take about a week (or more) to dry plants this way and there are some plants with a high water content that can be difficult to dry without molding.
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Happy Summer Solstice!
Welcome to the longest day of the year!
Everything is blooming, life abounds, green and sun rule the Earth (in the Northern hemisphere, anyway!). Do you feel it in your own life, too?
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Get Your Red Clover Before the Season’s Over
Ah, red clover. A versatile plant that helps with so many things — amusing young children in an attempt to find 4 leaves; food for grazing animals; medicine; and fixing nitrogen into the soil, to name a few.
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We’re Not the Only Ones Eating the SAD
The Standard American Diet (SAD), or Western Pattern Diet, is a recent phenomenon, born of increased industrialization that allows for nearly unlimited access to high-calorie foods with little diversity in food choices. Aspects of this diet have repeatedly been correlated with the chronic disease conditions that are so common in our culture including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and various cancers.
These Light Footsteps 