The Good Life Can be a Messy Life May 21, 2013 Tags: radical homemaking, family farming I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. […]
Which God do I Choose?
Which God do I Choose? May 14, 2013 If asked, I’d have to say that my spiritual education began somewhere down by the creek bed on the farm, where as a child I pondered the flow of water as I filled my palms to drink, or the miracle of the wild raspberries that hung over […]
Farm Bill 101
Farm Bill 101 April 23, 2013 Tags: sustainable agriculture, family farming I was invited recently to sit in on animal science class at a college about 10 miles away from my house that has a strong agriculture program. This week, the class was discussing the farm bill, and the students were supposed to be exploring […]
From Homeschooling to Unschooling
From Homeschooling to Unschooling March 17, 2012 Tags: homeschooling, traveling with kids Our new classroom Bob and I didn’t have a clear homeschooling plan when we decided to take Saoirse and Ula to Europe. Truth be told, I suppose it is more accurate to say that we didn’t actually make this decision to come. I […]
Asking For Help
Asking For Help March 5, 2013 Tags: family farming, sustainable agriculture Bob and I acted as though it were completely natural when Sara and Raymond, friends of ours with a CSA about 30 minutes from here, wrote about a month ago and asked us if we’d assist them with a barn-raising at the beginning of […]
But can we feed the world?
Photo by Seth Joel Sooner or later the question comes up, whether it is between two friends sharing a pot of stew made from local grassfed beef and their garden harvest, livestock farmers gathered on a pasture walk, neighbors working together to tend a flock of backyard chickens, or organic vegetable producers discussing yields at […]
Cooperating Across Generations
Cooperating Across the Generations January 29, 2013 Tags: family farming, parenting Farming should be about making way for the next generation, as well as serving the needs of the present. If there’s a romantic image that tugs at our heart strings as much as the thought of homegrown tomatoes, it’s the multi-generational family farm. In […]
The Price of Corn
This past weekend I made a trek out to central Wisconsin to speak at the state’s annual grazing conference, which typically draws farmers from all over the Midwest. This was the second time I’ve been invited to join these folks, and I remembered it fondly from back in 2009, when the conference center was packed, […]
A Radical Homemaker’s Take on Investing
A Radical Homemaker’s Take on Investing January 15, 2013 Tags: gainful unemployment, radical homemaking, Tuesday Post Bob’s mandolin: Our idea of a “sound investment.” I received a phone call recently from someone in the media, who introduced himself by way of exclaiming “Is it true that you have a family of four and live on […]
Hurricane Samhain
Hurricane Samhain October 29, 2012 Tags: family farming, radical homemaking, Tuesday Post Our Samhain Altar will hopefully be lit each night this week, in spite of the hurricane. This week’s Tuesday Post is appearing early as we ready ourselves for Hurricane Sandy. If technology allows, I’ll post updates as we work our way through the […]