A Cleansing Journey

Oh the dilemmas I face on a day to day basis! For the longest time, one of my big dilemmas concerned how I keep myself clean, both non-toxically AND sustainably.  Some of the basics have been covered for a while, I shower out on the porch with rainwater in the winter and I bathe in the creek in summer.  For many this would seem sufficient, but for me . . . I was concerned about the chemicals I might be putting on my body and then onto my ground or the creek.

Mindful Monday

The maintenance of the fertility of the soil

is the first condition of any 

permanent system of agriculture.

Sir Albert Howard

An Agricultural Testament

Mindful Monday

Behold this compost!

Behold it well!

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass
This Compost

How Petty Should We Get?

Is it Valentines Day?  I am notoriously bad with holidays so please forgive me for mot picking a sweet lovey topic for today's post.

While I was on my 'vacation' from the blog and since I came back I've noticed that the most popular post I've ever written is "Let's Get Petty", about my search for a natural way of dealing with actinic keratosis.  Well here's a new round in the saga.  Just how much petty spurge sap should one use?

Mindful Monday

The ground, new worked, moist

and yielding underfoot, the feet

comfortable in it as roots.

From: The Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer

Wendell Berry

Gettin' Trashy with Joe

What?!?  A guest writer on my blog?  Well, actually I hope it happens more often.  And this one is so nice because he comes from within my own four walls.  So, Get yourself a nice cup of coffee or tea, and settle in for a nice long read, compliments of my sweet hubby, Joe Schanel.

To Till or not to Till, That is the Question

Mindful Monday

Laundry is a very contemplative act.

It lets you get all the dirt out.

Anonomous