Had a great time in Texas visiting. Y'all (wink wink) have the most interesting plants and birds (furry plantain! Cardinals!). My husband built a chicken tractor for my daughter's family. You'll see in the pics my great roll in that 😂

Found a great farm-to-table place. Everything is of course yummy! Do you search "farm to table restaurants" when you're out and about?

Wow thank you all for the amazing sats on my last post ❤️ Yesterday I chopped up plantain to top our lunch with: local orca beans, parsnip, beet, onion, celery in a chicken broth stew, served with fresh baked sourdough bread. Toppings of choice for the stew: kraut, mustard, or olive oil. A simple lunch, but a satisfying one.

Take a walk with me?

In other news, purple sprouted broccoli is almost $4 at the supermarket. It's one of my favorites so I bought a bunch (not to share), but it is definitely going back into my garden. As much as I hate starting a garden from scratch (AGAIN), I'm looking forward to, God help me, incredible harvests. #grownostr #homesteading #dontgiveupweneedyou

Home from church today with one of my sick babies. I do hate to miss the communion and sermon and gathering and fellowship. Anyhow. Doing a little art journaling and thought I'd share some pages for other art journalers out there (where are you?!) I've gotten into doing faces so I expect a whole lot more of them will show up and introduce themselves to me. Happy Sunday to you all 🙏 #grownostr #artjournaling #artstr

"I realize my saying things like 'medical industrial complex' makes me sound even more strange than dunking plants from my yard into water to drink, but that peculiarity to you only goes further to prove the point I already made with what information you’ve been allowed to have access to."

Learning About Herbs: Where to Start

Hint: It's not Dr. Google

This is called the "use what you have project". Sticks stuck into the ground with sweet peas planted around. Hopefully they'll climb up and give me ample amounts of sweet scents when I'm sitting there on deck reading my book in the sun this summer 😎 #growsomethingpretty #justcuz

Finished up @Jack Spirko compost class and surprised myself with how much I learned (100% on the last quiz 💃). Gathering materials to build my first bioreactor this weekend! It was really helpful also watching the videos of the in-person class he did last autumn. So, one of the best things I got out of the course was to "be fearless", so I grabbed a wheelbarrow of last year's leaf and woodchip piles to add to my new beds. And waddaya know there were a TON of happy worms in there!! 👀 I accidentally made compost! 😂 I also dusted in some plant fertilizer and kelp. We shall see; the experimentation is kinda fun. #grownostr #permies #homesteading

Why Learn About Herbal Medicine?

In case the last four years didn't convince you...

Over 35 reasons to learn about herbal medicine, in case the last four years weren't enough.

Got a couple rows of raspberry canes in today beyond the rhubarb I moved, and the ducks and hens are happy with the soil at the moment. I've got to get the trellises up, horse before cart and all that nonsense as it currently is. Anyone have any idea what's up with the big zit on my old hen? #homesteading #grownostr

I've been popping on and off here slightly amused by the "trending" topic of women not feeling welcomed here 🙄 I'm here bc I enjoy the freedom to own my own content and want to learn more about Bitcoin and permaculture and off grid living (and and and...). I actually enjoy reading all the protocol stuff that's over my head not bc it makes me feel stupid, but bc it's interesting and I get the bigger picture. I want to contribute to the community with my knowledge of herbs and health and healing and homeschooling and how to stay married for 30+ years. Lately, I've been working very hard to get my garden going between the seed starts and transplants and raised beds and mulching and physically emptying my truck bed of material. Today I took some of my kids out to support a friend's sandwich shop and then came home and planted eleven fodder trees. I just don't have time to emote about how someone is "making" me feel. For the record, I feel great and am happy to be here. If this doesn't feel like a good space to be in, try going outside and go grow something instead. Learn to mute bozos. Or just follow women you relate to and ignore the accounts that bug you. Or just delete your account and do something else. I for one am learning to avoid the "trending" topics 😂 #grownostr

Danger: woman with a paint brush in hand ahead...

I've been very focused and working hard. Three large (4x8) raised beds full so far, all from seeds I started in the dining room. Mostly hardy greens: a variety of salad greens, herbs, spinach, arugula, kale, chard, mustards, and sorrels. A fourth bed awaits my planting carrots, radishes and peas. I've got two 3x3 rounds to fill, one with strawberries and probably onions in the other. My hope is to get another 4 4x8 beds soon; I've got a lot of tomato starts and I also want green beans, squashes, and beets. In the ground: new raspberry and mulberry canes and I'm going to give goji a try though I don't know how well it will do here. I also got a nice mix of fodder trees that needs planting. If all goes well with my garden work this year, next year I can focus more on livestock and fencing. Also. I stopped listening to the news in the morning while I'm getting ready for the day. Instead I am blasting music. It's made a huge difference in my mood and I am getting so much more beautiful work done 💪