Last year, I had a bunch of wasp’s nests in my yard. I kept getting bitten and stung. One time, I got stung in my eyebrow. The toxins almost immediately started flowing down into my eye, and it became completely swollen. It was incredibly painful. Everytime I got stung, I immediately ran to my garden […]
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Evolution of the Homestead
I moved into this house almost 13 years ago with my (then) husband and two children. We moved in with the intention of starting an urban homestead to grow and preserve food for our little family. It’s had a lot of different looks over the years with varying amounts of help from my ex and […]
Chaos Gardening: Embracing the Wild and Unpredictable
I hadn’t heard about chaos gardening until recently, but it turns out that I’ve always been a chaotic gardener. It’s a label that I am happy to adopt! It’s a unique and liberating approach to gardening that I have found to be fun, rewarding, and much easier than traditional methods. Chaos gardening is about embracing […]