“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” —Linda Wooten Motherhood is one of the most challenging jobs, and one of the most rewarding. No matter how old your children get, they are still your children – even when it’s their turn to…

“You will harvest what you plant, so plant intentionally. Plant good habits, good values, good work, and good decisions.” What are you planting this year? I’m working on my health, and my eyesight, and our soil health and garden health. I finally got caught up with months of backed up email, so I can settle…

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley Spring is off to a slow start here in northeast Wisconsin. Since our one unusually warm week, it’s been quite chilly, with frost and snow overnight most nights. The spring peepers stopped singing,…

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Buckminster Fuller What would your new model be? I’d like fresh, healthy food on every plate. I’d like more appreciation for the people who get things done instead of the people who…

“The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.” – Charles Dickens I’ve been thinking a lot about “whys” lately. Why do we take the time to raise our own produce and meat when it would be a heck of a lot easier to simply buy it? Is…

“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” – Bishop Reginald Heber Down the road from our home, the water flows along the roadside in a seasonal creek, bouncing and dancing over the jumbled stones. Even though we have two ponds on our land now, I still enjoy visiting that rushing water, which reminds…

“It’ll be okay in the end. It’s just that middle part that’s messy.” It’s a strange thing to her your kids repeating back to you what you told them in the past. (And in this case, it’s also a good thing.) Duncan and I were taking a walk to help set the chiropractic adjustment I…

“There are 500 million to a billion bacteria in a teaspoon of good soil (another reminder of their size). To get a better handle on what that really means, their weight per acre is equal to two cows (if you have good soil and decent cows). That’s a lot of bacteria, considering their size.” –…

“Don’t believe the noise. Those mean, petty, hateful voices will never be the majority. They only seem loud and pervasive, because they have the idle time to broadcast their negativity. The rest of us are too busy with real efforts to make the world a better place.” ― Anthon St. Maarten This morning I woke…

“Keep in mind the fact that insect and disease pressure/invasion of a crop are purely correlated to nutritional mismanagement by the farmer. They are not due to pesticide deficiencies; they are not due to genetic screw-ups by nature. Consequently, the purported correction of our treatment for insect and disease infestation of crops via genetic engineering…