The garden is all but finished for the year, just a lonely row of cabbages, kales and Brussels sprouts, along with a patch of frost hardy pa...

For the last three years we have been living in a conservative rural area, where the unemployment/ welfare and illiteracy rates are well ove...

That's the trick around here, in a humid climate there are short weather windows. The best quality hay, and the highest protein hay, is...

We paid a visit to our neighboring small farmer. He keeps a small flock of goats and sheep, a variety of bantam and heritage chickens, and p...

It began with the mist. It was like living in a rain forest, without the heat. The evaporation of the snow has been hanging around in the ...

Everyone got out in the sun today. We have had some gorgeous sunny days this week, but it's just hanging at the freezing point in the da...

In my post A conversation on ecological sustainability , I made these statements: "I no longer believe that over-population is the domi...

Well, I'm posting my responses back up as a new blog again because I would like to keep this conversation going. We had to take a few d...

Lisa L. asked if we could share what all we are growing in 2009. These are the food crops we are planting in the garden. We are also plantin...

2009 is going to be a rough year for most, I hope that it draws together communities and families, to take care of each other. I hope it cl...

Using a hand cranked steel-roller grain mill to grind our whole wheat and rye kernels, the flour we use for baking is full of bran, and is c...

These are our shortest days, we get down to about 8 1/2 hours of daylight. I love being on the other side, knowing that the light is return...

My kitchen window gave us a spectacular display Wednesday morning. The temperature dropped to -18C (-5F I think) overnight. We hang wool bla...