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A Year in View: 2021/2022
This is our 3rd annual check-in with a progress report about the happenings of our little slice of heaven and farm specifically. This 12 month report, August 2021 through August 2022 wasn’t recorded as well by me, but here’s what I know:
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Sleepy Farming
This spring has been abnormally cold and wet, even for the Pacific Northwest. We seem to have turned a corner in the last week, with a few sunny days in a row, temperatures rising to the 70’s. Our stunted plants were pleased for heat. The winter sowing experiment we tried this spring was amazing, and…
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Wild Roots
This was a pretty tough process. It morphed a lot from the the original “easier” story of mine as I had to delve in to some hard feelings. I learned a lot in the process, specifically how to share my grief. Those were not easy days that very few knew the deep implications of. What…
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Wild Cards
While we were in Northern Arizona last fall, we took advantage of harvesting wherever we went. Our family took our adventure bus Clifford up to Lockett Meadow, where we shot some family photo’s and picked wild mullein, a beautiful and full herb for lung health. I knew mullein first as a toilet paper alternative having…
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Propagation
We’re pretty excited that this year we are officially and fully back in business. In addition to our farm stays and beef, we will be, once again after a several year hiatus, selling vegetables from our gardens this summer. We are also hosting biweekly workshops of large variety again (are you on our e-list?), as…
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We’re All Rude Sometimes
Aury is our outgoing, super social kiddo. The others have always had a natural inclination to stay close until they graduate out of that phase, often somewhere around 5-8 years old, but Aury was born ready to get to know everyone he meets the moment he meets them. Now fast forward to today, living in…
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Go Tell It On The Mountain
Looking out the back of my parent’s house in Flagstaff, Arizona, we face Mt. Eldon, just east of the San Francisco Peaks. There were mornings we’d wake up to see a snow dusting from the night before. Just beyond that mountain was Mt. Humphreys, higher than our Mt Hood in elevation. Nathan and Adyn hiked…
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I Have Decided To Follow Jesus
I recognize I have sorely neglected this place for a time. My primary reason that has given this blog pause is that much of my writing fodder has come from an unfortunate event that we have felt fairly limited to share freely here: leaving a special organization to us. We have recognized unhealthy things that…
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Who Are You?
Brothers & sisters, as you journey through this life, you will encounter many who will try to define who you are. You will find those who adore you and think more than they should, and you will find those who hate you and try to hurt you as deeply as they can. …And everything in…
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No Enemies
Autumn is when we are reminded that we need to let things go. This quote resonated with me when I saw it, and lingers still. This season has been so good, friends. I’ve been lied about, slandered, and have landed myself on to the “expelled” list recently by a few men who have a habit…