Well I've been kicking around the idea of getting some worms and setting up a vermicompost bin for several years now. I keep reading about the benefits of composting with worms. The addition of earthworm

Back in November of 2018 I started an indoor garden in my basement. I had brought in a couple of things to over winter from our garden. Swiss chard and collard greens. We also started some broccoli, carrots

In the Boreal forest where I live the herb Plantain abounds. Plantain (Plantago major/lanceolata) Around our homestead it had made a lovely ground cover in the clearings. I found it made a lovely replacement

Enjoy your strawberries all year long with this super easy strawberry freezer jam! Strawberries have so many health benefits. They are loaded with Vitamin C, anti-oxidants, and are very low on the glycemic

This is our monthly community delegation report. Our initial call for delegations was mid-December 2018. Since then we have already received many generous delegations from within our community, as well

Video version for @dtube! In this podcast I share ideas such as fasting and meditation to produce a more physically and mentally healthy lifestyle! Enjoy! photo Thank you very much for reading today's

[Here’s some sad news: Not every song in this playlist is going to be in the playlist! If you haven’t been following my constant whining over the last few days, I’m having some trouble with 8tracks (which

How to improve mental strength (2 TIPS) Lets get clear on what mental strength is. Its about improving the regulation of your emotions. Managing your thoughts and behaving in a positive way. Of course,

I love watching the birds flying about my homestead. I setup a feeder and bird bath just outside my front window where my son and my wife and I can sit and watch our feathered visitors. My son just loves

I first had an encounter with Lentil Soup when a Mediterranean restaurant opened in my town. I would go there a couple times a week on my lunch break just to have the lentil soup and a tabouli salad. This

'We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow, and develop. We want to become more then what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead

Falafel is one of my favorite foods. I can still remember my first bite of the fantastic fritter, at a little hole in the wall restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. After that initial taste, I sought to create

“Peas Porridge Hot peas porridge cold peas porridge in the pot nine days old”, an old nursery rhyme dating back to sometime during the 1700's, but dry peas were in use long before that. Dry peas have been

'We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope that we get to death without being too badly bruised or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest

Reading @wwf's prediction of an impending crash yesterday was a somber reminder for me of the lessons that my mentors instilled in me. We, as a global community, are in desperate times. We as a human species

@porters suggested I put in an entry for the food sovereignty challenge. After reading about it from @homesteaderscoop I decided to give it a go. Here's the link for the challenge. Food security or food

My 2019 focus seems to have shifted, like something subtle but big. The new year has only just started and we just had that powerful Full Moon! It feels like some kind of completion in a sense. For me,

My name is Mark, I'm from Michigan. I'm the father of ten children and now have three grand children. I have a lovely wife that I try to spend as much time with as possible. We have three dogs, two boxers