I'm finally back Steemit! I've been super busy on the homestead and I'm excited to show you all some of what I've been up to. Expanding into the Forest I've been working hard at clearing a 40 x 60 garden

We have so much power to manipulate our environment and setting that we often forgo nature’s blessings of peace, healing, and affirmation unintentionally. As I sat here by my table, lights off in my house,

Wow, time flew by way too fast. What started as a few weeks off, rolled into a month. Our plans to travel were canceled, the weather turned bitter cold again and we were buried once more with over a foot

Hey folks! It's been much longer than I would have liked to go without posting. But I've been quite busy outside working on some pretty intensive expansions to the homestead grounds. The weather has been

The season is upon us! I received my seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds just in time to start my onions. I'll be starting 200 of them tomorrow in large soil blocks. Last year I tried to get away with

Sometime ago, @sagescrub challenged us to define what freedom means to us. As I thought about this question I couldn't help gravitate to a broader picture of what a free society would look like. As I've

Authors make money on steemit by creating content and having others upvote it, a like = $ in the Steem economy. Dead simple formula, no gimmicks, but a lot of conditionals. The worth of a user’s upvote

It’s no secret, Steem has a problem with the distributions. From the epic flag wars between @haejin and @berniesanders to self voting accounts who give themselves thousands for simple comments; with Steemit’s

“For, in order to turn the individual into a function of the State, his dependence on anything beside the State must be taken away from him. But religion means dependence on and submission to the irrational

It gives no fucks whether you live or die, it will make use of you either way. It never bends to appease, or compromise, it knows its way is proven. It does not retaliate or hold grudges, if you destroy

Some time ago @aggroed presented a challenge to the Steem community to describe their ideal society. Since this is a subject I dwell on quite often, I immediately jumped on the opportunity. However, for

In these days of climate change and Michigan’s unpredictable springs, I’ve had the most success planting spinach in late fall to over winter. With just a bit of minimal protection the spinach seems to

One of the chief factors responsible for psychological mass-mindedness is scientific rationalism, which robs the individual of his foundations and his dignity. As a social unit he has lost his individuality

Yesterday and today I made my first real world peer to peer transactions with Steem. Thanks to my good friend, @thirdwavepete, I was able to trade my SBD for coffee and lunch. Pete and I have been friends

Government is a fictional entity, currencies are fictional, titles are fictional, names are fictional, ownership is fictional, and yes you, or what you like to believe you are, is fictional. Your ego is

We all know that Steem is groundbreaking but has yet to even come close to reaching its full potential. Steem has created an experimental economic model that’s so much greater than a simple social media

I want to send a special thank you to all my followers. My first 3 months here on Steemit have been incredible thanks to you all. I came on here not quite knowing what to expect, but I quickly learned

I couldn't wait to get a head start on the growing season. Now that the sun is staying around a bit longer there's enough light to support growth. Last year I grew peppers very successfully in 5 gallon

I stumbled upon Steemit just this last October. I was made aware of this crazy platform from a friend @themyrrhmaid. At first, I was hesitant to jump in. It was an intriguing concept but I couldn't quite

It's been a crazy journey jumping into permaculture and homesteading from absolute scratch. We've had some serious bumps in the road that derailed our plans and ate up our time. But this year is on track