Gardening in December?!?!

Haven being raised in Illinois and later migrated all the way to Wisconsin, gardening in winter just wasn’t heard of in my world. Even though the majority of my family is from the south where the growing season is much longer and the winters aren’t as harsh, I somehow missed the message that we can

In The Beginning There Was Little ‘Ol Me and Mother Gaia

Building an off grid herb farm and homestead from raw land is one massive, beautiful, frustrating and humbling learning experience. I’m very much enjoying the failures as much as the successes. Each brings about feelings of confidence, determination and the willingness to learn and change my thinking. The personal growth I’ve experienced on this beautiful

Eating What We Grow

After a few years of practicing living off grid at our on-grid home in Wisconsin, we moved to Tennessee where my better half landed an amazing job to find our forever off grid land. We’re currently in a rental that does not have the huge yard like the house in Wisconsin did however, that doesn’t