George, Lucy and Emma watched at the window of the study to be sure that we were doing things properly. Characters. Did you know that they can live 30, even 40 years? I’m picturing myself at 80 with them. Just yesterday afternoon they fiddled with my shirt until they woke me as I napped in […]
kid goats
With a trio of kid goats around, all the mad craziness of the world falls away, there’s nothing to do but focus on the present moment. The kids ground us no matter what’s going on, they remind us of the most important principles. Here are a few, that help to create the foundation of a resilient life. […]
an introduction
by way of an introduction, we’ve made a little film to tell you about this series chronicling slow, small steps towards living regeneratively. It isn’t just living with greater resilience in this ecologically, economically uncertain era that we’re concerned with, but redesigning what work looks like, what earning a living looks like. To step back […]
everyday resilience
We’ve made a new film. It’s a little bit different, this one is in support of an article written by our Lael, in the upcoming issue of Permaculture Magazine. She’s not yet twenty, homeschooled all her life, and she’s full of ideas. I’m not quite sure what we were expecting, all those years ago when […]
deep litter
Deep litter is a traditional method we use for keeping chickens, ducks and geese in a healthy, living system. See their homes on the little farm, find out how we practice this method and hear why we think it functions so well to create a regenerative, living cycle that yields fresh eggs, nitrogen rich compost […]