Things quickly got real on The Chosen Weeds Farm this weekend. I debated whether to make a post of this or not, but when I started this website one of the themes I decided to try to convey would be honesty and authenticity; and that includes being honest about the mistakes we make even if
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We have had some ups and downs with our garden this year. The spring harvest was fantastic and was an improvement from last year (year to year improvements are always good). Then the rains came…. lots of it. And then the bugs came…..lots of those too. After that was a hot, dry spell which is
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I grew up on a small homestead in Indiana. We grew our own food and my mom taught us how to can and preserve. I was in 4-H for ten years, and I spent 20 plus years working with horses. I remember a lot of the lessons I learned growing up this way, and I’m
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[This post contain affiliate links] I love homesteading, I really do. It is my dream to do this full time eventually. I love gardening and working with animals. I love experimenting with what works in our homestead and sharing that with my readers and friends. But there are some things that I have come to
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This is a guest post by Alex Pietrowski, Staff of the Waking Times. Re-posted with permission The most effective change-makers in our society aren’t waiting around for a new president to make their lives better, they’re planting seeds, quite literally, and through the revolutionary act of gardening, they’re rebuilding their communities while growing their own independence. Every four
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Most days I like to take a walk around the neighborhood where I work to give me a break from sitting behind my desk. The security guard often asks me if I’m going grocery shopping. Kind of an odd thing to ask a person, but he knows me well, and knows that I enjoy looking
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Some of you may not have heard of kombucha. Or maybe you have seen it at the grocery store but haven’t mustered the courage to taste it. “After all,” you might be saying, “I’m not even sure I can pronounce it.” It wasn’t until recently that kombucha has become “mainstream,” but it is hardly the
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“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” (Buddha) The Secret to health?……hmmmmm……What is health? Am I healthy if I am free from disease? Am I healthy if I am
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