How I got from “I don’t think I could grow brassicas,” to “Ooh look – a cauliflower!”
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How Roosters Care for Hens (and what happiness has to do with regenerative agriculture)
This post shares the funny things one of our roosters gets up to, and it concludes the Backyard Chicken Series with the question, “Can good husbandry, regenerative agriculture, and morally right living, be defined in terms of happiness and connection?”
Mama Hens and Baby Chicks
Doesn’t happiness – even “just” the happiness of some hen in a backyard hen house somewhere, count towards a more whole, more beautiful world, a world that has a little more rightness about it?
Broody Hens and Musings on Inter-Connectedness
Why our efforts to address ecological destruction aren’t working yet, and how backyard chickens (or any other living thing that you care for) can help.
5 Cut and Carry Goat Fodder Plants that Poultry, Pigs, Cattle and People can also eat
This article lists 5 plants for a cut and carry goat fodder system, that also serve lots of other needs as well.
8 Abundant Fodder Forest Plants, & How to Use Them
8 of my favorite multi-purpose fodder-and-food plants, and some of the ways I use them.
Ditching the Supermarket
At the supermarket you can get everything you need at one location and it’s cheaper than anywhere else. But when it seems too good to be true, there’s usually a catch. In this article we’ll explore the complex web of connections and consequences attached to the cheap convenience on the supermarket shelves.
Real Food
What we eat illuminates the relationship—or lack of it—between us and our natural world. It also directly influences the way our living planet is used.