This morning, before Luke opened a workbook, there was already learning happening. There were boots by the door, dishes at the sink, animals waiting to be fed, a garden needing water, and a son noticing the Raven came to steal the duck eggs. It did not look like school. But it was education. Somewhere along the way, we began to believe that learning only counts when it is written down, measured, scheduled, or checked off. But children are always learning. They are learning fr

Farm to table: growing our own food to nourish our family.

Let’s talk about simple summers…. For homestead families like ours, we cannot just up and leave for a family vacation. We have animals...

Raising my boys on a farm, surrounded by nature, up close and personal with life and death was not the life I had pictured when I first...

Responsibility. It’s a big word with big meaning, and here at our homestead responsibility means life or death. Both of the boys have...

Food security is on everyone’s minds these days, and high quality, organic meat is something that’s really important to us.

Roots are then hidden part of a plant... the part that sustains and supports it. But they're rarely seen. The same is true for us.

Spending time in the warmth of the greenhouse when it’s cold outside give so much hope for a new season and all that will grow in it.

“Is this not a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonize.” – George Eliot I had a...

Raising animals for food is a lot of work. Raising animals in a way that is restorative and regenerative for the land is even more work.

Processing the sheep's fleece takes knowledge, experience, and skill.

In Waldorf, it is thought that adults are responsible for setting the mood of the children’s play each day.

As a suburban family, trying to live a naturalistic life, planting an annual garden has become a necessity.