This evening I’m letting the cashews soak overnight for what will be the vegan, gluten free frosting part of a vegan, gluten free carrot cake for tomorrow’s birthday/new moon party. I’m putting the finishing touches to the new moon ritual which for me symbolizes the change to begin anew, or […]

As a cancer survivor and one learning tremendously the importance of what is readily available in nature,  I have studied about Chaga.  Found often around birch, or  groves, and locally in stands found in the foothills of Vermont, this very rugged blacken fungi is easy to collect, dry and store. […]

I’ve been asked recently if the work I’m putting into producing our products is enjoyable, a goal toward self sufficiency,  a means of self-employment, or chance to remove myself from recent dramas in my life or a world that appears to have loss a sense of caring at times.   […]

We have been raising chickens only since 2013, 4 years this upcoming May.  Starting with large Australoups who have a translucent purple green sheen above their black feathers, producers of large nearly daily, brown eggs;  incorporating large Red Rangers, who are raised as meat birds with a few kept for […]

Beekeeping, especially for the newcomer, is daunting at times, and yet wondrous, often within the same day.    Our Italian bees came to us from VT Beekeeping Supply of Williamston, VT in May 2015.   Our hives grow from 1 to 4, and not be intention.  A very heavy nectar […]