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  • The Forager’s Timetable: When to Harvest

    “Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.” Ezekiel 47:12 While the Midwest landscape might look dormant in January, the seasoned forager knows that God provides food and medicine year round. Winter is a time for spotting… Continue reading

  • Foraged Pharmacy: Planning My Wild Herb Harvest for 2026

    “Every field is a pharmacy if you only have the eyes to see it.” There is a profound shift that happens when you stop looking at the “weeds” in your local park or the plants along your favorite hiking trail… Continue reading

  • Simple. Natural. Sustainable. A Scrunchy Girl’s Guide to Easy Swaps.

    “We don’t need a handful of people doing sustainability perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” — Anne Marie Bonneau Many people think that “going crunchy” requires a complete lifestyle overhaul—one involving homemade from scratch foods, expensive organic… Continue reading

  • The Christmas Season: Cherishing the Season with Faith, Family, and Joyful Traditions

    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit The days are shorter, the cold air is biting our hands and faces more than it… Continue reading

  • Boil ‘Em, Mash ‘Em, Stick ‘Em in a Stew: The True Value of the Humble Potato

    “Good heavens, potatoes are worth more than gold!” “Surely not!” “If you were shipwrecked on a desert island, what would you prefer, a bag of potatoes or a bag of gold? “Yes, but a desert island isn’t Ankh-Morpork!” “And that… Continue reading

  • Roots of Healing: Rediscovering Herbal Wisdom

    “The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.” -Ecclesiasticus 38:4 (KJV Apocrypha) Modern medicine hasn’t really been around that long when compared to the entirety of human history. Medicine has… Continue reading

  • Planted in the Chaos

    “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” -Christine Caine It’s been quiet here on the blog for a bit – not for lack of things happening, but because life piled… Continue reading

  • 5 Wild Edibles You Can Forage in Your Backyard

    “No barefooted, tree climbing, frog holding, mud pie baking, cloud spotting, puddle stomping, bird calling, wild foraging, moon gazing, firefly chasing, fort building, creek following, rock hunting moment with Mother Nature is ever wasted. “ ~Nicolette Sowder When most people… Continue reading

  • Everyday Wonder

    “I like people who get excited about the change of seasons, the sound of the ocean, watching the sunset, the smell of rain and starry nights.” Brooke Hampton If you have read my post How do I do it all?, you… Continue reading

  • Right Here, Right Now

    “If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they… Continue reading