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Pisgah - the empty nest - Happy Arbor Day! - lessons learned: cedar waxwing and the grace of time - morning prayer - and then there were six - lessons learned: why did the ducks cross the road? - recipe: Gracie Girl's black bean and saffron rice casserole (gluten free) - prayers for Earth Day - recipes: growing grace farm's favorite tea blends - lessons learned: on growth, gardening boots, and grace - Easter and new life on the farm - lessons learned: joy and unexpected bluebirds - chickadee nest - lessons learned: the willow - lessons learned: the waiting - Lenten meditation: walking with flashlights - thrifty thursday: glass bottles - letting nature take its course - recipe: growing grace farm's kale chips - Lenten reflection: bringing the gardens to light - lessons learned: the blessings of watering cans - living your way into the answer - lessons learned: on patient paper whites and epiphany - recipe: growing grace farm's "just one more slice" zucchini bread - Lenten reflection: the Potter - daffodils - lessons learned: brokenness like a mosaic - babying the berries--tips for springtime care - starting the day in silent prayer - 10 ways to turn off the technology and turn on nature - a meditation from Vigen Guroian's Inheriting Paradise - thrifty thursdays: mason jars part 2 - lessons learned: what snowy daffodils can teach us about resilience - Wendell Berry's The Peace of Wild Things - simple find - lessons shared with my daughter - enter, quiet - may the light of your soul guide you~an Irish blessing - recipe: my daughter's favorite crepes - halos and colander - Lenten rose - Mary Oliver's Such Singing in the Wild Branches - lessons learned: preparing the space - from Joyce Rupp's prayer "Nature Revitalizes my Soul" - Lenten meditation: when light falls on the creeping - lessons learned: faith and fancy with a little mischief for good measure - sugar snap peas: spring's candy - give up and give on--lessons learned from Lent - slow food - Lenten discernment - Jan Richardson's Ash Wednesday blessing - the long way 'round - spring begins - lessons learned: craving winter - a buddhist prayer of peace - quotes: meditating on love - snow day baking - prayer on a snowy morning - Tess Gallagher's Choices - Max Erhmann's Desiderata - lessons learned: weathered spirits - Ruth Williams' Paso Doble - lessons learned: giving back to the community that raised me - today is the day~celebrate life! - lessons learned: lightening the load - just rest: our bodies as fallow fields - just rest: our bodies as fallow fields - silent snow - so you've started your seeds--now what? - lessons learned: having the right tools - from Joyce Rupp's prayer, Listening to My Soul - honoring the man who dared to stand - seven days into creation - growing grace farm's creamy chicken and wild rice soup (gluten free) - first sprouts! - lessons learned: planting seeds and permission granted - lessons learned: you gotta deconstruct to reconstruct - from John Muir's The Yosemite - rainy days got you down? ideas for gardeners on a rainy day - couldn't get enough? starting seeds part 2 - scent of spring - Thai peanut lettuce wraps and stir fry veggies - just breathe, just be - Mary Oliver's The Winter Wood Arrives - it's never too early to start dreaming about seed starts - encouragement - prayer for renewal - I Am - winter storms, upcycled Christmas trees--protecting birds in winter - recipes: turmeric chicken and root vegetable stew - recipes: growing grace farm's winter morning breakfast frittata - Gandhi's resolutions - my "new favorites" in the kitchen - reflection on a snowy morning - Buddhist prayers and poetry for the new year - lessons learned: what peas, greens, and teens can teach us about prosperity - recipes: pepper poppers - lessons learned: roots and shoots - windowsill winter garden week 1 - what the Muppets can teach us about Advent - love is. . . - Mary Sunday - love letter to the world - recipes: winter weather, summer salad - lessons learned: prayer peas and thoughts on love - on joy and sorrow - winter windowsill garden - Stephen Ruppenthal's May All Be Filled with Joy and Peace - prayer card: joy - lessons learned: baking with my daughter - growing grace farm's best.fudge.evah! - joy! - recipes: growing grace farm's sunshine bread - necessities and guilty pleasures for the gardener - dirty hands, peaceful heart - Wendell Berry's The Peace of Wild Things - a piece of peace - peace within - "homesteading" the homesteader - a great believer of hope - my new favorite: growing grace farm's tribute to Chocolat - Mary Oliver's Song of the Builders - lessons learned: what forgotten plants can teach us about hope - quotes: meditating on hope - recipes: cooking with cranberries - small heart, much gratitude - the gifts of Thanksgiving - early morning turkeys and gratitude - an Iroquois Thanksgiving Prayer - recipes: gluten free sweet potatoes with topping - Walter Rauschenbusch's A Prayer of Thanksgiving - for the birds: growing grace farm's bird suet - resting as a spiritual act - lessons learned: what handprint turkeys can teach us about simplicity and gratitude - Rainer Maria Rilke's Autumn - lessons learned: generosity and locked doors - hike to Craggy Pinnacle - this season, let's thanks-give - let my spirit glow - recipes: cooking with cranberries - Mary Oliver's Mindful - recipes: growing grace farm's dried apples - 86,400 seconds: have you used one to say "thank you?" - recipes: growing grace farm's kale chips - shinin' your light - lessons learned: the wren and the crows - at home with Autumn - lessons learned: God's thoughts on compost - Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair - lessons learned: on mint and gumption - lessons learned: on pumpkins and solitude - autumn leaves - lessons learned: terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days - autumn rainbow - on geese and journeys - recipes: enjoying autumn greens - remedy for grey autumn and winter days--forced bulbs - Mary Oliver's Song for Autumn - lessons learned: forgiveness like a tree - resting in grace - lessons learned: dark and deadly trails - Mary Oliver's Song for Autumn - lessons learned: foggy mornings and slowing down - recipe: growing grace farm's soup stock - a gentle reminder - my daughter's mockingbird pecan pie recipe - lessons learned: baking with my daughter - believe more deeply - lessons learned: there's peace in the quiet of creation - end-of-summer rainbow salad - peace - lessons learned: transplanting the seedlings - mother earth prayer - we give thanks this day - lessons learned: balancing act - my new favorite--gluten/grain free almond and blueberry cookies - lesson learned from a spider web - a Lakota prayer - mindfulness - tomatoes: drying them for a little summer year 'round - the honey bee - lessons learned: sun, rain, blight and balance - lessons learned: when Grace comes knocking, allow Grace in - lessons learned: tomato cages and friendship - here is calm so deep - lessons learned: what canning has taught me about prayer - growing grace farm's award winning zesty marinara recipe - blueberry lavender jam: a taste of summer - canning: lost art or found treasure? - baby veggies - study of a ladybug - study of a butterfly - texture on the farm - Spring showers created Spring flowers - nature's crayons: purples - the value of keeping quiet - small suburban farming--it can be done! - peaceful foundation - Spring at rest - celebrate cinco de mayo: tex mex turkey burgers and fruit salsa - lessons learned: garlic and pacing ourselves - birches - a few of my favorite things - lessons learned: cleaning out the closet - update on mason jar seed starts--3 months out - generous quietude - taking advantage of small spaces in the garden - coming up through the cracks - 2013 produce planning - Wisconsin windmills - thrifty thursday: clean out those Mason jars and put 'em to good use - Speaking light, hope and love as a part of creation care - lessons learned: old made new - tulips after the rain - my morning affirmation - lessons learned: pullin' weeds - Mary Oliver's Morning Poem - lessons learned: dandelions and being rooted in faith - gentle gardeners and creation care - spring bouquet - sugar snap peas--nature's candy - taking a garden stroll: relaxation for the homesteader - honoring the man who dared to stand - lessons learned: taking down the walls - a prayer in Spring - a little bit of summer--tex mex turkey burgers and fruit salsa - living in the spirit - the promise of morning - quiet saturday mornings - so you've started your seeds, now what?! - dirty hands, peaceful heart - lessons learned: on hauling mulch - I arise today - if there's dirt under the fingernails, it must be Spring - lilies in the leaves - o Gardener of Life - indoor mason jar seed starts-6 weeks - the "isness" of others - a Sioux prayer for the journey - today is the day, celebrate life! - silent snow - lessons learned: the journey of mid-life - lessons learned: brokenness like a mosaic - a bit of Spring on Sunday - welcome, life! - lessons learned: of squirrels and tightropes - what we need is here - lessons learned: looking through an open window - lessons learned: through an open window - Slow cookin'--Tex Mex Stew - the world as our garden - Mary Oliver's The Messenger - lessons learned: what farming can teach us about patience - love is. . . - love does that - Anne Lamott's radical suggestion for Valentine's Day - update to "seed starting Saturday" - happy journey day - recipes: winter weather, summer salad - lessons learned: unexpected gifts - peace within - honoring Rosa Parks on the anniversary of her 100th birthday - lessons learned: walking with flashlights - Sunday's Lenten rose - looking - prayer for renewal - giving thanks for Richard Blanco's "One Today" - seed starting Saturday! - lessons learned: letting nature take its course - couldn't get enough? starting seeds, part 2 - a testament to living - lessons learned: the crocus in winter - it's never too early to dream about starting seeds! - the sacred web of creation - lessons learned: finding my voice - the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King - winter's not done, but spring has come - rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - thrifty thursdays: mason jars part 2 - we are God's garden - the simple beauty of nature - winter farm fare - resting as a spiritual act - dreaming - let the quiet in - Sunday dinner! Come and get it! - homesteading: and the blooming begins - the gate of the year - my new favorite: growing grace farm's tribute to Chocolat - resolutions - lessons learned: you gotta deconstruct to reconstruct - homesteading: growing grace farm's candied ginger - a blessing for the new year - lessons learned: taking out the trash - the voice in my silence - thrifty thursday--a weekly list of whimsical and useful ways to repurpose and upcycle - get 'er done - lessons learned: what birds can teach us about community - one more sleep til Christmas - a homesteader's kitchen table during the holidays - what the Muppets can teach us about Advent - you are peace and joy and light - for the birds: growing grace farm's homemade suet - a piece of peace - on joy and sorrow - meditation card: joy - homesteading: making homemade tea - holiday baking - quotes: meditating on joy - recipes: growing grace farm's best. fudge. evah. - the peace of wild things--comforting words for days like today - a simple prayer - when light falls on the creeping jenny: an advent meditation - recipes: tea for two (growing grace farm's favorite tea blends) - quotes: meditating on love - shining the lamps of love in this world - winter color on the farm - lessons learned: what feathers and fur can teach us about love - the gentle whispers of hope - lessons learned: what ladybugs can teach us about hope - nature's images of hope - recipes: pepper poppers - quotes: meditating on hope - starting the season - deep peace - recipes: homemade dog treats - lessons learned: waiting on the cows - lessons learned: waiting on the cows - recipes: holy guacamole! - prayer peas and thoughts on love - shinin' your light - lessons learned: sometimes, hope comes in small packages - recipe: gluten free sweet potatoes and topping - prayers learned in the garden (aka gratitude for anne lamott) - I arise today - lessons learned: listening to the Great Silence - a garden meditation for Thanksgiving - an Iroquois Thanksgiving prayer - thrifty thursdays: egg cartons - lessons learned: hydrangeas and healing - a prayer of Thanksgiving - growing grace farm's salted maple roasted root veggies - "thanksgiving:" a word of action - remedy for grey autumn and winter days--spring blossoms from forced bulbs - lessons learned: handprint turkeys, simplicity and gratitude - gratitude for this day - meditation card: welcome to my farm - i am a seed, unfolding - the beauty of dreaming - afternoon at the NC Arboretum - whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves - homesteading at the beach - autumn homecoming - lessons learned: looking through the window - the secret of time - early morning turkeys and thoughts on Thanksgiving - nature's crayons: oranges - Carl Sandburg's tribute to Halloween - forgiveness like a tree - a poem as lovely as a tree - recipe: easy gluten-free vegetarian chili - recipe: soup stock - 86,400 seconds: will you use one to say "thank you?" - Nature's crayons: reds - lessons learned: foggy mornings and slowing down - rest - our new favorite greens recipe - autumn evening walk - the gifts of Thanksgiving - enjoying autumn greens - goodbye to my girls - apple afternoon - my autumn mountains - lessons learned: mint and gumption - my name is Cameron, and I am a farm store addict - harvest time - lessons learned: farming boots and defining ourselves - psalm of contentment - mushrooms - goin' on a ride - visitor to the farm - urban stained glass - judith a. lawrence's autumn offering - meditation card: journey - lessons learned: what bird netting can teach us about relaxation - growing grace farm's honey cinnamon applesauce - experience - first soup of the season: growing grace farm's southwestern chicken and white bean soup - autumn gardening for chickens - morning rolls in - silence of the heart and tea by the window - autumn walk - song for autumn - one thing at a time - Andy and the chickens - meditation card: joy - Thoreau's pumpkin - the pathway of peace - dear chicas: DIY fencing to keep greedy hens out and fall veggies in - flight - appalachian sustainable agriculture project farm tour today - three words - thrifty Thursdays: glass bottles - psalm of contentment - let my spirit glow - feeling hot-hot-hot: harvesting the jalapeno peppers - lessons learned: what tunnels can teach us about awareness - apricot chicken and root veggies - slowwww cooker + slowww Monday = happy family (and some good recipes too!) - lessons learned: what thinning plants can teach us about patience - welcoming Autumn - meditating spider - O Lord, forgive - growing grace farm's award winning zesty marinara recipe - the first chilly morning - here a chick, there a chick--chickens and gardens - Nature's crayons: whites - Nature's crayons: browns - Rosie - - climb the mountains - Nature's crayons: blues - Mary Oliver's instructions for living a life - simple gratitude - end-of-summer rainbow salad - summer bugs - lessons learned: fence posts, hard work, and things that matter - lessons learned: Franciscan blessings, hide and seek, and grace - lessons learned: Nature's therapy for teenage girls - Nature's crayons: pinks - solace - thrifty thursday: plastic jugs - thanksgiving for unknown gifts - Nature's crayons: yellows - freezing herbs--a taste of summer all year long - Nature's crayons: purples - nature's crayon box - afternoon hike - oak leaf hydrangea - the yearning for good - thank you life - Evening - cricket song - recipe: "just one more slice" zucchini bread - conversations in progress - places to play in, places to pray in - autumn seed planting - lessons learned: what canning has taught me about prayer - my sissy's roses - plant the plate - summer flower - gentle gardeners, people of faith, and environmentalism - bean blossom faeries - fungus and wood - autumn's early greeting - lessons learned: cleanin' out the coop and letting go of the muck - grape leaves before sunset - the great Ocean - gossip at the gate - the "isness" of others - drying hydrangeas - looking for answers - new perspective - meditation - kale chips - waking on a summer morning - Rosie's walk - phlox - cleome (spider flower) - lessons learned: what restless three-year-olds can teach us about slowing down - the coop - Completed coop and pallet fence - Queen Anne's lace - lessons learned: anything can be - what this day will hold - designing, building or purchasing a chicken coop? some thoughts to consider - Mary Oliver's Morning Poem - my friend, Summer Saturday - growing grace farm on a sunny summer Saturday - butternut squash - waitin' on Mama - vinca after rain - Anne Lamott's praise-and-amazement prayer - lessons learned: what ladybugs can teach us about hope - beans and greens: recipes from the garden - grace - mourning - from the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi - there's nothin' better than. . . - lessons learned: tomato cages and friendship - be a guiding light - lessons learned: hope came to the garden in the form of pumpkin seeds - tomatoes: dehydrating for a little summer all year 'round - thoughts for Monday morning - recipes: Caprese salad - farmers' markets: Mr. Arrowood's okra and beans - lessons learned: are you a Rosie or a Lucy? - farmers' markets - farmers' markets: from farm to table--it's what's for dinner - farmers' markets: tips for the trip - lessons learned: what berries can teach us about bad habits - prayer for rain - gratitude for this day - beautiful day - prayer of the heart - lessons learned: bloomin' where you're planted - radiate your light like the lightning bug - don't sweat it--tips to keep your chickens cool - deep peace - every moment plants something in your soul - thrifty thursday: upcycling, freecycling, and recycling pallets - blueberry lavender jam recipe (that's what I'm talkin' about) - slow food--homesteader style - pallet play pen for chicks - resting in grace - the story of ginger peach jam as told by a southerner - oh honey, you're a homesteader! - in the quiet - my newest discovery--chive flowers - every laugh line on your face, made you who you are today - 10 ways to turn off the tv and turn on nature - lessons learned: the waiting is the hardest part (but it's not useless, Dr. Seuss) - reconstructing childhood--the lightning bugs have arrived! - martha stewart doesn't live here, a simple homesteader does (a letter to martha stewart) - wilting on the vine - a prayer of the heart - prayers learned in the garden (aka gratitude for anne lamott) - the thorn in your side can also be a thorn in your soul - here, chick, chick - the gift of the seed planter - lesson learned: brokeness like a mosaic - full of oil and vinegar--our new favorites for cooking - lessons learned: raising chicks and raising teens--going back to the basics (a Mother's Day meditation) - thrifty Thursday: cardboard canisters - lessons learned: pitchin' the rocks - let's get this garden started! music to get you in the mood - the blessing of today - checklist for a sunny Saturday - lessons learned: cleaning out the closet - a piece of peace - the promise of morning - plantin' greens, myths and all - starting today in silent prayer - a prayer and meditation on Earth Day - lessons learned: pullin' weeds - rainy days and rain barrels - root food: now you see 'em, now you don't - lessons learned: what fog can teach us about slowing down - a morning thought to start the day - the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out--cultivating healthy compost - waiting in the hands of the Creator - - thrifty thursday: yogurt cups - frosty mornings and ordinary miracles - early morning turkeys and thoughts on giving thanks - lessons learned: what dandelions teach us about faith - necessities and guilty pleasures for the gardener - prayer for a community garden: planting the seed - babying the berries--tending to berry bushes now for great summer berries - quiet saturday mornings - small, simple things and friday on the farm - lessons learned: taking down the walls~creation's journey - taking a garden stroll: relaxing activities for the homesteader - looking - lessons learned: weathering the storm - let's hear it for the girls: raising girls who know how to homestead - - giving thanks for the farmers - so you've started your seeds, now what? - lessons learned: in surburban farming, anything can be - lessons learned: there's peace in the quiet of creation - rainy day got you down? ideas for gardeners on a rainy day - lessons learned: allow grace in - when light falls on the creeping jenny - sugar snap peas: Spring's candy - dirty hands, peaceful heart - gettin' ready for the garlic: tips and tricks for growing, harvesting and cooking - a simple thought to start the morning - on hauling mulch - faith and fancy and a little mischief for good measure - the open road - birdsong on a rainy Sunday morning - at the end of the day--spring comes to growing grace farm - jonquils in the sun - let us be "faithful gardeners of the spirit" - sending a love letter to the world - where do you find peace in nature? - Horst Rechelbacher's sustainable life "to do" list - caring for the farmer/gardener's body (or the blogpost my PT suggested I write) - simplicity - necessities and guilty pleasures for homesteading 2 - on growth, gardening boots and grace - from garden to kitchen--necessities and guilty pleasures for homesteading - what the birds can teach us about community - Earth, teach me - - mindfulness--one step directions for our lives - save the herbs! tips and tricks on what to do with leftovers or extras - starting seeds 2 - what farming can teach us about patience - pickling - starting seeds - light in the morning - "homesteading" the homesteader - grace comes in like a spring breeze - we're jammin'--tips and tricks for making delicious jam - why did the ducks cross the road? - homemade suet for the birds - "go local" - bring on the snow day - community garden - a prayer for our Earth - recipe and tips for a good marinara sauce - slow food - peaceful snow - canning - spring flowers grace the farm early this year - upcycling - simple living - sometimes hope comes in small packages - surburban farming - a big thank you. . . - homesteading - 86,400 seconds in a day--how will you use just one? - what makes a "house" a "home" - prayer peas and other thoughts on love - a prayer to start the day - forgiveness like a tree - recipes for chard - soup stock - autobiography of a gardener - welcome - tending to the garden