gardening + spirituality + homesteading + creation care
If you read this blog occasionally, you know that one of my mantras is “just be.” I find in life there are many lessons I learn around this simple but profound phrase, and typically, it is Nature that serves as my best educator. Last… Continue Reading “lessons learned: seed starts and waiting”
It’s that time! Every winter I pull up this post with the hopes of inspiring some new yard gardeners or suburban farmers. Always glad to collect any other ideas you may have so comment away! ~cameron Oh, where to begin?! It’s the time of… Continue Reading “starting your seeds”
Last night, I headed to the art room to spend some time creating As I entered, I realized that I’d not checked on the seed starts that I’d planted a couple of weekends ago. I unzipped the little mobile greenhouse and began caring for… Continue Reading “lessons learned: thinking outside the box”
This weekend, I will begin some indoor starts for spring and summer veggies and herbs. It is quite possibly one of my favorite activities on this little farm, for it is humbling to hold a little piece creation in your hands and nurture the… Continue Reading “holding a little piece of creation in your hands”
After I pressed two posts on starting seeds, I noticed the trend in lots of posts and pinterest pics focusing on seed starting. Yep, we get excited about planting the seeds, knowing that one day they’ll become vegetables and fruit in our gardens, but… Continue Reading “so you’ve started your seeds–now what?”
Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. ~Max Ehrmann One of my greatest pleasures is the first day I plant seeds in their jars. It… Continue Reading “lessons learned: planting seeds and permission granted”
Just put together my Christmas gift to myself–a basic indoor greenhouse kit. It’s small, but it’s one more step towards year round sustainability. And so, I’m digging my hands into my seed packet organization box tonight and starting to plan what gets planted tomorrow… Continue Reading “couldn’t get enough? starting seeds part 2”
I just received my seeds for Spring and Summer 2014! Hooray, what an evening of celebration! I’ll be starting the seeds here in the next couple of weekends for some early vegetables. I post this one every year as the beginning of a series… Continue Reading “it’s never too early to start dreaming about seed starts”
So back in late January, I got a wild hair to start seeds in all the extra mason jars I have filling up shelves. If you’d like to follow the journey from the beginning, you can read here and here and here. It’s been… Continue Reading “update on mason jar seed starts–3 months out”
After I pressed two posts on starting seeds, I noticed the trend in lots of posts and pinterest pics focusing on seed starting. Yep, we get excited about planting the seeds, knowing that one day they’ll become vegetables and fruit in our gardens, but… Continue Reading “so you’ve started your seeds, now what?!”
Wow! It’s amazing the difference a couple of weeks can make in the life of a small seed. My table full of life continues to sprout and spread, germinate and grow. I look forward to coming home each day and just basking in the… Continue Reading “update to “seed starting Saturday””