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Peaceful Grounds
Monday morning a group of gardeners from the neighborhood had a private tour of Peaceful Grounds, Linda Proffitt’s endeavor at Marion County Fairgrounds, where the county fair is going on. (See my...
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Homegrown “Superfruit”
I saw this item for sale at my food co-op, Pogue’s Run Grocer, and it cracked me up. Just a week ago I spent a pleasant morning bicycling around the neighborhood with a friend. We stopped to pick from...
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Will Allen Visits Peaceful Grounds
It was an honor to meet Growing Power founder Will Allen last weekend. The urban farming advocate was in town to support the work of his student Linda Proffitt at Peaceful Grounds. (Here’s my earlier...
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Going Soil-Friendly
Do you ever think about the importance of the innumerable tiny creatures living underground, right under your feet? In just one tablespoon of soil, according to North Carolina State University’s...
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Now We’re Cooking…with Sunshine
We offered our solar cooking workshop last weekend to an enthusiastic “crowd” of 17. That’s the biggest group a Pogue’s Run Grocer class has ever attracted, so we were pleased. Judy has developed a...
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A Rural Rebirth, One Ag Business at a Time
Earlier this summer I visited Becca Selkirk at her Wayne County, IN farm, Unique 2 Eat, where she raises quail, chickens, and rabbits. She sells the eggs from her quail and chickens, along with rabbit...
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Reconnecting
Today I enjoyed time with two friends in two separate food-related endeavors. One of them crazy enough to get up early and go questing for a supposedly killer purslane haul. The other tenacious enough...
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Lessons from the Ecovillage
Guest blogger Jami Gaither reports on her recent stay at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, located in Rutledge, MO. Guest post by Jami Gaither I expected my three-week Visitor Session at Dancing Rabbit...
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Fungi Offer a Model and a Hope
Last weekend’s Radical Mycology Convergence was an eye-opener to the mystery and power of the fungus kingdom. Did you know that fungi called endophytes live within plants, lending structure and...
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DIY Food, Medicine, Soil: There’s a Shroom for That
I am still thinking about the Radical Mycology Convergence, an incredibly enriching experience. My last post covered mainly big picture inspiration. Here’s some more hands-on stuff. For someone who...
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Expanding the Medicine Chest with Herbs
Last week I spent a sunny afternoon working an herb garden while learning more about the uses of medicinal herbs. My friend Greg Monzel is a community herbalist who’s helped many (including me) with...
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Seven Steeples Farm
Last month I got to meet Justin Berg and Mike Higbee, who are doing something I admire: turning unused urban land into an agricultural oasis. As with many such endeavors, they glean local materials to...
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A Mycological Field Trip
Yesterday we drove down to southern Indiana to visit Magnificent Mushrooms, Eric Osborne’s hub for all things mycological. Located outside of Paoli, IN, this growing business offers products and...
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The Miracle of Seeds
I’ve been thinking about how tenacious life is, encapsulated in a tiny seed. Some seeds I plant, but others sprout all on their own. I’m probably the only person on my block who gives a cheer when she...
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Fomenting the Ferment
Fermentation on Wheels rolled into town over the weekend. Tara Whitsitt has been driving her mobile fermentation lab cross country since October 2013. As soon as I heard she was coming to Indy, I knew...
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Foraging on Two Wheels
Yesterday evening I joined Greg Monzel and friends in an activity combining two of my fave things to do: riding my bike and foraging for wild edibles. It had been rainy all day and I wasn’t sure I was...
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To Pause and Give Thanks
Gratitude is not just a seasonal thing for me. I look to be aware of the blessings in my life all the time, the better to enjoy them. Lately I’ve been taking a few minutes before I eat a meal (when I...
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How is it for you? Are you feeling like the floor under your feet has turned to water? Myself, I can’t keep a thought in my head today. My short-term memory is shot. My muscles are all in a bunch. It...
View ArticleAnother Day of Liiiife
Is it crazy that in this time where COVID-19 is meant to be stopping everything in its tracks, I feel busier than ever? There are so many online offerings, so many sources of...
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I admit to some shame after my last post in which I wrote of the blissy aspects of this bizarro time, as I experience it. Of course I have also shared heavier stuff in previous posts. I experience the...
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