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What scares you the most? For many it’s snakes, some spiders while others flee from wasps and bees. I’ll be the first to admit that I have had many moments of feeling like my heart just jumped out of my chest. I also have not completely overcome my fears of several different creatures. I don’t…
Fall is absolutely my favorite time of the year! It gets pumpkin crazy around our home as the baking begins. Of course, my very favorite pumpkins are all the glorious heirloom pumpkins. The many different shapes and colors of heirloom pumpkins are pure natural art from the earth. My favorite pumpkin above all other pumpkins…
What do Americans do when they are faced with overwhelming disasters? We pick up a shovel and start digging. It’s how the West was Won! It’s what we did during World War II. Communities and families worked together and grew enough food to feed their families and share with their neighbors. Every bare space was…
“The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can be said to have a soul.” Charles Dudley Warner, ‘My Summer in a Garden’ (1871) Although it is hard to find anyone who knows exactly where the beloved onion…
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~ Chief Seattle, 1854 ~ At the vast majority of the Northern regions have enjoyed the immense populations of our countries wildlife…
We have lived upon this land from days beyond history’s record, far past any living memory, deep into the time of legend. The story of my people and the story of this place are one single story. We are always joined together ~ Pueblo Elder The legends of corn can easily be told by the…
We are so thankful that we’ve made it through another year saving treasured heirloom seeds. We have helped preserve our Traditional American Heritage by saving heirloom seeds that we, in turn, may pass down to future generations. As our country took root it brought with it a wealth of immigrants that saved treasured family varieties…
Can Honey Farms Truly Be Organic? The plain fact is, honeybees travel several miles from their hive foraging for attractive flowers to sip their sweet nectar. They then return to their hives and get to work on making that golden sweet honey that only the honeybees do so perfectly. Even though the beekeepers flowers may…
I think what fascinates me the most about many of our native herbs is how the Native American Tribes found uses for them. Many times by observing what was going on in nature itself. It is said that they first discovered Echinacea Angustifolia by observing how the Elk would seek it out to eat when…
HEIRLOOMS I love all my open-pollinated heirloom varieties of vegetables and flowers. They are perfectly designed for growing in an organic garden. Heirlooms have not been tampered with by man and each seed being it’s original and perhaps changed only by nature itself. They are historical seeds that have been saved and passed down through…