What does a sprig of alfalfa have to do with soil building?
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I set off on a side quest late last November to learn more about making regenerative agriculture happen at scale. .
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What I really wanted to do was get a feel for what components and proces… ift.tt/2Ur6ies
New video up on YouTube today! Link in bio. 😊
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I've been playing with @sdmicrobes #bierkashibokashi for the last few months, and I'm super excited to finally share my thoughts around bokashi composting with whoever wants to listen! Andrew has be… ift.tt/39Guz6B
"I planted these, but I didn't grow these."
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I could wax poetic about my work as a gardener and say "I grew these in a month with minimal irrigation", but the reality of this project is that someone else has been dedicating their energy to the space I… ift.tt/2VRPRda
Ahhhh you guys! I've been so bad about posting updates on Instagram lately because I don't have wifi at home. 😂
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I mean don't get me wrong, it's pretty glorious being disconnected for hours if not days at a time, but still... gonna try to get into… ift.tt/2HS1Mj9
"What do I need in a space?" .
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I need it to have decades of stories built into its beautiful reclaimed bones, so that I may hear the whispers of a life well lived.
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I need it to be covered in battle scars I can gently trace with the tips of my finge… ift.tt/3b6zwGR
New video up on YouTube today! Since I don't have wifi up at the cabin I'm currently at, I'm trying out something a little different to replace the old live "Sunday Q&A" we were doing there for a while. (Don't worry! These won't be two hours long like th… ift.tt/3atFe5c
One of the things I love the most about living at the top of a mountain is how I'm encouraged to spend my time. .
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Being completely disconnected from the world is such a privilege in its own right, and typically difficult to come by these days. When I'm… ift.tt/2NKwcXY
Learning how to ebb and flow like the tides more and more each day. It's interesting that as I begin to let go of things not meant for me, so much more of what I want (and need) in my life begins to show up and come into alignment. .
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Perhaps that's why… ift.tt/37bYaU7
I posted a video of a tillage radish in stories last night, to which a chef friend messaged and asked if "those were similar to the ones @chefdanbarber had posted about last month."
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In fact, they were! But the story doesn't end there. There are SO MA… ift.tt/35KTGCo
Looking out the kitchen window each day, it's hard to believe that three years ago this place was scorched by wildfire so badly that it looked like the moon.
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And there's nothing to say it won't happen again.
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But I look around here and I see and f… ift.tt/39HCzV6
Lift, sort, mix.
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I crush the large chunks of charcoal as I find them, and mix the crumbles with some soil duff I've collected from the odd bamboo patch halfway down the hill. I take scoops of the mycelium heavy mulch from various places as I notice i… ift.tt/2ZO01M6
"Is this 'what's next' for you?" we collectively wonder. .
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To be totally honest, I haven't a clue. I know I need to pick a direction and go for it- I just kind of figured that something would eventually feel "right" like I've been led to believe for so… ift.tt/2STubw3
"You got a few granadas, right? The ones on the far end of the orchard, closest to the figs?"
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I realize I haven't snapped many photos over the last week or two at the old farm- tbh, I'm mostly just grateful to be back in California again, and have be… ift.tt/2PQgjiH
I mentioned the plastics problem in a video earlier this year where I explained my choice in reused containers, and the number of people who were shocked was, well... shocking.
It's become pretty... theguardian.com/us-news/2019…
I spotted this scene while doing some raised bed rehab in a friend's garden this week and immediately knew it would be my favorite garden photo for the year!
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I've had this "wild theory" that "the garden has an immune system" since my late teens. Thro… ift.tt/34XpwMx
Happy World Soil Day! 🌱
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It feels like we've been on a soil-building, cover-cropping, and erosion-preventing journey all dang year, so finding out the theme of this year's soil day is "Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future" has me feeling like I have… ift.tt/35YSKuK
CALIFORNIA!
This is your annual reminder that with all the rain you're currently getting, there's a good chance one of these native dudes may wonder into your house over the next few weeks.
They are... facebook.com/story.php?story…
"We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say... facebook.com/story.php?story…















