by Daisy | Sep 1, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
Last week, I wrote a post about how to be a good steward of someone else’s housekeys. That got me to thinking about the hows and whys of entrusting your own housekey to someone else. The reasons we need to give a housekey to someone vary. Most of the time...
by Daisy | Aug 28, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
A lot of what I do is all about independence; trying to grow my own food and medicine, learning to make, make do, or live without. BUT, I also value interdependence. I believe getting to know your neighbors and making contacts outside your own family unit can add...
by Daisy | Aug 27, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
By the time I noticed there was a birdhouse gourd growing in the foundation shrubs by our kitchen door it was already too big to move. I decided to let it grow and see what happened. What happened was, it grew gourds. There are three of them that I can see. I have a...
by Daisy | Aug 19, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
My awesome friend Courtney Santo debuts her second novel today, Three Story House, and I am excited for her and very proud of her. She is a beautiful person and a spellbinding writer and storyteller. This article is a great intro to Courtney and her newest book:...
by Daisy | Aug 18, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
I noticed the other day after breakfast this was all the waste left over after the meal: Except for the fruit sticker, it all goes to the chickens where it will be recycled as eggs and fertilizer. It’s not always like this; believe me, sometimes our trash can...
by Daisy | Aug 16, 2014 | Conversation, Fencepost
As you can probably see, our blog is having a bad hair day.We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties and are in the process of working things out. In the meantime we’re looking rather frazzled, so please bear with us while we push and shove and...
