by John | Oct 17, 2017 | Handmade, Thoughts
Filled with the vigor that comes with hope, I dance about the rain-soaked landscape of my mind. Comforted by the shelter this one-hundred-year-old white farmhouse provides, my thoughts are filled with the possibilities this life unveils. Outside, the rain falls on...
by John | Oct 3, 2017 | Handmade, Vegetables
Fall is most certainly in the air. There is a chill in our house this morning which has not been present in over a month. Fog hovers above the pasture and slowly dissipates as the sun rises. There are accents of green sparsely scattered across the fields after last...
by John | Oct 19, 2016 | Handmade, Permaculture Design, Travel
In this video, the family and I visit a biodynamic homestead farm located on Lopez Island in San Juan County. The S & S Homestead farm (sshomestead.org) has been in production for almost fifty years and is the creation of Henning Sehmsdorf and Elizabeth Simpson....
by John | May 23, 2016 | Handmade, Permaculture Design
In this video I describe the basic principles of scything, such as the proper stance, how and when to sharpen the blade and how to hold the snath when pulling through each stroke. If you’re learning how to scythe or interested in the trend of the One Sycthe...
