Sadly our dog Yaku died recently at only 1 year old. I want to write her story here so she will not be forgotten, because in just 1 year she lived a remarkable life. Once upon a time, just after we got our Doberman named Seidr, and just after our 10-year-old Golden Retriever died from
Natural farming and farming, in general is all about the management of organic matter. For those who do not know what organic matter is, it is basically any decomposed and decaying organic matter coming from any biological lifeforms such as dead plants, dead animals, dead insects, but also feces, urine, and so on. The more
This time I was not just buying trees, but buying a forest. With 400+ new trees on top of the 200 or so that were already growing, I am now hopefully able to reforest the entire land.
The picture above is taken from a mountain in the Philippines when we were hiking. As you can see, the once diverse natural forest has just become a coconut plantation. Losing Diversity In today’s modern world we want to clone everything and make everything the same. I believe this way of thinking comes from the
Cooking the best brown rice without a rice cooker is really easy. All you need for this is a pot with a lid that has a small hole in the top. Of course, the very first thing you need to do is wash the rice. Simply soak it for a short time and swish the
Aimer was a furry golden retriever. His body was big and puffy with golden furs, like a pillow with no hard edges, carefully sewn with golden thread. He would shine every morning. Aimer was ten years old when he died. We were in the doctor’s office when I finally accepted the fact that he will
Is plowing bad for soil? After having trouble establishing vegetables I sought some advice from an experienced natural farmer. He told me to “Plow the soil once for the last time to awaken the soil”. I was really shocked by this. I thought plowing was bad in any circumstance I said to myself… Did I
To make natural farming easier, here are my easy top 5 tips for natural farming: 1. Weeds are your friends but do not let them control your life. 2. Use pioneer species and pioneer weeds to speed up regeneration. 3. Do not let any area of the soil be exposed to the sun. 4. Produce
I’ve never heard of a sacred compost and only recently have I gotten to learn more about composting. So, when my husband told me that he wants to create a sacred compost my reaction was, “What the hell is a sacred compost?” I didn’t know that I could learn a lot from having one, and
“Ancient wisdom teaches us that, even without a single possesion we can be happy as long as there are flowers in the fields and birds singing.” – Masanobu Fukuoka Today I felt human and I felt animal. They are the same thing to me. I felt alive. I stood naked under a big mango tree
