Eco-Artful Life, an online journal

As for life in the country and efforts to be self-sufficient, we are kicking into high gear this month.  Unfortunately, I sometimes feel li...

I am writing offline today, and will need to post when I can either get to a hotspot, or when Centurylink finally restores my internet serv...

The other day, I played with a shampoo recipe I found in a book.  It called for 1/4 cup herbal tea, 8 oz. liquid castille soap, and 2 tsp. l...

A variety of herbs still growing in our garden in October.  I can't believe I'm still able to harvest a handful of lavender, yarr...

Fall tends to be one of the busier times here on the little farm.  I am usually scrambling to prepare for art exhibits, starting to create s...

I have picked and frozen 8 gallon bags of raspberries so far, and they keep coming! Mike and Anouk are staying with a friend in Northern ...

In early June, Mike was putting together a drip irrigation system in our garden.  Sadly, his mom passed away before it was finished, so he g...

Each year, we face some kind of delay getting our garden planted and projects started, but it seems to always come together.  This spring ha...

One of the things I enjoy about raising chickens and goats is their role as instant-composters.  We have a small compost pile, but I use it ...

Last year by this time, I was harvesting and storing as fast as I could go, listening to "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" on cd to kee...

I moved away from Michigan in 1988 for a reason. Well, for several reasons, but one was the frigid cold that dominated at least half the ye...

I've been keeping an online journal through my yahoo account, and it was mainly intended to keep non-local friends and family updated, s...