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Picking a Theme for Your Farm-Fresh Year
Do you ever pick a theme for your entire New Year?
If the idea of goal setting makes you squirm…consider picking a theme instead.
A theme can be less daunting than picking a bunch of goals or writing out a page of to-dos.
It is like a GPS guide post without laying out the whole map on how to get there.
It is just your beacon to help keep you on track.
Although I have previously set themes for seasons within my years, I have never set an over all theme for the entire year.
In fact, I would say most of the time the universe does the picking for me. I just sort of let the year unfold a universal theme without any input on my part.
Last year ended up like that. And it was terrible!
When Cancer Throws You a Curve Ball
I took 3 weeks off to be with family through the holidays and to make big plans for Living Homegrown. Part of my look forward to 2015 involved looking...
Cheap and Free Produce for Canning
Although I try to pack a lot into my backyard, I have extremely limited space for growing produce. On just 1/10th of an acre, I have 5 apple trees...
Really Easy Steps For More Eco-Friendly Eating
I Used to Think I Had a Handle on Food: I grew up understanding where my food came from. But through my lifetime, the way this country produced...
10 Reasons to Preserve Food
Every so often, I get asked this simple question… “WHY do you preserve food?” I’m sure I never give the standard, stereotypical answer they are expecting. I may...
Real Food and Chef Nathan Lyon
Slowing Food Down In a previous post, I talked about Slow Flowers and what that means in terms of living more local, in-season and sustainable with flowers. But as you...
Day 27: Slow Flowers & A Book Giveaway
“Each bouquet tells a story about one moment in time, about Grandmother’s cherished flower vase or the fleeting memory that returns with a whiff of lavender or lilac. That’s...
Day 26: When Homesteading, It’s Okay to Fail
As I am closing in on the final posts of my 31 days of living homegrown, I wanted to mention something important. I recently had a discussion with a...
Day 12 – Teaching Kids About Food & Growing
Hey Kids, Do You Know the Story of Your Food? There is a great resource I use for some of my work with educational school gardens here in Los...
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