Leonardo the Lizard - By Phoebe Ziebell
The flowers are swaying and casting their smell all over the garden. I scuttle over and under the beds of plants, when I hear barking. The humans let the dog...
The Echo of Stories
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A Morning On The Farm
Have you been out in your backyard over the weekend? Have you wandered through your own little veggie patch? If you have, you may have noticed the same thing I...
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Chapter 5: Hopes and Dreams - Part 1
What sort of life would it be without hopes and dreams? Can we survive without them? And where do they come from? I decided to take a walk through a...
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Chapter 4 ~ Unexpected Late Night Mysteries
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My eldest daughter is crying her eyes out. She sat in front of the fireplace, quietly rubbing the tears from her cheeks, and sobbed, “Why do I have to be...
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Update, Song Cauli’s & Thank you
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I hope you fared well in all that crazy weather over the weekend. This week, if you receive a weird-looking vegetable that resembles coral from the reef—well, it’s actually from a...
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Chapter 3 ~ The village or the forest?
And here I am, six years later—feeling that ancient impulse again. The same one. The one that says: Explore. Because service is more comforting than exploration. I’ve read many books...
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Chapter 2 ~ Self-Worth
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As soon as your self-worth is tied to how others see you, you’ve built a cage, and locked it from the inside. One of the most memorable times on the...
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Chapter 1 ~ Identity
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I was doing veg deliveries last week. I stopped at a house and delivered their box. As I made my way back to the van, a lady ran out of...
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Weedy Fields With A Message
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Emily got back from deliveries this week and told me “Susan said she wouldn’t buy our veggies if you don’t write your weekly newsletter”. What a great compliment, it certainly...
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Farm Update- Post Wild Weather
Sorry for the lack of newsletters the past two weeks. I have lacked inspiration and cannot write just for the sake of it. All is well here on the farm,...
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What A Week...
Somehow—miraculously—we managed to get all but 15 veg boxes delivered to you all. The messages of support, the offers to donate veggie boxes to people who’ve lost everything, and the...
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Let’s Talk About Your Body’s Ecosystem
This week I’m not going to talk about the weather. We are all over it, so let us not dwell on it. But what I want to talk about is your...
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Rain, Rain, And More Rain
The past few weeks has seen a persistent pattern of showers, and the forecast for the next seven days promises even more. The ground is saturated, our vegetables are barely...
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Why Are We Selling The Farm? Since Our Announcement, We’ve Been Asked This Many Times
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Since announcing that we are selling the farm. I’ve been asked many times: Why are you selling the farm? What made you want to pack everything up and hit the...
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