Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden. Learn how to build your own permaculture garden Get our 10 Steps Garden Workbook when you sign up!
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Hello, Reader, We have honey! The tomatoes are still green but growing really well right now. Yes, there are still things that are getting eaten by deer (like potatoes and every unprotected sunfower and zinnia on our property). But we've got beets coming in so fast we're having a beet salad every other day! This abundance is exactly the "problem" we set out to have when we started growing our own food eleven years ago. Dave and I did not know how to answer that question. We just knew we had to start somewhere. So my husband Dave and I started reading and watching and writing down everything about growing food — about soil, about observation, about working with the land instead of against it. About what permaculture actually is when you strip away the theory and get your hands in the dirt. We even got certified in Permaculture by two different teachers! More than a reference book, it serves as the workbook we wish we had in those early years to answer our ongoing questions. It is practical, honest, and designed to be used. Written in, returned to, carried into the garden. Don't forget that, on earth, every big thing has had a small beginning. What is born big is monstrous and dies. This book is composed of small steps to guide you along your own unique garden journey. We hope it brings you a bountiful life both the physical and spiritual. Get your copy here: Permaculture Gardening for Everyone at the Mother Earth News store or on Amazon. |
Dave & Nicky Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden. Learn how to build your own permaculture garden Get our 10 Steps Garden Workbook when you sign up!
Hi Reader! The beds are winding down. The frost is coming. And we're getting our garden row covers ready, Fall is actually one of my favorite times in the garden. For one thing, there are no more bugs where we are. Yay! And then who can resist jumping into a pile of golden, crunchy leaves? Finally, I love this season too becauyse I know that what I do now will pays off in the spring. Here are the 6 things we do at Bethany Farm to end this season well: Chop and drop - cut back spent plants and...
Your interior life has to be just that: to begin… and to begin again.- St Josemaría Escrivá, The Way. Hi Reader, I just came from a three-day spiritual, silent retreat. If you've never been to one, I highly recommend it. I am renewed, refreshed and ready to share something Dave and I have been planning for a few months now.For the past few years, we’ve offered GIY (Grow-It-Yourself ) as a year-long program. It was built for people who wanted to learn everything at once. And a lot of people...
Hi Reader! A Seed Saving Mistake This summer our kids shelled a big batch of beans and cowpeas. We poured them straight into glass jars. A few weeks later, every jar had molded. The pods weren’t dry enough. Why We Save Seeds Every seed has a future inside of it. I love the word “steward,” because saving seed lets us keep that future for the next generation. Our seed shop (pictured above) is our little Noah’s ark, keeping seeds safe through the winter. It reminds me of the enslaved Africans...