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You are what your grandmother ate.
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We have been busy researching and preparing a small line of natural skin and hair care products for farm-stayers and beyond. We have an amazing simple all purpose bar that is great to use as a shampoo bar. And we are busy considering deep conditioning options. As a holistic homesteading mama, I believe in harnessing […]

We love to find creative ways to make the most delicious and comforting foods more healthy. Whether at home and at our member-based/family-run bakery-cafe, Te Amo we make this a priority. We generally do this by taking favorite recipes and increasing their nutrient density by implementing traditional food preparation techniques – in this case sourdough. In […]

Generally, organic agriculture is modeled after conventional agriculture. The main the exception is that it excludes the use of toxic substances whether it be pesticides or fertilizers. Additionally, in the case of animals artificial hormones and toxic medications like antibiotics are also excluded. Other than that there are generally more similarities than differences between the […]

People often think permaculture is just another term for natural gardening. It actually describes a unique system that offers solutions beyond organic as well as beyond regenerative agriculture. I thought permaculture was synonymous with organic until my husband convinced me to dig deeper. He announced that he wanted us to get our Permaculture Design certification […]

When you live off-grid you need to be extra careful not to pollute your land and water. Even organic and “biodegradable” products can have ingredients that are harmful if consumed by livestock or taken up by plants. It’s important to embrace a natural hair care system that works for you. Here are the basics: Here […]

For the last couple Summers we’ve been offering our farm-crafted/home-brewed Kefir Sodas for sale at the Magdalena Farmer’s Market. Many of our customers tell us that they find the soda healing and wonder how to make kefir soda themselves at home. We have managed to build up quite a store of kefir grains and are […]

We are new to living out of the city . . . to residing so fundamentally amidst primal natural forces that command and carry, that lift and move us beyond the realm of the living. Of course, even when we were in the city we got a taste of these forces, but we had to […]

I mean isn’t it just a big stupid hassle?? As you may have read before, I’ve struggled with Easter in the past, making it feel relevant. For most of my adult life I just ignored it. Once I had kids I kinda had to think a little more deeply about it – so I could […]

I went to the movies the other night . . . The film was called Wonderstruck and it was loosely related to museums. Anyway, at one point in the film, one of the narrator explained the phenomenon of “Cabinets of Wonder”. Wikipedia defines them like this: Cabinets of curiosities (also known in German loanwords as Kunstkabinett, […]

Today is the time to celebrate not only the New Moon, but the Spring Equinox! As part of our Soup & Story series, we are having a simple ritual here at the farm led by Moona Cancino to celebrate the coming of Spring. Moona has been hangin’ out here at the farm for a few […]