Farmhand Ace gave me a gift yesterday to help celebrate our upcoming International Glamping Weekend, June 1 & 2. Why a hose for glamping?
“As seen on TV” is a little joke of ours. The next time you need to emphasize how sure you are of something, just say, “As seen on TV.” Ace also knows how much I love hoses. Hint: Garden hoses test my patience like nothing else.
Do you have a hose that grows? I do. Are you ready for International Glamping Weekend? I am.
I always knew my bovine team of Jerseys was destined for greatness. But I didn’t know they’d be the solution to Planet Earth’s demise. (I see a blockbuster movie in the making—Planet of the Cows.)
How many essays have I written where I’ve made my case for the use of protein harvested from local deer, elk, and moose rather than soybean and oats grown in the midwest where the land was tilled, sprayed, and eroded in order for a trucker to deliver granola and soymilk to our doorsteps? I’ve reasoned further, Aren’t bucolic, perennial pastures growing high-end protein better than the constant turning of soil?
But first a little background. For the most part, I’ve grown up following Allan Savory—he was a hero of mine when I was a young environmentalist. However, now that I’m an older, “well-seasoned” environmentalist with things like a dairy to manage, I haven’t caught even a glimpse of him in the last 10 years.
Now I know why.
He’s been busy figuring out a way to reverse climate change.
“It has been a bit since I’ve posted in the MaryJanesFarm chatroom, but I knew that this was the place to come for some farmgirl support!” writes Ann of Forrester Farm in Belmont, Michigan.
Yesterday morning, Ann shared her recent mission:
She has been busy searching for a farm addition—a location that would allow her to expand her fabulous floral business and host dreamy rural weddings.
Photo courtesy of A Sprig of Lavender.
“We now have an opportunity to grow into an additional farm location that will support a you-cut flower garden, bridal and community floral classes, and small events like farm-to-table dinners by local chefs.”
Our farm photographer, Louise, digs into her apron pocket …
and pulls out the winner of the book Homegrown Honey Bees … Veronica A. Carter!
They say bread is life,
and, sure, bread is good.
But, water …
Water is the stuff life is made of.
More than just a mere thirst quencher,
water is the luscious, liquid basis of our bodies.
It makes up more than half of who we are!
“There just wouldn’t be any you, me, or Fido the dog without the existence of an ample liquid water supply on Earth,” confirms the U.S. Geological Survey. “The unique qualities and properties of water are what make it so important and basic to life.”
Photo by DFID, UK Department for International Development (CC-BY-2.0) via Wikimedia Commons
There’s a craze sweeping the countryside that combines two of the things we love most:
food and friends …
and not necessarily in that order.
The brain-child of five food-lovin’ ladies, Food Swap Network is a growing work of gustatory genius.
So … what’s a food swap?
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
