Welcome to the secret hideaway of a long-forgotten goat, the flowers of a peanut plant nosing their way into the dirt, the lost art of turkey sex: InAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle(HarperCollins Publishers, May 2007), our family documented our year of procuring as much of our food as possible from neighboring farms and our own backyard.
This website continues to document the project and may help you find more resources and other local-food devotees in a rapidly growing movement.
Welcome to Down to Earth, a blog about living a simple life.
We discuss vegetable and fruit gardening, slowing down and being mindful, cooking simple food, keeping chickens and worms, composting, green cleaning, stockpiling and preserving, living well on a small amount of money, working within the community and how to change the habits of a consumer to those of a conserver.
This is a loaded question since different detergents will work or not work to your satisfaction dependent on many different factors. What works for one person's diaper laundry will not necessarily work for you and yours. This chart analyzes many different detergent choices and rates them so that you can find the best cloth diaper detergent for your diaper laundering needs. We also pinpoint detergents that work well with HE or High Efficiency washing machines and they have a page of their own as well. See how our rating system works below the chart. The percentages under the rating represents the results of our running poll, and how many moms use each detergent."
An essay about the cultural implications of nursing a child through the toddler years - and what a wonderful thing an extended breastfeeding relationship is for mom and toddler.
Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth - Birth Issues publication
Courage to choose -- part 1 Sydne's birth
An inspiring and moving birth story written by Anne's high school friend Michelle Maisonville - and published in "Birth Issues," a publication that gives a voice to the alternative birthing community in northern Alberta, Canada where Michelle lives.
