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mountainjewel (68)in gardening • 5 years ago
Dancing with Winter's Death
Adult Soldier Fly resting at the edge of the composting toilet after laying her eggs. It used to be I only dwelled in fields of wildflowers at the peak of summertime, stopping by the garden on the…
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mountainjewel (68)in gardening • 5 years ago
Ancient Nuts Underground
Imagine our ancient hominin ancestor, Paranthropus boisei, foraging for food over 1.5 million years ago in East Africa. With 5-6 hours a day allocated to food acquisition, a sweet and fatty…
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
Stone Cooking Pits and Hide Tanning: Primitive Skills Inspiration
Welcome to the time of the woodstove. Stacking wood, cold mornings, copious amounts of tea, of winter dreaming. Welcome to book after book, abundant rest after another busy year, seeds, nuts, deer…
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
Building the Walls of the Slip Straw Sauna
Slip straw is a technique that we've come to love over the years. It's a great blend of natural building with conventional stud framing. Also known as light clay straw, slip straw is as simple…
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birdsinparadise (67)in wednesdaywalk • 5 years ago
Travel with the Birds | A Trip Back in Time! Old Stone Fort State Archeological Park
Have you ever felt like you’ve stepped back in time? We had the opportunity to visit a special place while we were on the road this summer. Visiting State and National Parks that are not only…
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mountainjewel (68)in ecotrain • 5 years ago
Teaching Natural Building in the Ozarks
Natural building is people's building. Just watch this singing Tibetan group building a rammed earth house if you don't believe me: If I could pin a catch phrase for our passion for natural…
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
For the Love of Clay Plaster: Building a Sauna
In Finnish tradition, when one first moves to the land they build a sauna that they can use and live in the first year while getting their feet on the ground. It serves the dual purpose of providing…
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mountainjewel (68)in dtube • 5 years ago
Selected Pawpaw Cultivars Will Blow Your Mind!
We’ve come to know and love the North American indigenous fruit, the wild Pawpaw, Asimina triloba. From it’s pleasing foliage, to maroon flowers and later to unbelievable sweet & plump fruit, it…
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mountainjewel (68)in dtube • 5 years ago
Leeks: Self Propagating Alliums In the Permaculture Garden
We love leeks! Not only are they delicious, the Mother plant produces numerous babies each year which keep the plant going season to season. ▶️ DTube ▶️ YouTube
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
What do you think will save us, if anything? (in terms of climate action)
My facebook acquaintance Jack posed the following questions on his feed and I really appreciate the ways Jack digs deep and asks the hard questions surrounding climate change. Because the discourse…
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
Lending a Hand with Lime Plaster on Straw Bale
Earlier this week we traveled to friends’ house to do a “blitz” to finish the scratch coat of lime plaster inside their straw bale home. We know well how much a little boost like this can help…
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mountainjewel (68)in ecotrain • 5 years ago
Are we waiting to appreciate the now?
The fact that so many of us are postponing our satisfaction, happiness, contentment or joy is heartbreaking. We are waiting for the right conditions to arise before we can settle into the moment and…
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mountainjewel (68)in blog • 5 years ago
Prayers are not enough - Re: the Acceleration of Violent White Nationalism in the United States
While thoughts are prayers are undoubtedly good things to add to any situation, especially a travesty such as the one in El Paso and then followed up at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California…
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mountainjewel (68)in gardening • 5 years ago
Season of Harvests
Not sure how this double posted from my blog! Enjoy the tomato twice over! As we transition into late summer, I can feel fall in the air. Through the cooler mornings and evenings, the slower…
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mountainjewel (68)in gardening • 5 years ago
Season of Harvests
As we transition into late summer, I can feel fall in the air. Through the cooler mornings and evenings, the slower growth of the grass and plants and by so many things going to seed. We are in the…
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mountainjewel (68)in dtube • 5 years ago
3 Year Old Ozark Food Forest & Permaculture Gardens
Come with us as we tour the summer gardens on our Ozark Permaculture homestead. We are in our 4th summer and focus on mainly perennial agriculture with a side of seed-saving annual beauty. See how…
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mountainjewel (68)in homesteading • 5 years ago
Walls Up~ Starting to Look Like a House!
This morning some good friends came over at 7am to help put frames up! We are so blessed with some good community! Ini and I have been working hard in the background building frames, but we can't…
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mountainjewel (68)in gardening • 5 years ago
Reflections from the Garden
This summer has been a great year in the gardens at Mountain Jewel. We're seen the effects of a wetter year and ever increasing fertility; our gardens are bursting with life. Our first season of…
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naturalmedicine (72)in naturalmedicine • 5 years ago
Exploring the Healing Power of Food: Win Over 40 Steem in Prizes!
View this post on Hive: Exploring the Healing Power of Food: Win Over 40 Steem in Prizes! Please find that all our content is now visible on HIVE. We'll see you there! All the same LOTUS…
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mountainjewel (68)in blog • 5 years ago
Living Wild | TSU Biweekly Question: What Inspires You?
This (bi)week @tribesteemup asks us "What Inspires You the Most in Life?" It's been a while since I've answered one of these and on this hot as ballz Ozark afternoon I felt like thinking about a…
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