Dear Wildflower Acres & Orchard is about redemption in all its forms. Redemption of land and people. Of soil and nature and self. This land and this business exist with the sole intent of treating the Earth and all of her inhabitants well.
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As many of you already know, we said goodbye to our farmhand, best friend, 17-time consecutive employee of the month, beloved dog Jasper. Jasper has been a part of Dear Wildflower since the very beginning–sampling green beans and melons from my first garden, hiding timidly from the lawn mower, joining happily on countless dump runs, […]
Dear Lord, how has it been a year. Well, now. It’s officially been a bit more than that. I’m late to my anniversary. Let’s take a pause and lay down an Ebenezer. This year we wrote a forest management plan that was fully funded by NRCS. Planted and harvested from two small gardens. Put into
We are very excited to welcome mushrooms to Dear Wildflower Acres & Orchard. Kay and Geary of BearPaw Brook Farms have been incredibly generous with their knowledge and time as we learn about mushroom keeping and harvesting from them. As they transition into their retirement (congratulations, friends), the mushrooms transition into our care. In the
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Ya know, God was right in saying, “It is not good that man should be alone.” (Genesis 2:18). Now before you get on my case that the verse is in reference to Eve and not to what I’m about to get into, let me stop you. This is no sermon. This isn’t Sunday School. This
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As you’ve likely gathered by now, I have been in the process of getting sizzled to a crisp like a phoenix. It’s uncomfortable, I’d say, at a minimum. For so long, I was unhappy, disassociated, and all-around miserable. My anxiety, depression, physical ailments, and chronic misery grew to be unsustainable. They cried out, “Hear me.
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The back yard is my favorite place on Earth. It is my gift from the divine and from myself. Digging the dirt and turning the compost and pulling weeds in the cold and the hot. And the rain pouring and the sun shining. Eating and enjoying all the snacks that I worked so hard to
I was startled to learn that a large percentage of items we donate to thrift stores make their way to a landfill. To prevent excess waste, I like to give away items directly rather than to a thrift store. I also like to repair things when they break, buy high quality, and either buy or
Friends, I have a wild dream that I would no longer like to hold inside of me. I have visions that I would like to see turned into reality. I feel wildly vulnerable speaking it into existence in a blog of all places, but if you’ve been following along with my journey of self-discovery and