Living with the Land

Summer's here and with it some habits that many people think are doing good, but in truth aren't. I've decided to take a somewhat different approach this week and speak directly to those of us with small acreages.

I'm one with a 10 acre lot that I treat like a micro farm. With two greenhouses, an acre of lavender, a 4,000 square foot vegetable garden, and a five acre pasture with goats, I don't know how else I could describe it. My father-in-law thought I should have been a farmer and maybe this is my way of letting my inner farmer come out. But this all comes with the responsibility of living...