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Living in relationship with the land
Growing food, making medicine, and building slowly in Oaxaca, Mexico
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I asked him “If you could write one thing on a piece of paper today that would change the direction of your life, what w...
23/08/2026

I asked him “If you could write one thing on a piece of paper today that would change the direction of your life, what would it be?”

That one thing became our focus for 1 year.

1 year and 10 months later it became exactly as it was written down.

For the last 6 weeks I’ve been sharing our journey with you. While this week is the ending of that series… I genuinely hope that for some of you it may just be the beginning!

I've left the full link to the complete article. That has the step by step journey in the comments

21/08/2026

The first frost doesn't have to mean the end of your garden.

Years ago, when we were gardening in Canada, September was when we stopped thinking about how much longer the garden would last...

and started thinking about how we could give it more time.

We discovered that we didn't need to heat the entire greenhouse.

We could create a smaller protected space inside the greenhouse.

It sounds almost too simple.

But it changed how we approached fall gardening.

I wrote about what we learned, including how we used old windows, low tunnels and layers of protection to keep harvesting longer.

And the interesting part is... you may already have everything you need to try it.
To read the full article → comment FROST

The first frost doesn't have to mean the end of your garden.Years ago, when we were gardening in Canada, September was w...
20/08/2026

The first frost doesn't have to mean the end of your garden.

Years ago, when we were gardening in Canada, September was when we stopped thinking about how much longer the garden would last...

and started thinking about how we could give it more time.

We discovered that we didn't need to heat the entire greenhouse.

We could create a smaller protected space inside the greenhouse.

It sounds almost too simple.

But it changed how we approached fall gardening.

I wrote about what we learned, including how we used old windows, low tunnels and layers of protection to keep harvesting longer.

And the interesting part is... greenhouse or not, you can do the same thing and ... you may already have everything you need to try it.

I've left the link to the full article in the comments.

19/08/2026

Sometimes you just have to put your finger in the honeycomb.

Your bees are exceptional, my friend. I’m not sorry I had sticky fingers when you weren’t looking.

Some things are simply too good to resist.


14/08/2026

For years, this place was something we were building toward.

There was always another thing to finish.

The villa.
The garden.
The landscaping.
The next project.

And then our daughter came to stay.

The villa still wasn't finished.

But suddenly, it didn't matter.

We harvested mangoes and limes. We went to the ocean. We watched her surf. We drank coffee together in the morning and watched the sun go down.

And somewhere in those ordinary moments, we realized…
it was already a home.

Maybe we do this in our own lives too.

We keep waiting for everything to be finished before we allow ourselves to really live.

What if sometimes… it's already finished enough?

The full story is in this week's video diary and is linked the comments

13/08/2026

For years, this place was something we were building toward.

There was always another thing to finish.

The villa.

The garden.

The landscaping.

The next project.

And then our daughter came to stay.

The villa still wasn't finished.

But suddenly, it didn't matter.

We harvested mangoes and limes. We went to the ocean. We watched her surf. We drank coffee together in the morning and watched the sun go down.

And somewhere in those ordinary moments, we realized…
it was already a home.

Maybe we do this in our own lives too.

We keep waiting for everything to be finished before we allow ourselves to really live.

What if sometimes… it's already finished enough?

The full story is in this week's Video Diary on YouTube.

Leave the word Villa in the comments and I’ll send you the direct link.

12/08/2026

Over the years, this little corner of the internet has grown into something much bigger than I ever imagined.

And as more people find us, I realize that it isn't always obvious how all the different pieces fit together.

So I thought I'd explain.

Instagram and Facebook are the doorway. This is where I introduce you to our world... the gardens, the food, the building, the land, the little moments and the things we're learning along the way.

YouTube is where the story gets longer.

It’s where I invite you to come live the story with me. To spend time with us as a project unfolds, a garden grows, a season changes, or we figure out how to do something we've never done before.

Substack is where we go deeper still.

It's where I can sit down and share the thoughts behind what we're doing... the stories, lessons, recipes, reflections and questions that need more room than a Reel or a YouTube episode allows.

None of these are separate lives.

They're all pieces of the same one.

And with each place, I share a little deeper.

I'm also realizing that this is how I want to build from here... less focused on being everywhere and more focused on creating meaningful places where people can actually spend time with this kind of life.

If you've been here for a while, thank you for walking alongside us.

And if you're new... welcome. I'm glad you found your way here.



10/08/2026

A few years ago I asked myself a question.

If I only had $30 to increase my food security… what would I plant?

Not a hobby garden.

A garden that could actually help feed a family.

And one of the things I’d plant is last year’s onions.

Because onions are biennial.

The first year, they grow the onion bulb we eat.

But if you leave one in the ground and let it overwinter… or plant one of last years harvest, the following year it sends up a flower stalk and produces seed.

And here’s the part I think we often overlook…

Onion seed is generally only viable for about one to two years.

So if you always grow a few onions through their second year, you can harvest your own seed…
…and use that seed to grow next year’s onions.

That means the garden isn’t just producing food.

It’s producing the means to grow more food.

And that, to me, is where real food security begins.

Not with having everything.

Not with having a huge budget.

But with learning how to make what you have keep going.

So if you’re looking at your garden this year and wondering where to start…

Look around you first.

There may already be seeds waiting to be saved.

Have you been harvesting biennial seeds?

Soil first, seeds second… For for Life!

10/08/2026

Before we chose the windows for this little villa, we asked a different question…

How do we want this place to feel?

For us, the answer was simple: open and spacious.

Open air.
Open views.
Open energy.

Once we knew that, the design decisions became much easier.

I think we often begin creating a home by asking what we want to put into it.

What if we started by asking how we want to feel inside it?

That one question has guided so many of the decisions we've made here… from the windows to the way we're allowing the landscape to become part of the home.

This little villa has taken years to build, and we're still not finished.

But slowly, it's becoming what we imagined.

The full story is in this week's YouTube video.

07/08/2026

In 2021 cheese making became a passion of mine and has quietly replaced the grocery store dairy aisle.

First butter, then yogurt.

Cottage cheese followed and that turned into Brie, Triple Cream Blue, Aged Cheddar and everything in between.

A couple litres of milk can be transformed into something so much more.

The most important things I learned were:

how the fat % of the milk dictated the end result of my finished product.
How much the speed of stirring truly matters
And that the temperature is everything.

And yet… it’s much simpler than most people think.

For this homemade cottage cheese…

A pot of milk.�
Some lemon juice�
A little salt.

That’s it.

And yes, there is another way to make cottage cheese with a larger curd and a creamier texture (more typical of grocery store versions)

But honestly, I wanted to make this accessible to as many people as possible.

If you’d like to learn how to make the other version which requires different ingredients just let me know and I’d be happy to share that.

No special equipment.�
No complicated process.

You can find the full recipe and process — I’ve left the link in the comments.

Because sometimes self-reliance isn’t about doing everything yourself.

Sometimes it’s just knowing how to make something simple from what you already have.

A little lemon juice.�A pot of milk.�
And a skill you can carry with you anywhere.

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