Cottonwood – Riparian Healer

I love this time of year, everything is beginning to bud and bloom. One of my favorite buds are those of the Cottonwood Tree. The Cottonwood (Populus spp.) is a deciduous tree native to North American, Europe and Asia and is related to the

Our Brush with Fame and the Brush Off

Have you noticed there seems to have been an explosion of reality tv programs revolving around homesteading &/or living off-grid?  I don’t know about you, but we really enjoy these shows, learning many things at the expense of the trials and tribulations of others.

…and it makes us feel less alone in our own trials and tribulations, which only seem to be mounting, but I’ll explain a bit more about that in a moment.

Last fall, we were contacted by