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We moved our family from the city to the country in the hopes of learning what our great grandparents knew. That's why we call this place A Learning Farm. We feel called to share all that we are learning—traditional skills, raising animals, caring for God's creation and stewarding the land. We do this through on-site workshops, summer day camps, farm tours, internships, and a quarterly newsletter, and by sharing up-to-date stories on this farm blog. We're so glad you're here. Welcome to the family!

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Gardening

Back to Eden No-Till Garden, Revisited

Last year I experimented with a no-till garden plot based on Paul Gautschi’s “Back to Eden” gardening method. This year I decided to go back to the conventional method of tilling, largely…

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Planting a No-Till Garden, Step-by-Step

A few years ago I watched the documentary Back to Eden, which describes how master gardener Paul Gautschi uses a revolutionary but forgotten method to suppress weeds and rebuild soil fertility. If you…

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Gardening

Experimental gardening

I am a tinkerer by nature. I like to try things out for myself and see how they work. It’s part stereotypical man-who-won’t-ask-for-directions. It’s also how I learn. It’s not…