The Sustainable Homestead Institute is an educational non-profit physically located in southwestern Virginia that specializes in sustainable development, ecological land design, and nature reliance. Learn what it takes to create self-enriching abundant agricultural systems through environmental connection and ancestral skill immersion. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Photos courtesy of Pete Porter. Like us on Facebook! .

A guide to greater abundance and resilience. How to Make and Use your own Smudging Stick. Smudging is a powerful cleansing ritual used by many native traditions around the world. The burning of certain herbs such as sage, sweet grass or cedar has been used for centuries for emotional, psychic, and spiritual purification or as a blessing for a person in need.

Monday, June 18, 2012. A natural way to ride the menopause storm. With so many safe, natural and effective ways to manage menopausal symptoms, women should stay clear of expensive and cancerogenic hormone replacement therapy. There is a reason why certain hormones drop as you age. You may not know why, but Nature does.

On September 21, 2013 No Comments. No, not this blog, though as infrequently as I have posted, I might as well have. Who Needs Farmers Markets? The silver lining for me is that it frees up time to write, post and publish. With fall already in the Northwest air, our successful, sustainable farm, 19th Street Farms. Will still keep me busy, but even that slows down as the days shorten. So, happily, back to communicating.