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August 2019

August 22, 2019

What Does It Mean to Be a Dirt-Heart Witch?

How do you know if you're a Dirt-Heart Witch? Ask yourself these questions: where do...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

Dirt-Heart Farm Summer Update (Mostly Pics!)

Life at Dirt-Heart Farm proceeds apace. Just sent the last 15 meat birds off to...

February 2019

February 01, 2019

Putting Things Together and Taking Them Apart ~ Seedling Edition

So much of what we do here at Dirt-Heart Farmette has to do with two...

May 2015

May 11, 2015

Changing the Worlds ~ One Little Bird at a Time

Everything we do changes the worlds in ways we might never understand. Even cleaning dirty...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

Ostara Egg Magicks

There are lots of magicks one can do with eggs and this is a great...

March 11, 2015

Wheel of the Year ~ The Blessings of Spring

Spring is a precious time. When things are new, they are fragile. Sometimes it feels...

March 04, 2015

Goats and Gas ~ A Dangerous Combination

What's the solution to this little goat's problem? Jenya writes on the scariness of poor...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

An Immensity of Roses

Friends, I've been phoning it in for the past couple of months. I guess the...

February 04, 2015

The Animal You Are~ a meditation on our creature-hood

Mother Earth, dark and fecund, hold me to my flesh. Help my molecules to slow...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Wheel of the Year~ Winter Solstice at the Pagan Homestead

@patheospagan @dirtheartwitch @jenyatbeachy How do we celebrate #Yule on the Homestead? Candles and comedy, singing...

December 12, 2014

Pregnant Goats ~ Life Goes On

I just returned from a trip. While I was gone, I received an email that...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Thanksgiving and Taking

I am fond of the idea of the gift economy. Not the BUYGIFTS! economy, but...

November 19, 2014

Permaculture and Pumpkins

And of course, the concepts of permaculture are applicable, not only to land-use, but to...

November 14, 2014

Let’s Make Soda ~ Fermented Blackberry!

Are you ready for a new taste sensation? Put this up with Ginger Beer for...

November 12, 2014

The Homestead in Transition

Big changes at the Homestead ~ Jenya writes on a new adventure!

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Wheel of the Year~Autumn Equinox at the Homestead

"“My Lord, I hear the sounds of the successful Hunt and I feel the rightness...

September 10, 2014

Slaughtering Chickens

"Slaughtering chickens isn’t easy. It’s simple, but not easy." Jenya writes on the process and...

September 04, 2014

Chicken and Truth Sandwich

"There is a continuum of non-harming when it comes to having chicken products in our...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Everything Out There is In Here Too

All of these things are *out there* and also *in here*. Every problem I see...

August 06, 2014

the Traveling Homestead #1

There is so much to do and see in this wondrous world! So many different...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

A Recipe for Fruits and Nuts

The *good* solution was to make something at home that would serve the same purpose:...

July 10, 2014

Homemade Ginger Beer. World’s Greatest Beverage?

Everybody has some consumable they are a connoisseur for. Some folks know all the different...

July 03, 2014

A Few Facts and a Chicken Story

First, a few facts to know about chickens: A rooster is not needed to produce...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

5 Simple House Magicks

I have a friend who comes from a tight-knit traditional Irish family. Her kin have...

June 27, 2014

Living with Drought: The Blessings of Water

Water is our slippery kin. It lubricates the spaces between our bones, gives our joints...

June 25, 2014

Welcome to the Urban Pagan Homestead!

The homestead is the place where we take responsibility for our deeds, consider carefully where...