After acquiring eight acres in the middle of the San Pedro River Valley, we arrived to start building Sabbatical Ranch one year ago today. It has been an incredible adventure! A cynic could have told us, “You’re just a bunch of starry-eyed dreamers about to get slapped in the face with reality!” Someone did tell …
This is the second article in our series on health optimization. I’ll just say up front that today’s topic is kind of a controversial one, but it’s an important one for anyone trying to navigate the modern healthcare juggernaut in an attempt to find healing. Juggernaut refers to an enormous entity with powerful crushing capabilities. …
We have all kinds of learning opportunities to share with you! There are local and online classes (a free webinar next week on 7 Steps to a Healing Garden) and we have a variety of ranch projects that are a great opportunity if you’d like to volunteer to learn. I explain some of our progress …
Meet Lee and her daughter, Grace. They were seriously injured by mold toxins and are still trying to heal. Lee bought a house in southeast Arizona about five years ago. When she first looked at the house she had noticed a small puddle of water on the kitchen floor, but like most people she didn’t …
The idea of using animals to grow abundant plants is a bit counter-intuitive because almost everyone has probably witnessed the effects of overgrazing. Imagine any kind of fenced-in animals and it doesn’t take very long for the ground to become barren of vegetation and start looking like a desert. There has also been a lot …
Having suffered with Mold Toxin Illness and Chronic Lyme Disease for half a dozen years, along with health challenges my wife has had including a cancer scare, we have uncovered some disturbing aspects of the medical industrial complex that more people really should be aware of – before they get sick. As I was thinking …
World events are increasing the need and demand for local food security. Now is the perfect time to learn how, what, when and where to plant – including how microclimates can boost your productivity. We’ll also discuss what’s possible if you want your garden to pay for itself.
I always say I’ll try anything once. Eventually I might regret that, but overall I’m pretty adventurous. Every once in a while you might suffer in some way from being adventurous, but that doesn’t mean you have to regret it. The way I look at it is summed up in one of my favorite sayings: …
That sounds like a ridiculous question. But rumors abound. Hmmm. Let’s get to the bottom of this. Our alpha hen, Java, goes around crowing like a rooster, but gets all the privileges of being a hen. For example, I mentioned in a previous post how I had thrown a big grub to Old Whitey and …
Sabbatical Ranch wouldn’t be the same without a woman’s touch. My wife and youngest daughter are an enormous blessing! They love staying busy and help in various ways with all the projects I report on, plus they work on their own projects. They enjoyed a much-deserved, special, fun day this week. The only project I …
