This year we're trying something new and planting our seeds according to the biodynamic farming method. This method has been around for about a hundred years and originated in Austria.. It has some ties

We have been planting perennials on our 1.3 acre land for 7 years, and actively learning about food forests and permaculture since 2015. We have over 100 perennial plants growing so far, and this Spring

This article was originally written in 2012, when my children were much younger. It's 6 years later, and this approach is still relevant and useful for our family. Gentle discipline. That sounds pretty

The majority of people have no idea what unschooling is, so I’ll try to define it for you. A lot of people think they have unschooling all figured out, but are actually stuck in varying states of

I first discovered RenFaires when I was 26 or so. Been going almost every year since. I've been to several RenFaires in Texas, but Sherwood is by far my favorite. It's smaller, less crowded, and most

I love that my (unschooled) daughter can catch fireflies barefoot in our yard. No worries about tests or grades, no cares about what day it is, no needing to rush thru an exploratory afternoon-turned-evening

(This article is part 2 of a longer series, called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Follow for future installments!) I came to unschooling as a young mother, looking for alternatives to the

(This article is part 1 of a longer series, called Does Unschooling Have Natural Limits? Follow for future installments!) Awareness of others’ needs and wants doesn’t come naturally to everyone...it's

Today it was 83 degrees in my bit of Texas - perfect weather to light up the grill, let the kids run thru the sprinkler, and watch the chickens forage. Since we're headed to the RenFaire tomorrow (so

When you first begin unschooling, you may be surprised by how long the transition period stretches between schooled life and unschooled living. That's why people talk about deschooling - but what does

"Mining is dead," say so many folks whose computers (and electricity bills) can't keep up with the ever-increasing demands for mining Bitcoin. However....what if you mine using renewable energy

Money is not evil, it's not corruption, and it's not actually something that changes people. Money is simply a CURRENCY--like water in a stream. It flows with ease and gentleness wherever it's not blocked

If you’ve explored any sort of alternative wellness approaches, you may have heard of something called Reiki. Reiki treatment is an ancient healing art from Japan, and it uses energy & vibration to

It’s that time of year again, when everybody seems to be coming down with something. You’re afraid to leave your house, everybody’s carrying hand sanitizer with them, and you can’t seem to navigate the

I've been doing henna for over 20 years. This design reminds me of an old sheet my mom used to have when I was little. It looked like Hungarian folk art. I love henna because it's really half art, half

As of August 2017, I’ve cancelled my membership with Young Living. The evidence just keeps mounting against Young Living as a company. I’m embarrassed and saddened that I promoted their products for over

Did you know that in September of 2016, a gorgeous statue of a Native American woman went up in Chamberlain, South Dakota, to pay homage to the native peoples of that region--? It's called Dignity. The

For many years, I thought that it was my responsibility, my duty, to deep-dive into the most terrible and baffling situations (and people), with the mad hope of understanding them in order to transmute

Originally posted on The Homestead Guru by @KrystalT A newly proposed bill may render you a criminal if you’ve got too much cash and other “untraceable assets” on hand. Senate Bill 1241, the “Combating

Thanks for clicking on me, sweetheart! I'm Krystal, and like most of us here, I'm kind of hard to sum up in one post. I'm a mama of five (!) #unschooled kids, and my family lives in Texas on a pretty nice