
Phil was inspired tonight as he read his Mother Earth News magazine before bed. He left me with this quote by Deborah Niemann, homesteader: "A self-reliant community builds resilience through networks of shared skills and goods with the goal of sustainable living." This touched me and inspired me to get out there and start reaching out to and nourishing that community that has just started to come out of the woodwork.... Above is a photo of our brooder, being used for the first time by Julie Simko and her new Americana chicks.