With living soil, rain, sunshine, and loving attention, we steward our gardens and animals as a part of a whole, interconnected ecosystem, contributing to a well-rounded nutritious soil and diverse array of soil life, which in turn are the building blocks for nutrient-rich foods and medicines. ​We believe healthy soil is the foundation for healthy communities.

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We grow our crops without the use of agricultural herbicides, pesticides, or GMOs, or non-organic fertilizers. and we raise our animals without added hormones and routine antibiotics, all of which degrade the soil biology, and the health of biological systems.

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We plant in polycultures, or companion planting guilds, designed for beneficial and supporting relationships between different species. At times we use a plant to attract a pollinator, to distract a pest, to help fix nitrogen, or to provide a living mulch, and often we simply trust folk wisdom, intuition and observation. 

We keep honeybee hives to help pollinate our fruiting flowers and we plant a variety of native host plants for other helpful pollinators. We utilize earthworks and catch and store rainwater to ensure that we are conserving one of our most precious resources: fresh water. The result is a garden organism that is productive, supportive, and quite beautiful as well. 

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And finally, we grow it by hand, and we grow it with love. In a world increasingly processed, centralized, and industrialized, the difference is indisputable.