Golden Chai Latte
My New Morning Beverage I want to introduce you to my new favorite morning drink: a Golden Chai Latte. This is a very warming, flavorful way to start the day! …
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Golden Chai Latte
Smilax: The Vine We Love to Hate
The Problem is the Solution Let me begin my saying my dislike to this plant borders on religious fervor. However, we have quite a lot of it here at Tanglefoot…
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Smilax: The Vine We Love to Hate
Soil Restoration at Tanglefoot
Soil Profile The single biggest challenge we face here at Tanglefoot Farm is soil restoration. From the Oklahoma Soil Survey I learned that our property is considered highly eroded Nash-Lucien…
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Soil Restoration at Tanglefoot
Hackberry – A Beautiful Multi-Use Native
We have several Hackberry trees out here at Tanglefoot. This unfortunately named tree supposedly earned it's moniker because a decoction from the bark can be used to treat cough (hack).…
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Hackberry – A Beautiful Multi-Use Native
Soil-Restoring Solutions for a Better Garden
But first, The Soil One of the main tenets of Regenerative Agriculture, including Permaculture, is restoring fertility to the soil. After a disappointingly meager yield from the garden, I have…
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Soil-Restoring Solutions for a Better Garden
Building a Barndo – Update
Today is Labor Day, 2019. Much to my chagrin, the barndo isn't quite finished yet. In the almost-year since we started this little adventure, we learned a lot. Actually, way…
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Building a Barndo – Update
Restoring Habitat for Wildlife
Where the Wild Things Are I grew up in rural Texas, where people made a living farming and ranching (no one called it "homesteading" then), and huge swaths of open…
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Restoring Habitat for Wildlife