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Friday night. May 22, 2026. Neighbors are partying. Music, beers, laughter. Skunk smell drifting through the air. Meanwhile, I’m outside with a headlamp and my now best-selling bug and tick spray, fighting bugs flying directly into my eyeballs while hunting invasive jumping worms. At one point I could hear teenagers walking down the sidewalk toward my house, and I suddenly became very aware of how this must look from a distance. Picture a grown woman in rain boots spinning in

I thought I knew what hard looked like. Eight days without power in the middle of a Louisiana summer after Hurricane Ida will do that to you. That was the year we decided to leave. Start over. Find something quieter. More manageable.I had no idea I was about to go to war with something far worse. Not a storm ------> WORMS. Invasive jumping worms in Illinois are becoming a serious problem for gardeners, farmers, and ecosystems. Before moving to Woodstock Illinois, my only expe

This was written by a human, btw. A human who loves the color purple. I first met Prunella Vulgaris (what a name) while wondering around a field on my horse. I bet she is growing in your yard right now. And doesn’t even seem to care if you try to get rid of it. It just… comes back. Again and again. Self-heal doesn’t wait for ideal conditions. It spreads low to the ground, quietly weaving itself through lawns, fields, and disturbed soil like it’s stitching something back toget

There’s a reason tinctures range from $10 to $75 — and it’s not branding fluff. In a $50+ billion wellness industry, many tinctures are mass-produced, diluted, imported, or made with questionable sourcing. They look the same in the bottle, but they are not the same medicine. If you’ve ever thought, “Why didn’t this do anything?” — this is why. 🍃 Dilution Is the Quiet Problem No One Talks About Most cheap tinctures are: • Highly diluted (sometimes more water than alcohol) •