These are the ten tips I wish I knew when first moving to our farm. There can be a lot of overwhelm those first few months, and these words of advice would have served me well.
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The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon explains that our brains won’t process information until we give it the “OK” to start seeing things. This is exactly what foraging has been like for me here in Tennessee! Come learn how!
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Everything you need to know about wood fired pizza- my first outdoor kitchen build, my second build, and of course, the RECIPES!
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Saying YES! once again paid off in a huge way when Pratt Fine Arts Center asked me to manage their wood studio. Pratt brings all the woodworking to writing together, and also often makes me feel like I'm living a crazy double life, farm and city, country and class, two totally different lifestyles constantly converging.
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I am often asked how I make a living. The best answer I can give is "by stringing together a whole lot of random odds and ends." The newest, and one of the most exciting "ends" is working for Lie-Nielsen Toolworks-- a privilege I can't believe has been given-- yet I was taught long ago, when unbelievable opportunities arise, you just say "YES!"
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Continuing my whirlwind Instagram World Tour, I took a trip to Texas to be a guest demonstrator at the Dallas Lie-Nielsen show, visit my good friends Jason and Sarah Thigpen of Texas Heritage Woodworks, and see the Homestead Heritage Village.
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