The Distance Between Living and Seeing
The greatest distance I traveled in July wasn’t one hundred miles. It was the surprisingly short distance between simply living in a place and truly seeing it.
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An Inheritance of Prayer
Every family carries stories that explain who they have become. Some are joyful. Some are painful. A few reveal, only after many years, the quiet providence of God weaving through generations. This is one of ours.
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Spring: The Awakening of the Kitchen Garden
A rhythm of growth, beauty, and quiet intention There is a particular moment each spring when the garden shifts—from preparation to promise. This year, that moment felt especially meaningful. What began as structured beds and early greens has now started to take on life, movement, and personality. My kitchen garden is no longer just planted—it
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Planting the Spring Garden: A Rhythm of Abundance
This afternoon, with soil warming under a gentle Tennessee sun, I will plant one of my four 10’ x 5’ raised kitchen garden beds—one small space designed to feed, delight, and restore. It is early spring, that quiet threshold where the garden does not yet shout with abundance, but whispers with promise. And in that promise, everything
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A Garden Teaches Us How to Live: The Quiet Wisdom of the Seven-Year Shemitah Cycle
On a summer evening in the South, there’s a certain stillness that settles in just before dusk. The heat softens, the light turns golden, and somewhere in the yard—whether it’s a row of tomatoes, a bed of herbs, or a few faithful hydrangeas—you can almost feel the garden exhale. It’s easy to think of a
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Brewing Life: The Quiet Work of Compost Tea
With the technology we now have, a strong scientific backbone, and wisdom accumulated through the ages we possess the keys to a responsible stewardship capable of making our agricultural world into a paradise.
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First Fruits of the Spring Garden
Before the calendar turned over to the month of May, the first fruits of the Spring garden were ready for harvest. Never mind that the bounty was modest- a handful of tender fresh turnip greens, a few cool-season culinary herbs, and a single blackberry. The joy of stewarding food from seed to harvest paid not
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Building Living Soil
As winter begins to lose its sharp edge here in the South, growers and gardeners everywhere begin turning their thoughts toward spring. Seed catalogs appear on the kitchen table, garden journals are reopened, and quiet plans begin taking shape for another growing season. One of the central goals of any garden is to transform the
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The Booth at Waffle House
All of our nation’s veterans are due our gratitude for their service in preserving the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. This Veteran’s Day, I pay tribute to my hero, my father, James Edward Cross, gone from this world but not forgotten.
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Healthy Soil: The Wellspring of Life
Owner/operators of Liberty Trace Farm, Kevin and Mikki Krause, educate people on the necessity of soil microbiology to grow nutrient-dense foods for optimal health.
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