Tag Archives: permaculture

Mountains of Tomato’s

The second half of the month of August is always a joy to me. This is the time where my acquired “Square-foot-gardening” skills start to show the rewards of working those raised bed gardens pay off. The heirloom tomato’s are … Continue reading

Posted in america, diet, family, food, frugal, fun, gardening, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, whole food plant based | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

A Whole Life

Slowly and carefully I am taking small steps towards going from a Whole 30 diet to a Whole 30 Lifestyle. I suppose you can say I am trying to create a Whole Lifestyle. With new born excitement about not just … Continue reading

Posted in adventures, art, awards, blogging, body building, camping, debt, diabesity, diet, emergency, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, MAC, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, photography, prepared, primal, quit smoking, roses, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vaping, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Being human is being human

Whole 30 Day #19 and my blood sugar has balanced out at and average of 89 mg/dl for the last three days. Yes folks, I have once again cured type II diabetes through diet and exercise. Well not really cured, but … Continue reading

Posted in adventures, body building, diabesity, diet, family, fitness, food, fun, gardening, health, hiking, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, primal, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Sometimes we have to get back to simply being human

After just 14 days of changing my diet according to the Whole 30 standards and starting a workout program I have been able to reduce my morning blood sugars to under 100 mg/dl. That’s right! This mornings reading was 98 mg/dl. This … Continue reading

Posted in adventures, body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, food, fun, gardening, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, the whole 30, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Live a Gentle Life

The terms so often used like “Simple Life” or “Minimalism” seem to come with a distinct set of rules that apply to the process of reaching a point where we arrive at what I call a “Gentle Life”. In the … Continue reading

Posted in debt, family, finances, fitness, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, life, marriage, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, primal, simple living, stress, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 23 Comments

Service to Others

Yesterday I met a woman of 79 years old who tended to the needs of a beautiful home and yard. My purpose for being there was to respond to a complaint of overgrown natural growth at a property next to … Continue reading

Posted in adventures, family, gardening, growing up, health, life, marriage, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, permaculture, simple living, stress, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

Fall gives way to thoughts of new ways of Community Gardening

As the vegetables growing in my raised bed gardens are giving way to fall I am slowly cutting things down to start preparing for next years plans. This seasons yield of crop wasn’t as good as last years as we … Continue reading

Posted in diet, family, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

The Morning Person

It’s 5:00 AM this Saturday morning and while most folks are still sleeping here I am sitting  in my kitchen waiting for the world to awaken. This is my time to experience the silence of the world in my little … Continue reading

Posted in blogging, body building, debt, diabesity, diet, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, minimalist, paleo, photography, primal, simple living, stress, type II diabetes, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

Gardens Planted for 2016

Look, I really do other things besides working out and watching my diet. Actually working these small gardens is one of my refuges from the everyday. I find myself at peace in the Garden.

Posted in diet, flowers, food, fun, gardening, health, life, minimalist, nature, Oregon, photography, primal, simple living, stress | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

Good Health is Simple Living

I have been writing a lot of posts lately about my own health and my challenges with Type II Diabetes. I tag these posts with “minimalism and simple living” tags. The reason I do this is that I feel one … Continue reading

Posted in blogging, body building, diabesity, family, finances, fitness, flowers, food, fun, gardening, growing up, health, hiking, intermittent fasting, life, marriage, meditation, minimalist, nature, Oregon, paleo, permaculture, primal, roses, simple living, type II diabetes, vegan, vegetarian, walking, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments