Land & Property
Begin again. A view from the lens of living with purpose and making it meaningful. Becoming a steward. Some of our current land and property projects include:
Water
- Creek - 2023 Cleared Invasive / Planted Native Riparian Area
- Pond 1 - 2024 - 2025 Cleared Invasive / Planting Riparian Area in 2025!
- Pond 2 - Excavation in 2025 as the top of the cascading water capture.
- Pond 3, 4, 5... _ Vernal Pools scheduled to excavate in Fall 2025
Soil
- Continuous removing invasive
- Tree Pruning and making chips for future soil
- Cardboard & Hay - Used to expand garden without tilling and transform grass to ground cover!
Regeneration of Soil, Water, Field & Forest
Listening, Learning, Practicing. Understanding the transformational steps for sustainable regenerative ecosystem by using plants and animals. Some of our soil, water, field and forest regeneration projects include:
- Soil - Considered in Everything we do!
- Water - Capture and Protect
- Fields ~ Transform the Hay Fields!
- Forest - Trim, Prune, Chip and Replant!
Buildings & Structures
Preserving & Restoring History while repurposing and creating new energy efficient use cases. Some of our current building & structure projects include:
- Project 1
- Project 2
- Project 3
Regenerative Farm Life Operations
Applying the Lessons Learned and Wisdom from Servant Leaders. Becoming sustainable through a regenerative lens. Some of our regenerative farm life operations projects include:
- Project 1
- Project 2
- Project 3
Thriving in a Regenerative Farm Life
Some of the things we've learned about surviving farm life are:
- Be Grateful
- Radiate - Be the Light like the Sun & Stars.
- Balance rising & shining.
- Be resilient to crashing & burning.
- Grit is the fuel you need to persevere and prosper.
- Be willing to begin again.
- Network, Network, Network to Serve Well.
“My Regenerative Farming Playbook”
Five Check Points:
1 - Ecosystem - Create a farm specific analysis and action plan based on input from experts. Local Soil & Water and Forestry provide the expertise.
2 - Knowledge - Reach into the endless supply of Inputs but focus on only a few objectives at a time. This means Scaling your Ideas into ‘project sets’ that can pivot. Be Humble. Embrace acceptance of Mother Nature in Harmony with Possibilities.
3 - Skills - Learn, Hire, Share, Develop, and repeat. Expertise is learned by doing. Iron sharpens iron, learn by investing the effort. Kindness Matters and Sweat is required.
4 - Experience - Early to bed and early to rise, daylight is precious. Protect yourself from injury and sun. You will get dirty. Buy Gloves. Leave muddy boots at the Door. Dress in layers to strip down before coming in the house.
5 - Resources - Know you don’t know it all. Sort out the gems from the stones.
Give yourself time to read, watch, listen, and comprehend. Your time is valuable and not all people have something valuable to say. Follow the actual Farmer not the herd.
All the Best!
Norine Castle
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