Grow What Matters… Food, Medicine & a Life You Love
Hi, I’m Mindy!
Over a decade ago, I traded in the 9-to-5 grind for dirt under my nails, chickens in the yard, and a garden that changed everything. What started as a small backyard experiment became a full-on lifestyle of growing food, making herbal medicine, and homeschooling my kids.
Now, as a Certified Permaculture Designer, I help families like yours grow their own food and medicine in harmony with the earth, without burning out or overcomplicating it. Around here, it’s all about real food, natural living, and creating a life that feels good — simple, grounded, and free.
Gardening
Growing food and medicine in a Zone 4/5 climate, from herb beds to vegetable gardens and everything in between.
Permaculture Design
Design your land to work with nature — guilds, food forests, zones, and the principles behind it all.
Homesteading SKills
The practical skills that make homesteading doable and rewarding, no matter the size of your land.
Backyard Livestock
Real-world chicken and duck keeping for small homesteads — naturally, simply, and without the overwhelm.
Natural Health & Herbalism
Making medicine from your garden — tinctures, salves, remedies, and the herbs behind them.
Recipes & Food Preservation
From garden to table and pantry — real food recipes and preservation skills worth learning
Sustainable Seasonal Living
Slowing down and living intentionally with the seasons, the hygge way.
Homeschooling & Family Life
Life-led learning rooted in nature, real skills, and the life you’re already living.
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Hi! I’m Mindy!
I didn’t grow up homesteading, and I’m not a city transplant chasing a Pinterest fantasy either. My path here started with a wake-up call that made me question everything I thought I was supposed to want — and fifteen years later, that question became a homestead, a homeschool, and a completely different way of measuring a good life.
Gardening
Growing food and medicine in a Zone 4/5 climate, from herb beds to vegetable gardens and everything in between.
Workshop
Effortless Soil Building Plan
Easily build healthy soil the permaculture way
This resource will help you learn the ecological way to build your soil, without hauling compost or buying expensive amendments.
Permaculture Design
Design your land to work with nature — guilds, food forests, zones, and the principles behind it all.
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Permaculture Design Starter Kit
This kit is everything you need to begin thinking about your space like a designer and create the sustainable homestead of your deams!
Backyard Livestock
Real-world chicken and duck keeping for small homesteads — naturally, simply, and without the overwhelm.
Natural Health & Herbalism
Making medicine from your garden — tinctures, salves, remedies, and the herbs behind them.
