One of the best things about being a parent is being able to see life from a child’s perspective again. I have many memories from growing up on my...
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Childhood On A Farm
Garden Flunkie
Last summer my gardening attempts were pitiful. I planted a few vegetables in my square-foot garden beds, watered, weeded and in the end only...
From City to Country: The Bannerfield Farm
From the outside, Angel and Mark Cole seemed to be living out their dreams as successful systems engineers climbing the ladder in the Washington,...
Dirt Beneath My Nails
Growing up as a farm girl in Wisconsin, I spent many summer hours in my father’s garden weeding. At the time, I saw it as a cruel form of abuse to...
5 Ways Rural Living Builds Healthier Kids
We hear a lot about adults moving to the country to escape from the stress and grind of city life, but recent studies are showing stress is taking a...
Goodbye city, hello country! | Rethink Rural Blog
Burton Ouzts grew up in the big city of Dallas, Texas, where celebrity-owned restaurants, fast-moving freeways and high-fashion shopping malls rule.