• Lessons from the Garden: Sunlight, Water, Space, and Companions.

    Lessons from the Garden: Sunlight, Water, Space, and Companions.

    Cool air creeps up the floor of our pier and beam home, sliding out of bed, bare feet slapping cold vinyl flooring. The first indication seasons are changing and a good sign of the day’s weather. Unbundling from the warmth and stepping out of bed, room temperature floors, a warm,…

  • Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs (and the cows and chickens too, please).

    Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs (and the cows and chickens too, please).

    Sitting around my sister’s dining room table last month, sipping coffee and reading a handful of words in Lauren Akins’ Live in Love between all the chatter, I ordered Heather Lende’s Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs. Heather is an Alaskan obituary writer and author, she’s also…

  • Why I Started Foster Slow Living

    Why I Started Foster Slow Living

    Hi, I’m Scout Foster, a maiden Baker still trying to get used to my new last name. I married my high school sweetheart (kinda… IYKYK) in October 2023 at the most perfect venue in east Texas, Margot Hill. Our marriage was celebrated with a mechanical bull, blow-up cow costumes, and…

  • Foster Garden Growth

    Foster Garden Growth

    This year, I planted: Vegetables:SquashCucumbersBroccoliCabbage Flowers:ZinniasCosmosPerennial Wildflower Mix Fruit:Blackberry and blueberry plants are planted at the farm so we get to enjoy those as we see them ready for picking. My strawberry plants from last year are thriving! I even ordered 40 more roots to plant on the side of…

  • Oh, what a blessing it is

    Oh, what a blessing it is

    Walking cattle trails yesterday had my mind wandering farther than trails could ever lead. Oh, what a blessing it is. Oh, what a blessing it is to live where the woods are still alive, where there are leaves to crunch and ground to explore. Where the stars burn brighter than…