CHOOSE PEOPLE If you have to choose between saving others or having a really productive farm, choose people. When we say farm, we're speaking in a very broad term, because we want to keep it simple, and we want to keep it scalable. The last message for this dying world, we're told, is the message … Continue reading The Mission of Agriculture Presentation at ADAGRA Regional Conference, 2025
Bunkhouse Crawlspace Encapsulation
Strange Cloud photo by Stacy Sweeney When Weather's Foul When weather's foulone one tousandI start to counttwo one thousand eerie thunder's growlthree one thousandtornadoes prowlfour one thousand strong winds howlfive one thousandrain pounds downsix one thousand I snapped an awesome cloudseven one thousandwh-tch sounds!eight one thousand flying debris of hounds and owlsnine one thousandwater tanks … Continue reading Bunkhouse Crawlspace Encapsulation
Italian Lemon Watercolor Thank You Cards, 2025
Stacy Sweeney | Italian Lemon | Watercolor on 300lb watercolor paper | 6"x8" | original photograph by Chris diDomizio The cloud may be dark in itself, but when filled with the light of heaven, it burns to the brightness of gold. Thank you for not letting the day pass without sending a donation, some in … Continue reading Italian Lemon Watercolor Thank You Cards, 2025
Arboretum
Eastern Red Cedar | May, 2025 | Lockerly Arboretum | Milledgeville, GA | Photograph by Stacy Sweeney About meditation, we traveled to Milledgeville, GA, this past weekend to recruit summer campers, who also strolled around with us at an arboretum, an outdoor, living tree museum. Come to find out, these arboretums are everywhere. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/what-is-an-arboretum-the-morton-arboretum/YgWxsyoImLZALA?hl=en Since … Continue reading Arboretum
Canaan Firs & Korean Balsams
White Pine, Hemlock, Fraser Fir Trees planted in May, 2021 The world is ours. Don't ask why, but what can we do? Order 300 Christmas Trees to plant . Do you know where the phrase, "bit off more than you can chew," originated?" Falconry. A rabbit will keep a bird of prey full for two … Continue reading Canaan Firs & Korean Balsams
Bunkhouse Electricity
Facing East Night photographs look flat with little range in value, like how a painting (first generation) drops a notch when it's photographed (second generation) and again when it's printed (third generation). Whistler painted night scenes. Facing South Facing West Bunkhouse Electricity The electrician's work is tedious, but the effect is electric
Building for the Future
Building for the Future We’ve got incredible news from Urban Community Life & UCLife Farm! After 20 years of running programs out of our different personal living situations (apartment, tiny house, tent, cargo trailer, barn, etc) we’re finally getting a dedicated space that will allow us to grow, grow, grow!! Our new “bunkhouse” is the … Continue reading Building for the Future
Conservation Plan: Effective Resource Management
Our conservation plan is a record of resource use decisions we have made with help from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). It serves as a record of our conservation decisions and provides a way to track our progress of carrying them out. Our plan helps us to know which conservation practices are in place, … Continue reading Conservation Plan: Effective Resource Management
Missional Farming at ADAGRA Association Regional Conference
Sheep Suitable for Children / Photo by Stacy Sweeney DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR OWN STORY We had a friend who told us something very valuable. He said, "Don't fall in love with your own story." Ultimately, it's God's story. How we tell our story is indicative of how we see the people in … Continue reading Missional Farming at ADAGRA Association Regional Conference
Bunkhouse Windows
Left: Prosoco Rep | Right: Keller Sweeney A Prosoco Rep attended the bunkhouse build today to demo Prosoco Fast Flash to waterproof the window frame openings and 2" over the OSB. The rep was straight out of college, UT Memphis. He looked like a frat boy and was dressed like he was going on vacation. … Continue reading Bunkhouse Windows