I can’t believe that it’s already time to announce the Second Annual Wilder Child Mud Bake Off! To kick it off, my daughters and I created some mud doughnuts and a mud cake topped with elderflowers and creeping charlie. Now it’s time for your family to get “baking” with nature! WHAT IS THE MUD BAKE… Read More

When we reflect back on our lives, most of us find that our most powerful, life-altering moments aren’t scripted. They are raw, un-hinged and well, messy. Despite this, we as a society tend to worship at the foot of organization, cleanliness, minimalism and order. Every day there is a new guru or best seller promising a system, standard, philosophy… Read More

I took my first foraging (also known as wildcrafting) class ten years ago, and have been tumbling down the rabbit hole ever since. I’m not overstating when I say that eating wild has changed my life. Now, as a mother of two, foraging for wild edibles with my children has brought us closer to the plants,… Read More

Every winter The Wild Man and I sit down and plan for the upcoming farm season. After going over the essentials, we talk dreams (think wood-fired hot tubs, she sheds and cob ovens). Most of these projects never get realized, but last year one of mine bloomed, a full-on wildflower meadow! We couldn’t have anticipated how glorious this… Read More