Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
At the Living Ground Project, we are growing far more than gardens. We are cultivating a living system one that begins deep in the soil and extends upward through plants, people, ideas, and the shared heartbeat of community. What I believed I was building in the beginning has transformed. It’s …
For anyone who has ever wondered how we keep going when the ground underneath us shifts….. Living Ground isn’t a perfect system. It isn’t polished. It isn’t always smooth. It is shaped by real lives, by people learning as they go, and by the land itself. Some days it feels …
In this article, I explore the intricate relationships between the soil microbiome, plants, and human health. Through recent discoveries and personal experience, I share how restoring healthy soil is about more than adding microbes, it is about rebuilding the living terrain itself. Together we are learning that the health of …
I can feel it … the pulse of something long planted, now pushing its way to the surface. The Living Ground Store and Café is almost ready to open. And standing here, on this edge between what has been vision and what is becoming reality, I’m carrying a thousand stories …
In my 30s, roaming Canada’s wild corners, I felt stuck, like life had dulled my edges. Nettles were just childhood foes then, stinging my shins during backyard adventures. But one quiet day, I brewed a nettle seed tea, curious about its emerald-green glow. That nutty, vibrant sip woke me up, …
Since the pandemic era swept through the world, I’ve been receiving an increasing number of messages with links, images, and shaky videos showing blood samples, most accompanied by ominous claims about nanotechnology infiltrating our biology. Some of these claims come from online influencers, Substack writers, or self-declared researchers. And each …
Recently, our local community in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, has been hit with a nasty chest infection that’s been especially tough on the kids. Picture our schools here—mostly open-air classrooms nestled in the valley, surrounded by lush greenery and mountain air. With this latest infection, many children have been diagnosed with bronchitis, …