by wilderchild | Jun 19, 2017
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...
by wilderchild | Jun 5, 2017
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...
by wilderchild | May 12, 2017
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...
by wilderchild | Mar 30, 2017
I’m not the perfect parent. Looking back, there will be things I’ll wish I had done differently, moments I can never get back. But, there is one thing I’m fighting with every breath to provide: a slow childhood. It’s not easy. Busyness feels...
by wilderchild | Mar 15, 2017
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...
by wilderchild | Feb 21, 2017
I know better than to say Spring is here in Michigan, but it’s definitely waking up. Right now our maple sap is boiling, ewes are showing and we even heard a peeper in the woods! Phenology, a big part of our Outschooling journey, is the study of how the...
