Sustainable Lifestyle
The Orthodox Monk has a particular attachment to the earth. It is difficult to speak about attachment, and the monastic as our whole life is about detachment b...
Tag: Garden
Russian monasteries taking a pioneering role in bringing organic food to consumers
By Anneli Ahonen in Sosnovyi Bor/Halila On the former sanatorium estate of Halila, cheese is made using methods dating back to the Middle Ages. Orthodox Monk Ga...
We Have Eggs!
For those of you who follow these pages you know that several months ago I purchased 6 chickens and a rooster. Each day I go to the coop and look for any ...
God Gave Us Dominion
Yesterday, before Liturgy at the nursing home, one of the folks who works there asked if I was planning a farm here at the monastery. I clearly outlined our pla...
Chickens Part 2 ~ The Arrival
Monastery RI Reds Yesterday I wrote about getting ready for the arrival of the chickens and yesterday afternoon they arrived. We now have 7 hens and a rooster a...
Chickens
For some time now I have been planning to get a few chickens in the backyard. Well it appears today is the day! This past year I have been thinking about ...
One Word at a Time ~ Farm
The New Coop For the past year or so I have been participating in a Blog Carnival called One Word at a Time. The idea is to get as many bloggers as poss...
Food Inc
Many readers will recall that this year I have planted a garden. If you are one of my followers on Facebook then you will be able to see the progress of said ga...
The Garden is in!
Okay folks the garden is in and off to a great start.
The Garden
Okay I know it is getting late in the season but the plants are doing well even though they have not gone in the garden beds yet. Today I got the first I what I...