Belated Departure

For those devoted readers who have almost given up hope, we have some explaining to do!

Margo and I finished our time as field-coordinators at the Golden Rule Garden in mid-December of 2009 to travel back to the midwest, have Christmas with the family (for the first time in years) and figure out where we would start our own farm. As successful graduates of Ecology Action's three-year apprenticeship program, and having spent another year working closely with EA interns and apprentices there, we have been looking gratefully toward the time when we could found our own place. It's an opportunity to support EA's work in a different climate, pass on the knowledge we have gained, and, most importantly, do our own thing and make lots of mistakes.
We have settled on a site, partnering with my Mom on her land. For more information on the process, check out our new blog (as of March 2010), Circle of the Sun at royermillers.blogspot.com. But don't look too soon, cause we don't have content up yet!
All this is to say, you can look forward to many wonderfully informative, insightful, and humuserous posts by Garden Manager Ellen, who will be officiating the Golden Rule Garden blog now.

Interview with a Pair of Fanatics

Our friend Nikki, who was an intern at the Ecology Action Research Mini-Farm for a few months this past winter, came down to visit last week. Nikki is a writer both of journalism and fiction, and is also a health food nut. (Those of us who claim the term wear it with pride). Her passions also tend toward life-long learning and the sustainable lifestyle.

While the majority of her visit was spent with her sister, who is currently a six-month intern at the EA site, Margo and I did get a chance to have them both down at the Golden Rule for dinner and conversation. Nikki came prepared with her notebook and a desire to interview us about progress on our own path of self-sufficiency and healthy lifestyle.
Her finished product gives us a chance to step back and see that we have made some incredible steps. The fact that we play in the dirt everyday is the only thing that keeps us humble :)
Anyway, we recommend her blog, Generation V, and the interview in particular (for when the post has moved off the main page to make way for other excellent and more recent posts).
We are grateful that Nikki is friends with us even though we aren't vegans :)
And here is the one photo of four we gave her that she didn't decide to put in. I think it is self-explanatory.