Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

Got Couch? Trucker Cap

Today, friends, is the 2nd annual International CouchSurfing Day!
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term: CouchSurfing.org is a web-based community built around the ideals of freeganism and community participation. The concept is simple: if you have a couch or extra bed in your home, why not share it with [...]

Last Sunday, I arrived at Zephyros Farm and Garden, where I’ll be staying and working for a couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I knew I’d love this place. 35 acres of organic, healthy goodness: Zephyros abounds with beautiful veggies, scampering lambs, mouthy goats, budding blooms, and one big black dog called Ullur who spends [...]

First, an important note: I saw my first muskrat today! Here he is:
Yeah, I didn’t lie. That’s a boring video. But it was exciting for me. I saw him frolicking around in the creek, and had time to pull my bike over and get out the camera. Just as I reached the bank, he swam [...]

My first night in Taos, I stayed in the Abominable Snow Mansion, an HI hostel.
Happily for me, I moved along the very next day.
I mean, look: when you stay in a hostel, you know pretty much what to expect. Shared rooms with bunk beds, lots of young people with interesting accents and stories, common areas [...]

So you lost your job, eh? Yeah, you and hundreds of thousands just like ya. That sucks, because now you’ve got a really, really slim chance of finding another job that pays as well or makes you as miserable happy as that one did.

Dang.
So anyway, what are you doing next? Because I seem to remember [...]

My time at Dandelion Farm is coming to a close, but the work here keeps on going. In fact, a whole new phase of development is just getting started.

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For the past 30 years, Loren and Candace Stolley have developed their little slice of Northern California into a beautiful organic and sustainable farm. But, [...]

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Every time I think I know this place, I find some new wonder. Each door, each bend in each path, reveals some evidence of the vast amount of love and effort the Stolleys have poured into Dandelion Farm. But the most exciting surprise here is the art.

Garden Gate at Dandelion

So here I am at Dandelion Farm. And what a place to start. This place is much more than a farm: it’s a highly accomplished, self-sustaining retreat, filled with truly inspired artwork.
Loren and Candace Stolley run Dandelion… or it runs them… or maybe a little of both. They moved up to Lower [...]