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The Living Springs Log House, a log home with a red metal roof, two dormers, and a long wraparound deck, sitting above a green garden slope under tall oaks and a blue sky
Featured Patricia Mikkelson

The Features of the Land, Buildings and Surrounding Area

Painted illustration of a sunny Ozark meadow where an older man hugs a cow, a young couple laughs with a goat, children run with a piglet, a teen pets a lamb, chickens wander and a golden retriever trots along
Featured Patricia Mikkelson

This Land Could Be a Farm Animal Sanctuary

Bird's-eye watercolor of Ozark land with garden circles, fruit trees, a pond, a meadow and a pasture of resting cows and pigs, with people walking the paths
Featured Patricia Mikkelson

Six Ways to Belong, the Vegan Way: Ideas for Whoever Comes Next

Young, bright green poison ivy leaves in groups of three growing among white rocks and twigs on the ground at Living Springs Log House
October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Living With Poison Ivy: How to Know It, Avoid It, Soothe It, and Clear It

A large patch of narrowleaf plantain with long ribbed leaves growing from a center rosette
October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Plantain: The Healing Weed Growing All Over the Living Springs Log House Property

Illustrated cross-section: solar shade over picnic tables, fruit trees, a data center with a living roof sending warmth to a greenhouse, a wetland and lake with a heron, geothermal wells and a mycelium network underground.
October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Data Center as Oasis: Reimagining Technology’s Footprint

Big leafy comfrey plants filling the front of a lush garden bed on a rocky slope beside the house
October 20, 2026October 21, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Healing and Edible Plants of the Living Springs Log House

Close-up of glossy, pointed green leaves on a leafy garden plant
October 19, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Four Years With Longevity Spinach

A hand holding two long-stemmed leaves in front of yellow wildflowers
October 19, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Wintercress: Growing a Lot More of a Winter Green

White garden hoops over a bed of greens, with green bean vines in the foreground and raised beds inside the fenced garden
October 19, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Keeping Wild and Tame Greens Through the Winter

A large patch of narrowleaf plantain with long ribbed leaves growing from a center rosette
October 19, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

An Idea for a Plant Nursery and Homemade Salves

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