Home grown adventures in parenting off the beaten path, unschooling, and reconnecting with the natural world

"When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthpla...

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Main Author: Hewitt, Ben, 1971-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Roost Books, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The reckoning : overseers
  • Coming to the land : fitting into trees
  • The view : choosing for ourselves
  • Drive : held
  • The early years : then I walked home
  • Big sticks : ask the cows
  • The downside of convenience : the practice
  • Work of the world : letting them be
  • Risk and responsibility : only human
  • The list : the freedom to learn
  • How it ends.