Ep. 165 – I Am Orthodox Christian But Not an Orthobro (with Matt from FarmHopLife and Homestead Padre)

This week I have Matt from FarmHopLife and Joseph the Homestead Padre with me. And we’re going to talk about Orthodoxy.

So why this topic? Because it seems like online, all you see from Orthodox are all these new converts and they are all arguing with evangelicals and Catholics. And there are not like regular conversations going on like Perpend (now the monk Brother David) and I used to have. And this would be the kind of conversation that we would have if he were here.

You guys are on an Orthodox journey. I’ve been Orthodox for a couple of years, and I’d like to hear some more about your Orthodox journeys. So that’s what we’ll do, we’ll do the anti-Orthobro thing and explore your Orthodox journeys.

We focus on 3 main questions:

• Why Orthodoxy?
• What is the most surprising thing you have found on your Orthodox journey?
• What is your biggest challenge?

We share our journeys and tell our stories.

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Seeds and trees have a “memory”. They thrived and reproduced in a certain climate. Often when you buy chestnut trees or even hazelnut trees or plants online, you have to buy from nurseries in the Northeast or the Pacific Northwest. Take it from us: Trees and plants grown in those climates do not do well in Kansas or, in most cases, in the midsection of the country and Midwest.

That’s where Grow Nut Trees comes in. You buy nut trees from our Kansas homestead: chestnut, hazelnut, and I still have some pecans left, elderberry and comfrey. All grown and adapted to the Midwest, which will make them much more likely to be successful on your homestead or in your yard.

And this year I have more named chestnuts sprouted from seed by me:

• Dunstan-like American hybrids
• Empire Elite, which is the chestnut that is used most often for turning corn and soy fields into chestnut farms
• I have Revival which has a nut that’s almost as big as my palm.
• Chinese chestnuts.

That’s at GrowNutTrees.com and BuyNutTrees.com.

GrowNutTrees.com

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Raised beds that I built to test Perennial Kitchen Garden layouts:

Vego Garden Modular Metal Raised Bed (which I will make 5′ x 3.5′, 17″ tall).

I use this for a perennial kitchen garden – growing herbs to use daily in the kitchen. Just come along and pick what you need for tonight’s dinner.