I'm here to care for every living being on this land I am stewarding.

I'm here to witness transformation through regeneration.

I'm here to share what I learn.

The moon is watching.

I will show the moon.

We look to nature and ask how to manage limited water to the greatest benefit of the land. We ask the beaver how to slow spread and sink precipitation or irrigation because he is the expert. And, he responds, swales (channels) and berms (dams).

What are the five (or six) principles of soil health? Depending on who you ask, the sixth principle is often described as “Know your context.” The first five principles, however, are visible throughout the natural world. The planet has evolved with remarkable expertise in growing and sustaining life, and by following these principles, we practice a form of biomimicry—learning directly from nature herself.

Discovering that simply practicing the 6 principles of soil health and managing our limited water supply could have such far reaching implications as reversing climate change, limiting harmful chemicals being introduced to the environment, cleaning our waterways, abating erosion, reversing ocean acidification, growing produce that is more nutritionally rich and more, sent me down the path that continues to stretch out before me.