Mother Nature's Apprentice

Today I'm talking with Pam at Mother Nature's Apprentice. You can follow on Facebook as well.

Pam's new book, Wonder and Joy for the Wired and Tired: A Guide to Finding Inspiration and Well-Being in a Wonder-Filled World, releases in August 2025.

 

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00:00 You're listening to A Tiny Homestead, podcast comprised entirely of conversations with homesteaders, cottage food producers, and crafters, and topics adjacent. I'm your host, Mary Lewis. Today I'm talking with Pam, at Mother Nature's Apprentice in Kentucky. Good morning, Pam. How are you? I'm very well. How are you today? I'm good. How's the weather? It actually  is nicer today. It's a bit overcast here in beautiful Northern Kentucky.  We've been having

00:28 like most of the country, some hot weather, but we did get some rain and I think we may get a bit more today. How about you?  It is lovely in Minnesota right now. The sun is shining.  There's big puffy clouds in the sky, bright blue, and it's about eighty to seventy five degrees, I think, if that it's the first really nice morning we've had in  just under a week because it's been really muggy here. So.

00:56 I was very happy to drink my coffee sitting on the porch with the window open and see the  rogue raccoon we have visiting us.  Oh, the rogue raccoon. Yes, we have one of those. How often does that little critter visit?

01:14 Yeah, our little guy looks like he has a leg that is maybe hurt because he looks like he's hopping a little bit. I've been calling him hop along in my head. And  we don't have a live trap big enough to catch him. Plus our cats would get caught instead of him.  And my husband wants to  end his suffering with a firearm. And I am okay with that. The problem is he's never where we can get to him.

01:43 They are smart. They're very smart.  Yep. And I saw him actually  face on toward me the other morning and the sun was coming up.  He's so beautiful. I'm like, God damn it. I don't want to kill this animal. He's gorgeous. Yeah. Those are tough calls, aren't they? I hate it. I absolutely hate it. And I know it's part of the life that we have chosen, but I hate it so much. Pam, it makes me sad. Yeah.

02:10 Yeah, I know we've been there a couple times. don't have the beautiful weather. You have, but  we get things off the pond and whatnot and it just breaks my heart every time.

02:23 Yeah, it's hard, but if we don't put him down,  a car is going to hit him. And I don't know which is worse. So we'll see what happens.  Okay. So tell me about yourself and about Mother Nature's apprentice.  Ah, well,  I'm,  I was born and raised in Indiana.  And actually I'm a dual citizen. I'm a Canadian and a U S citizen.  Lived here in

02:52 until my early twenties and then found my way actually to Western Canada, the beautiful pro