In this 206th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am introducing two new efforts here at our Driftless Oaks Farm and on the Small Scale Life Podcast:


My Farm Journal 
Operation WW


My Farm Journal posts, videos and podcast episodes will document our progress and our observations of life at our little Driftless Oaks Farm.  

Operation WW is focused on cleaning up the Weeds and Woods at Driftless Oaks Farm, starting with the overgrown flower gardens that surround our Little Farmhouse in the Big Woods.

For more links and show notes, please head over to smallscalelife.com!

My Farm Journal: What is Operation WW?

Join hosts Tom as he discusses adventures in homesteading and in Nature as he develops a sustainable wellness practice, garden, homestead and backyard bird sanctuary on the banks of the Willow River in Western Wisconsin.  We will build resilient mind, bodies, spirits and communities as we learn, do, grow and be a little better everyday! And THAT, my friends, is a good thing.

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In this 223rd Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I discuss the Whole30 Reintroduction Phase.  This is a critical part of the process, and I have 8 Tips for a successful Whole30 Reintroduction Phase.  Remember: this part of the Challenge is incredibly important, so please take this phase slow and don’t rush through it.

We are on Day 30 of our April 2024 Whole30 Challenge! We have arrived!  Congratulations on making it to Day 30. 

This is an amazing accomplishment (this is a hard challenge), and I am very proud of you. I am thrilled you made it this far.  Even if you had a day or two where you went off plan and the rails, you made it to this point.  Well done! Good job. You are AWESOME!

For the last 30 days, you have essentially been detoxing and resetting your body and metabolism.  You have taken the time and effort to focus on you and your health.  

Now it is time to reintroduce those foods that you removed from your diet, and this can seem overwhelming and scary. Why would you introduce those things when you feel THIS GOOD?

You are continuiing an experiment on yourself. You are PROJECT YOU. Whole30 Reintroduction will help you determine what are "ok" foods, what are "occasional" foods and what are "hell no" foods.  To do this phase of the Whole30 Challenge, you need to go "low and slow."  In this episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I give you 8 Tips for a Successfull Whole 30 Reintroduction based on our two completed challenges.

For notes and "almost" transcript of the show, head on over to Small Scale Life to read along and get links and other resources.

8 Tips for a Successful Whole30 Reintroduction

Happy Spring, everyone! In this 222nd Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to discuss attending my first Beekeeper Conference called Beek Meet 2024 and 5 Lessons Learned from Beekeepers at the conference.

While I am not a beekeeper, I found the conference incredibly interesting, educational and entertaining.  I also met some really great folks at the conference, and I had a chance to connect with some really good friends from Ohio.  

Find all the links and show notes at smallscalelife.com!  

A direct link to the article is found here: https://www.smallscalelife.com/5-lessons-learned-from-beekeepers-at-beek-meet-2024/

To sign up for the Whole30 Challenge, go to the Small Scale Life Website.  An email sign up form is on the main page of the website and under the Wellness tab.

5 Lessons Learned from Beek Meet 2024

In this 221st Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to look back at our experiences with the Whole30 Challenge in 2019, 2020 and 2024.  I will discuss some of the lessons learned and “non-scale wins,” and I will finish by talking about Next Steps including a new Whole30 Challenge on April 1, 2024!

For show notes and links, head over to smallscalelife.com.  

Our Experience with the Whole30 Challenge

It's a Leap Year Episode Small Scale Life Podcast!  Episode 220 was recorded at 2:22 PM on 2/29/2024 (look at all those 2's), so you know this was a special, foundational show.

In this episode, your Host Tom introduces the Whole30 Challenge and summarizes the basic rules of this elimination diet.  There are plenty of do's and don'ts, but do not let the rules stop you.  By doing the Whole30 Challenge, you will come away understanding what your body reacts to (dairy, gluten, legumes, processed foods, sugar), and that will lead you to success as you focus on healing your mind, body and soul.

We have some links and resources for you at smallscalelife.com, so you’ll want to head over there to learn more.  Also, to join the Small Scale Life Wellness Club on Facebook, please use the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smallscalelifewellnessclub/

What is Whole30?  Reset Your Body and Relationship with Food

Happy New Year, friends!  Welcome to 2024!

The Small Scale Life Podcast has been silent since April 26, 2023.  At that point, we had just announced that we were selling Driftless Oaks Farm, which was our little 10-acre hobby farm in Western Wisconsin. We had a lot of discussions, a lot of soul searching and a lot of work leading up to that point, and what happened afterward was nothing short of a miracle.  We had some great offers on the farm, selected an offer, found a new place, got our offer selected and then began the moving process (packing and loading up).  At the same time, we kicked off a blitz of projects at the new house. 

With real life kicking and a busy job calling, there was no capacity or bandwidth to record, edit, and keep the Small Scale Life Podcast and videos flowing to the audence.  Something had to give, and I decided to put this project on a shelf and do the work.

It is a new year, and a new cycle is starting for all of us.  Julie has a new business called Willow River Yoga, my son Ryan has things happening and I have charted a new course for Small Scale Life (which really is getting back to my roots of this show if you look back to the first couple blog posts).

For more information about us and links, please head over to the Small Scale Life website.  You can sign up for free resources including the 24 Hour Plan, Seed Saving Guide and Budget Bundles on the FREE RESOURCES page.

Also, I discuss the Small Scale Life Wellness Club on Facebook, please head over there for the 24 Hour Plan and to join the conversation. 

My Farm Journal: What is Operation WW?

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