when the world seems lost in darkness, i turn my attention to the life-affirming actions within my grasp. thankfully, these are numberless. and after all, winter’s darkness yields the finest moment for regeneration. life is only dormant, and it is in this window that we can propagate more life.

welcome to episode two of season four of the journal of small work podcast. read the full text here.

this small work exists thanks to patrons of appleturnover, it was released in written form a year ago and is bound for the next volume of the journal of small work. get it when it’s out with a paid subscription.

paid subscribers might also like to watch february’s farm tour which focused on pruning for new growth and starting new life from cuttings.

also check out this minute-long short on propagation!

i hope that if you find your own grief for the world threatening to overwhelm, that some small work, perhaps of swapping seeds or taking cuttings, can help to revive you.

now the farm stays here are at appleturnover are booking if you want to vividly, palpably experience what the future could look like when we tend to it with our own hands, in our own communities. it would be my pleasure to have you here and see you off with fresh energy and ideas. that is the heart of new life too, collaboration. i am excited for what light may emerge from even the darkest moments. what new life are you preparing for?

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