Hippocrates' Garden LLC

11/22/2025

This is a very small mushroom log yard, hope in years to come to expand both scale, and types.

11/21/2025

What can I say, the hopes, dreams and promises of building this off-grid, permaculture playground, labratory and education space remain alive, but barely puttering along due to family responsibilites, however, there has been some slight movement which eventually will free me to return to my life and this effort full time, I just don't know exactly when, it's in other's hands.

In the meantime, while I find I have to pretty much remain indoors and available to family members 24/7 (with some paid help), I continue to at least keep my brain stimulated.

I have completed at least the lecture/video portion of the "Become a Soil Detective" course with Professor John Beeby of Cornell University via the "Regernerative Living" platform, and hope to restart at the beginning of that course doing the hands on homework, which is were the real learning occurs, when my time is my own again.

Also on that platform I completed Kelpi Wilson's Biochar course.

I've also begun work gaining control of, and making initial plans for a much larger piece of property west of Jonesboro, AR. Which means in addition to the 6.5 wooded acres on Crowley's Ridge which is one kind of ecosystem, I'll have approx 140 acres of precision leveled, irrigated conventional rowcrop farmland, to begin rehabilitating into what I hope will be a much larger, commercial, research and educational site, eventually with 2 or more "homesteads" on site, market stand, possibly a small on-farm store or whatever else makes the site self sustaining and worth the effort, while continuing learning and producing some of the cleanest, most nutrient dense and healthy food (not food-like products) in the area.

That effort is likely going to take more time than I have left on this earth, and many many more hands, but I can at least try to get it started.

2026 could be "The Year", hopefully.

05/20/2025

https://youtu.be/JBzCSghnPjY

Just looking at a couple of brand new garden rows, created on very poor dirt.I had leveled a spot for the "shed to library" and there was zero topsoil left. ...

05/16/2025

I'm going to lay it on the table.
I am looking to build a community, not necessarily a physical, live and work together "community" but a group of people, who at least when it comes to food, how food is produced, how it affects our bodies, the soil, the very local ecosystem etc have the same goals and ethics.

I am trying to find these people, help them develop their gardening, farming, food preservation and preparation knowledge and skills as I in turn learn from them.

I am working the best I can towards this goal, for my own health, for my own sanity, and to hopefully leave a legacy to the next generations, though I have no children of my own.

I am also working the best I can towards this goal, because at some point in the future, near or moderate future, I plan on a major undertaking on 140 acres of currently conventional row crop farm land, to reverse the trend of soil and ecosystem degradation and extraction to one or more methods of nutrient dense, poison free, soil building, soul building food production.

This is no neo-hippy, woo-woo tree hugging, tie-dye wearing pie in the sky feelings over reality effort, but one built on tried and true, the outcomes validate the efforts and techniques, using generational knowledge bolstered by good science, be that done by lettered academics or thoughtful engaged citizens.

And if the signs indicate the efforts are "successful" (by our metrics not "conventional commercial" metrics, to expand these efforts as far and wide as possible.

For this.. I am going to need help, potentially in time a lot of help.

So my community building, is simultaneously a vetting process to find those people, those families of the next generation or two, who will help me now, learn with me now, and carry on the mantle after I am gone and have become part of the nutrient cycling.

At this exact time, my ability to be out on the land, in the sun, swapping sweat, building callouses is limited due to family obligations, however that will not last forever. During this time I am though available extensively at a computer, so zoom type calls can be a way to begin conversations, trade information, hold conference calls, engage with leaders in whatever topic and even provide group or 1:1 training, what I know so that when I am free, we can hit the ground running even faster.

In the meantime I can share my knowledge and experiences to help plan and stand up personal gardens, community gardens, market gardens, and whatever else.

And when we can meet in person, it will be nice to press those calloused hands together in friendship, and then get them dirty while we continue our conversations and sharing.

05/11/2025

So, first day at the Farmers Market, not a massive success, but I did have a couple of conversations. I chock that up mainly to in the rush to get out of the house and not be late (I was quite early actually), I left the signs at home, so other than my shirt, anyone walking by would have had little to no idea what this odd guy, with some vaguely sciency - torture chamber bits and bobs on a table was there for, not to mention most seemed rather focused on the beautiful flowers Whitton Farms and others had for Mothers Day.

I did get a couple of really tasty baguettes and cookies though.

Next month, improvements.

05/09/2025

2nd Tuesday of each month, I'll be here inviting gardening conversations.

Judd Hill Farmers Market, Jonesboro, AR

05/06/2025

As long as the planets align,

2nd Saturday of each month, at Judd Hill Farmers Market. Look for the signs and/or t-shirt. Come and lets talk gardening..

07/04/2024

https://youtu.be/Qe3OchHU1uE?si=7rHTzR-JZzhi52KM

Having repeated the soil test via Ward Labs, Here's a bit of the results, what they may mean, and a suggestion to go back and rewatch (or watch for the first...

12/05/2022

Well, I'm attempting a return to Facebook with this page, and trying to determine exactly how to use it as a community engagement and encouragement tool, until I have the ample time required to really get my property going on it's own legs.

I will encourage people to become involved in community gardens (if they will accept help), or start new gardens, be they personal, community or market.

For those unable to actively garden, encourage you to find those producing clean, healthy, unpoisoned food, be that vegetable or animal.

While attempting to field some questions, either with personal knowledge or other resources.

I try to remember, there are many sources of information, some by formal science, some by time and tradition. Much of gardening is determined by choices and preferences. My goal, as I'm able to work towards it, is to look to nature as the ultimate teacher, and base my style, techniques, and tools on her millennia of experiments and successes. After all, we are a part of nature, not removed from it.