Roots and Rivers Homestead Blog

Hello friends! I'm Megan...a mama and caregiver, wife, organic gardener, photographer, homesteader who's into permaculture and sustainable land use practices, creator of Boater Balm, lover our beautiful diverse abundant natural world, and I'm an anthropologist and former archeologist.

Gardening has been one of my all time great loves. It began about 2 decades ago when I was in my twenties, battling endometriosis. My career in archeology and my dreams were sidelined...I went to countless doctors only to get sicker and sicker. I finally, thankfully, met a wise and kind yogini who recommended I eat all organic food and do yoga and take vitamins to address my health issues. I said I couldn't afford to eat organic food...she asked if I could afford to hang out in hospitals...I answered "no". So I went home and removed the sod from a small sunny spot in my yard, and I planted my first organic garden...determined to bloom where I was planted.

Thus began my love affair with gardening. I find myself returning to the earth again and again as my source of everything that heals and sustains me and my family in body mind and spirit. My homestead brings me great joy and reveals beauty and magic and abundance every day right in my back yard... I'm excited to share those magical moments with you right here through my photography.