Author: William C. Michael

Mr. William C. Michael is the founder of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy and owner of the Academy Farm and Gardens.
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Building a New Vegetable Garden

If you watch YouTube videos or read website articles about building vegetable gardens, you’ll find stores like Home Depot trying to sell raised bed kits, topsoil etc.. You’ll end up spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on supplies and not have a single vegetable to show for it. Besides the challenge of gardening is learning…

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A Balanced Life

We are creatures, composed of body and soul, and we cannot be happy when we do not maintain a balance in life that provides for the health of both. When we think of the motto of St. Benedict — “Ora et Labora” (Pray and Work) — we find this balance. If we read the lives…

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Keep It Simple and Sustainable

When you begin the work of building a garden or developing a farm, your success will be determined by your ability to overcome one vice: impatience. The thought of having a beautiful farm filled with animals, or a peaceful garden filled with fruits and vegetables, can be difficult to contain. When we walk into a…

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