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ABOUT ME

Mari Stuart

I’m a regenerative agriculture consultant and designer, urban homesteader, and freelance writer. Make Gather Grow is where I share my adventures in making from scratch, gardening, foraging, and living close to the land on an urban homestead in Asheville, NC.

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Learning to Weave Baskets

Why it took me eleven years to learn a craft I always wanted to learn, and why it’s okay if it takes you that long, too.

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This is my first knitting project of the season. But not just any knitting project. I bought the wool from a sheep farmer near Asheville, NC almost 2 years ago. It took me a long, long time to spin it into yarn — I didn’t finish until t
Magical days in the north of Finland where my roots are, these skies and vast open spaces filling me with light for the journey ahead.
Once a year, I make this most divine of all berry pies. The recipe: 1. Row across the lake to the blueberry spot. 2. Fill up a pail (in no time because it’s a bumper crop year for blueberries). 3. Row to another spot where you remember seeing
Life update: I’ve only shared about this obliquely, between the lines here — so here comes the official announcement: We’ve moved to Europe. We’ll be based in Hamburg, Germany for the next year, and maybe longer. Our home and
A long-awaited highlight: having my brothers and their families come stay with us in the Dolomites at the house where Dan’s grandmother grew up. Days of roaming the mountains and good food and play — and there might have been some spontan