Substacks recommended by Elizabeth Wainwright

Recommended by Elizabeth Wainwright

A twice-monthly newsletter about growing, historic gardening practices and folklore, and learning from land - past and present - in a changing climate.

Fully Alive

By Elizabeth Oldfield

I’m Elizabeth Oldfield and I write about tending to our souls, staying loyal to our values and seeking spiritual core strength in these trembling times. Spirituality, poetry, plants.

The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly

We're digging beneath the topsoil of life and chronicling the birth pangs of a world in transition. Bring your curiosity, questions - and maybe a spade?

Grace offers a thoughtful lens on politics, culture and more, alongside more personal reflections on hope, faith, writing and life

- Elizabeth Wainwright

The Abbey of Misrule

By Paul Kingsnorth

Do not be conformed to this world

Paul thoughtfully and sometimes confrontingly digs into what it is to exist at the moment — what we are losing, what forces are for and against us, what it is to be alive and to have faith. I’ve enjoyed Paul’s books, and value his newsletter and his thinking — even when I don’t always agree with his take on the shape of the future.

- Elizabeth Wainwright

Notes of a Make-Believe Farmer

By Jeff Chu 朱天慧

Jesus, compost, tables and chairs

Jeff writes about what it is to be alive, to have faith, to tend, to grow, and his questioning is refreshing — he does not always, or even often, have answers, but I enjoy seeking alongside him. Plus lots on food, travel, gardening

- Elizabeth Wainwright

Granola

By Gracy Olmstead

a monthly newsletter about place, books, and community

Grace writes about her place, nature, books, faith, community, farming, and often references other writers I enjoy like Wendell Berry. I value her book too — ‘Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We've Left Behind’

- Elizabeth Wainwright