Running Behind: Happy {Belated} Fall!
Find out how I created the “HOME” sign in the background: Home is Where the Junk Is. What with our trip to London {it was so great, and I’ll be blogging more about it sometime soon…} at the beginning...
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Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots A sweet friend recently gave me this book about gardening with kids. I love it! It’s packed with fun ideas and adorable drawings, along with specific instructions...
View Article8 More Favorite Children’s Books about Gardens
In addition to these 11 Favorite Children’s Books about Seeds and Gardens and these 4 More Delightful Children’s Books about Gardening, we’ve got yet another list of Favorite Children’s Books about...
View ArticleHow to Plant a Sunflower House
Remember our Plans for a Sunflower House? Well, we finally got it planted. And just in the nick of time! Sunday nights are Family Night at our house. Sunday night, May 25th, we’d planned to...
View ArticleFavorite Summertime Books for Kids
Are you running out of summer activities at your house? How about a trip to the library to check out some fantastic children’s books about summertime? Use the links below to check out our favorite...
View ArticleThe World’s Largest Carrots…discovered in our very own garden
This is what happens when you try to have a garden and a baby in the same month….we totally forgot about these carrots, planted a week or two before the arrival of Baby Brother. Until last week....
View Article3 Affordable Materials for Vegetable Garden Walkways
Our square foot garden consists of 4 large wooden boxes separated and surrounded by a grid of substantial walkways, which means we’ve experimented with several options over the years for keeping those...
View ArticleEasy Garden Spray with Essential Oils
Are you looking for a simple, effective, and chemical-free spray to use in your organic garden? Read on. Squash bug eggs — yikes! Hard Core Organic Pest Control It’s not easy to avoid both harmful...
View ArticleRoasted Tomato Sauce for Canning or Freezing
It’s tomato season, y’all! I’m dropping in from a long summer break to share a few of my favorite tomato canning recipes. Stay tuned over the next week or so for a few more recipes, including salsa...
View ArticleHome Canned Salsa with Lime Juice
Have I mentioned I’m married to a native Texan? Back in Texas, salsa is practically it’s own food group. And boy howdy, do we go through a lot of the stuff. So when I learned how to can a few years...
View ArticleHome Canned Tomato Soup
This Home Canned Tomato Soup is a great way to add some veggies to your family’s meal plan. And during those long winter months, what could be better–or easier–than popping open a can or two of fresh...
View ArticlePlanning Our Sunflower House
Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots A sweet friend recently gave me this book about gardening with kids. I love it! It’s packed with fun ideas and adorable drawings, along with specific instructions...
View Article8 More Favorite Children’s Books about Gardens
In addition to these 11 Favorite Children’s Books about Seeds and Gardens and these 4 More Delightful Children’s Books about Gardening, we’ve got yet another list of Favorite Children’s Books about...
View ArticleHow to Plant a Sunflower House
Remember our Plans for a Sunflower House? Well, we finally got it planted. And just in the nick of time! Sunday nights are Family Night at our house. Sunday night, May 25th, we’d planned to...
View ArticleFavorite Summertime Books for Kids
Are you running out of summer activities at your house? How about a trip to the library to check out some fantastic children’s books about summertime? Use the links below to check out our favorite...
View ArticleThe World’s Largest Carrots…discovered in our very own garden
This is what happens when you try to have a garden and a baby in the same month….we totally forgot about these carrots, planted a week or two before the arrival of Baby Brother. Until last week....
View Article3 Affordable Materials for Vegetable Garden Walkways
Our square foot garden consists of 4 large wooden boxes separated and surrounded by a grid of substantial walkways, which means we’ve experimented with several options over the years for keeping those...
View ArticleEasy Garden Spray with Essential Oils
Are you looking for a simple, effective, and chemical-free spray to use in your organic garden? Read on. Hard Core Organic Pest Control It’s not easy to avoid both harmful pesticides and harmful...
View ArticleOrganic Gardening: Want Better Veggies? Try Companion Plants!
Avoiding all chemicals on your veggie crops can be a challenge, but it can be done. We haven’t used chemicals in our garden in years! One of the best tricks for the organic vegetable gardener is...
View ArticleThe Very Best Way to Use Up Lots of Lettuce
All spring long, I needed a good way to use up lots of lettuce. We’re talking buckets and buckets full. It was growing like crazy in our garden! It was way too much lettuce to eat, even if we’d had...
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