As I’ve stated before my husband and I are busy people with working and unschooling our girls we are somewhat lazy gardeners. Luckily we have a wonderful plot of land and it’s covered with various edible plants. I’ve talked before about edible plants and my love of garlic mustard but that season has passed and we’re…
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The (mostly) Weed Free Garden
I want to be honest for a second, we are fairly lazy gardeners. It doesn’t help that the garden is down the hill and that we’re not fans of weeding. We usually leave the weeds until they are to the point of almost overtaking everything! Despite letting it get totally overrun with weeds we still…
Recycle Plastic Cups and Bottles into Attractive Woven Containers
We are always looking for ways to reuse or recycle things that are no longer useful. A while back I got a great series of books called The Family Creative Workshop that was published in the 70s. I was so fortunate find a complete set at a reasonable price. I pour through the books all the time…
Homemade Natural Soda with SodaStream
I have a confession. I am not a fan of water. I will choose coffee and carbonated water above plain water 9 times out of 10 so when the opportunity arose to do a review for SodaStream I was excited. I loved the idea that I could make my own bubbly beverages at home with…
Water, Weed and Wait!
That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still needed to be sewn. Now we just water, weed and wait! Continue Reading ….
First Day of the Farmer’s Market
Our local farmer’s market had it’s opening day yesterday. They also had a record turnout! We very much enjoy growing our own food but we also make it a point to buy locally when we do purchase items. To help with our local buying efforts we join a CSA every summer and enjoy shopping at…