When people talk about the joy of digging their fingers in the dirt, of caring for plants, of harvesting food from their own land, I know exactly what they're talking about. Well, at least to a small degree. I love planting and caring for plants, and there really is nothing better than picking a cherry tomato…
Yesterday afternoon, the girls and I had a chance to join with a couple other families to learn some gardening basics from a local organic farmer who goes to our church (and teaches our 4-year-old's Sunday school class!). Mr. Rod did an amazing job of teaching both the kids and adults about gardening, and I…
The following post is from Victoria of Project Homestead: All winter long, gardeners itching to see bare dirt and smell warming soil pore over seed catalogs to dream about the possibilities ahead. But amid our bounty of great seed choices, deciding what to plant can feel, well, daunting. It doesn't have to be. Whether you're starting…
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The following post is from Janel of Life with Lucie and Ella.: When my husband and I bought our first home, we were overjoyed to have a backyard. Better yet, sweet little birds flocked to our yard and sang every morning. The woman we purchased our home from had a beautiful stone birdbath in the…
The following post is from Victoria of Project Homestead: Signs of spring are springing everywhere. Though if you’re in a chilly place like I am, evidence is fleeting. A warm, sunshiny day is followed by a blustery, snowy one. That’s why it’s so gratifying for me to start plants indoors this time of year. I…
This weekend, our frost date is finally here, and my pole green beans are more than ready to move out of their egg carton pots and into a real garden. While I planted a small garden last year, all of the veggies mysteriously died before they began to produce (I think they became waterlogged because…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: In addition to spending time celebrating Easter with our 8 Days of Easter Advent, we have also been doing a lot of Spring themed activities at our house lately. It has been very rainy where we live, so we've tried to come up with creative games…
A couple of weeks ago we headed out of town for 4 days. We didn't have anyone to water the garden for us (one of the downsides of living in the boonies!), so we figured it would be fairly wilted by the time we got home, especially considering the fact that it wasn't exactly thriving…
If I have any regrets about my tabletop garden, it's that we only built one and that there's not more for me to do since it's so easy to take care of. I love going out to check on and water my garden each day, and there are definitely days I wish there was more…