Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth
Posted in General on Feb 28th, 2010
Kaia and I are in the middle of her studies on the solar system, so we couldn’t have found this at a better time! In 2011 NASA is sending a Science Lab Rover to Mars and you can put your name on a microchip that will go to Mars with the rover! Kaia loved this [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, General, Mothering on Feb 22nd, 2010
Mmmmmm, the smell of warm beeswax is so yummy!!
Leif’s view of his new mobile in the warm afternoon sunshine
Posted in General on Feb 2nd, 2010
Posted in General on Nov 29th, 2009
It’s been well over 5 years since my blog has seen an update… so I thought it was time for a new look. You like?
I’ve also posted a page of my homeschooling resources at the top of the page. I’d love to hear about your favorite sites for homeschooling!
I’m working on the side bar… I’ll [...]
That’s the only way I can describe the way I felt this weekend at my first fiber festival, the Southeastern Animal and Fiber Festival It was sensory overload as I walked through the huge arena full of rainbows of yarn, roving, fleece, and knitted garments. I had to touch everything and heard others moan and [...]
Posted in General on Oct 12th, 2009
Last week I received a wonderful “Pay It Forward” package from Pink and Green Mama. I was so excited when I got her email telling me that I was one of the winners of her Pay It Forward blog contest and couldn’t wait to see what she sent!
Inside the package was a lovely tie-dyed shirt [...]
I’m posting over at Homemakers today about my favorite Granola recipe. Come and see!
Posted in General on Sep 29th, 2009
I’m posting over at Homemakers Who Work today on how to make teas, infusions, and decoctions. Join me over there…
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2009
LOUISE!
Kaia loved all of the names for our sweet car chicken. She couldn’t choose between 6 of her favorites, so we put the final choices in a hat and she picked out Louise! I think it fits her perfectly! She’s a feisty little hen that would definitely chose a convertible given the opportunity.
So, BrentN keep [...]
Today I’m posting about crafting herbal teas and have a contest over at Homemakers Who Work. And there is still time to enter the Name that Chicken contest, too. So get your entries in!
Posted in General on Sep 5th, 2009
I’m posting over at Homemakers Who Work today about creating a “to do” list for kids. See you over there…..
Today, my sweet little man turns 6 months old and I’m so in love with him! I love to wake up at night and see him snuggled up next to me, his hands reaching for me. And in the morning when he wakes up… how he plays in bed pulling the sheets over his head [...]
Posted in General on Aug 12th, 2009
Today I’m posting over at Homemakers Who Work. Come visit me there!
Leif just ate his first food!!!
Drooly, chewed up envelope!!
He grabbed it while I was typing and when I took it from him a few minutes later he had already chewed some of it up…
Do you think tree is an OK first food?
Posted in General on Jul 24th, 2009
I’ll be posting over at Homemakers Who Work today about my struggle with keeping sugar out of our house.
The Family Photo
Mother, Father, Daughter, and Son Slugwing can often be found playing in the garden. Mother and Father enjoy long slow strolls through the pumpkin patch, while Daughter and Son can often be found flittering about among the flowers.
Mother and Father met among the greenery and it was love at first sight. Mother will [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, General, Mothering on Jul 1st, 2009
We started the day off with Zucchini Pancakes!! Yum yum!! Yep, gotta get the veggies in my girl any way I can. She said she really liked them. How do you make them? Glad you asked.
2 1/4 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
pinch of salt
1/3 cup sugar
Mix all [...]
I’m posting over at Homemakers Who Work today. Come see me there!
Posted in General, Ponderings on Jun 21st, 2009
We awoke this morning to a lovely rain. The kind that keeps you in bed just a little longer. The rain moved out and a lovely wind blew in. I love the wind! I love to hear it in the trees and feel it come through the windows, bringing fresh life into the house. When [...]
Posted in General on Jun 3rd, 2009
I’m honored to become an author for the new blog Homemakers Who Work. I posted my introduction today if you would like to hop over and meet some of the authors.
Posted in General, Sustainable Living on May 31st, 2009
We’ve been making kombucha in a continuous brewing system for a while now, but it’s in a ceramic pot, so you can’t see it unless you look in the top. Lately, it seems like I will add some fresh tea to the batch and it will be too strong to drink within days. It’s fermenting [...]
Posted in General, Sustainable Living on May 31st, 2009
Well folks, we finally did it!
We’d been talking about getting a new car for years, we just couldn’t find what we wanted. There are no environmentally friendly family cars. To have room you have to get a mini van which get horrible gas milage (compared to our 45 mpg Jetta), and to get good mileage [...]
I can’t wipe the smile off of my face from watching Kaia at her first lesson today. She was SOOO FLIPPIN’ CUTE!!!
here’s her high block…
We both started classes this week! It feels good to be back in it, but class kicked my butt!!
Posted in General, Organic Gardening on May 5th, 2009
Things are really looking nice in the garden! The greens are growing strong, my cucumbers and summer squashes are peaking their heads up, the potatoes are up, and the new asparagus has just broke ground. Yesterday, in Virgo (a fruit sign), I planted a hops vine, put in 22 tomatoes seedlings, seeded 3 [...]
Posted in General on Apr 26th, 2009
Every year, as Spring comes around, I find myself reflecting on things that I’ve done in my life that I really enjoyed, but are no longer a part of my life. For one reason or another, I’ve given up on them and I wish I hadn’t. So, this year, I’m making a list [...]
Posted in General, Home Schooling, Mothering on Apr 17th, 2009
I saw the fantastic idea of story dice here and had to make some! So, I ordered a bunch of blocks and Kaia and I spent a few days last week painting. She made a winter set and a spring set, and I made 4 sets of 4 blocks (extra sets for Kaia’s [...]
Posted in General, Organic Gardening, building our home on Apr 10th, 2009
I put out some roots yesterday while the moon was in Virgo… potatoes of all colors (red, blue, white, yellow fingerling, new potatoes). I did intensive planting of 50 potatoes in a small raised bed, each potato was placed 9 inches apart in all directions. We’ll see how it goes. I [...]
Ashley asked about the little potty Leif was sitting on… We are trying something called elimination communication. It’s where we watch the signs that Leif makes when he is about to go potty and make a noise when he pees or poops (like a tssssss, or a little grunt). At certain times of the [...]
Posted in General on Mar 31st, 2009
Hello out there! Leif here!
Check out this cool chair my mommy got me (well she calls it my ‘throne’… does that mean I’m a prince??) Every so often, but not often enough if you ask me, mommy lets me sit on it. She even takes off my clothes and lets me sit [...]
Posted in General, Organic Gardening on Mar 9th, 2009
Yesterday, The moon was in Cancer… a water sign, good for planting grafting and pruning. So, I went out and pruned the fruit trees that needed a little trim. And many of the trees that I planted last fall also needed to have their limbs weighed down. The limbs that are growing [...]