Nurtured by Nature Booklist: Enchanting Children with the Wonder of the Outdoors is a new weekly feature here at Budding Homestead. Every Thursday, I will review a children’s book from the category of gardening, nature, farming, the outdoors, and such other topics that keep the magic of this more simple life alive in us all. Each review will […]
Archives for August 2016
The cucumbers succumb
Gardening fosters that adaptive quality in us. It keeps us humble, flexible, and creative. I started out the year determined to grow lots of cucumbers and finally put up a stellar supply of pickles. A dream for another year, I’m afraid. No one likes to talk about pests, bugs and bacterial wilt. This is definitely not […]
New Thursday Feature: Nurtured by Nature Booklist
Many library trips with R have gone like this: I slowly walk around, scouring the many shelves, looking for beautiful books with wonderful themes about the outdoors, growing food, etc. I hold three books in my hand when I meet up with R. Meanwhile, R runs up to one shelf, literally grabs 15 books of equal parts Barbie and the modern, […]
Not your ordinary hibiscus tea
R and I like to take a big stack of books outside to a shady spot and read, and read, and read. All that reading calls for a good tea. Tea with kids in the afternoon can be tricky with all that caffeine. Look no further than hibiscus iced tea. With the addition of some ginger, […]