With snow being a possibility for approximately 6 months out of our MN year (Nov-Apr, and we have had blizzards in May!), I needed to come to terms with winter. Here’s how I did it!
Kids
Lead, Gardening and Kids: What you need to know
Lead. Get the facts, tips and resources on this toxic metal that can be found in your garden soil, your water, even your house.
20 Ways to Include Kids in Seed-Starting
Give your children the gift of connectedness to our food, to the earth, to the worms, pollinators and our own healthy bodies.
Making Craft, Making Rest
The rhythm of the seasons is a welcome drumbeat to our lives. Now more than ever before, I’ve appreciated the respite from summer work and summer play. Winter has been a time for us to slow a little and simply be. That rest takes on many forms, but one over-arching theme in our home has […]
Guide to Seed Starting: Part 4 – Transplanting
In the last segment of our Guide to Seed Starting, we left off with our little seeds sprouted. At that time, you shut your heat mat off and turned your grow light on. In the coming weeks, you will watch those first green shoots poke through the soil surface. You’ll watch those shoots rapidly stretch for […]
Merrily Making Everything
The Christmas season is, among many other things, a merry time of making. In this house, we could fill our days with endless moments of making all the things for all the people – winter decorations, tree adornments, holiday cards, handmade and love-filled Christmas gifts of many sorts, sometimes the little lady even paints one-of-a-kind wrapping paper, and let’s not […]
