Posted in Changing Seasons, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Feb 26th, 2010
You know what they say – “Good things comes in small packages.” I think tomato seeds are just about the best small package around -they contain the promise of wonderful meals to come.
I know our garden is going to be growing food for more than our nuclear family, and therefore we’ll be starting more tomato [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Moderation and Economy on Feb 25th, 2010
Little Hen and I made this recipe for spiced pulled-pork (from Sunset Magazine) for dinner two nights ago. I have yet to find a Sunset recipe that is a dud – there are always keepers in ever issue -but this one was a cut above. Oh my goodness, the allspice and thyme combined with the [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Changing Seasons, Learning, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Feb 24th, 2010
The girls are listening to Daddy read The Mousehunter at bedtime, but our daytime book selection reflects the unusually sunny, warm weather that has us all thinking of anything except the tail-end of winter.
We just finished listening to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Which is why we’re starting an asparagus bed - Little Hen was fascinated by [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, Nature Table, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Feb 22nd, 2010
We’re working on a converting our front lawn into veggie beds, and the unseasonably warm and dry weather has helped us get a jump start on sheet mulching. Goodbye lawn, hello permaculture landscape! While Tum Tum and I spread cardboard, straw, manure and compost, Little Hen and her Daddy were busy building cold frames out [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration on Feb 9th, 2010
This photo pretty well sums up our morning literary activities of late.
First thing this morning, we had to get a bit pot of chili blanco going on the stove, and batch of brownies in the oven, since it’s our turn to bring dinner to our homegroup. While Firecracker helped measure out the spices and crush [...]
Posted in Nature Table on Feb 8th, 2010
The intense sunshine this afternoon has all of us anxious for spring, but this morning’s hard frost was a good reminder that winter hasn’t left us yet. It’s clear we’re moving toward spring, though – we opened the kitchen window to get a better listen to the a few birds singing this morning.
Our nature table [...]
Posted in Homemaking, Mothering tool kit, Our home, Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
The past month has been an opportunity to re-evaluate what we value as a family – to really examine what we strive to be and to accomplish. Although unintentional, the blogging break these past several weeks has been very therapeutic for our whole family. (Actually, it was a break from all computer-related activities).
I realized how [...]