Posted in Learning, Locally grown, Nature Table, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Sep 6th, 2010
Temperatures have been dipping down into the low 50s and high 40s at night, and there’s been a crispness to the air that says Autumn is on her way here.
Many plants are waning, having set seed and beginning to shut down for the year. So, this afternoon, in the bright sunshine, we cleaned up many, [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Homemaking, Learning, Locally grown, Nature Table, Our home, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on May 22nd, 2010
The garden has really taken off after a week of hot, sunny weather, followed by lots of rain. (although, the cold nights and wind the past few days haven’t done us any favors). Volunteers have been able to start taking in a few baskets of organic produce to BCS, mostly radishes, mustard greens, lettuce, chives, [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Nature Table, Our home, The Gift of God on Apr 3rd, 2010
Preparing for our celebration of the Resurrection tomorrow:
The children’s baskets may be put out awaiting little treats from a certain visitor, but our hearts and minds are fixed the redemptive joy of tomorrow.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be [...]
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 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 Nature Table, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Nov 19th, 2009
I found these other-worldy fungi while mulching our future veggie garden on Saturday (these are a species of Inky Cap). The children were resting, and the sun was shining, so I dashed out to work on our sheet-mulched, mounded rows that will be next year’s kitchen garden (the garlic, shallots, onions, leeks are already in [...]
Posted in Nature Table, The Gift of God on Nov 13th, 2009
The two younger children are still sick, but Little Hen is perfectly healthy, so we dropped her off at homeschool co-op this morning. On the way home, the rain was pounding and the wind was whipping the trees about.
We came home and curled up on the sofa – me with a mug of coffee and [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Mothering tool kit, Nature Table on Oct 14th, 2009
The wind and rain have settled in, and the nights are getting pretty chilly. It is finally feeling like fall, so this morning the girls and I did some dusting, got out a few fall decorations, and put the autumn cover on the duvet. I hope to get the window hangings and more decorations out [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Nature Table on Sep 4th, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, while Firecracker played with her magnet dolls, and Tum Tum slept, and I was mopping the floors yet again, Little Hen was a very busy girl – running upstairs, to her room, getting into the kitchen cupboards, and heading back upstairs again, gleaning items from around the house to remake the nature table.
Even [...]
Posted in Learning, Nature Table, Outings on Aug 21st, 2009
Some pictures from our nature hike at Mt. Tabor Park (which is fast becoming our favorite day hike – right in the middle of the city, great hills, great hiking, lots of nature to examine and exlpore!). Check out those helicopters!
Firecracker stood for a long time and watched the water pouring in at the reservoir.
Little [...]