Last year I wrote about what I wished Halloween could be for our family. I dreamed of a day when we could enjoy the spirit of Halloween in community without the abundance of candy and general tone of consumption. I wanted it to be filled with joy, excitement and good wholesome fun. This year, with […]
They saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them…so we’ve all decided to go a bit nuts around here! We purchased a nut cracker last year, which never made it out of the box. This year, we had a big crop of walnuts as well as some pecans and heartnuts we purchased from a […]
At our party last weekend, we had intended to do grafting and mushroom inoculating, but didn’t get to the latter. Rob has been working on evenings this week to complete the task, which is not difficult, just time consuming. Amassing the items required for the job was the most tedious part. We have been collecting […]
This past weekend we invited friends over to learn how to graft fruit trees! Rob and a couple of other attendees have attended workshops with Ken Taylor to learn how to graft onto root stock. There were a few reasons for us to host a work party. Realistically, we have been meaning to do this […]
This morning we had the extreme pleasure of going to pick up our chickens! We stopped en route to pick up some wood shavings and peat moss for bedding. We were told by another homesteader friend about including peat in the bedding. There are a few benefits. The chickens do the work of mixing it […]
How is it possible that we have people so impoverished that they have to eat dirt cookies in order to trick their stomachs into thinking they’re full? They have no food. My husband brought up that he had seen this video last week as we sat around the dinner table. The children were curious, asking […]
My littlest has started walking. Gone are the days where she must be carried, but then again, gone are the days that she must be carried! Change always means I am leaving something behind. Sometimes I am happy to move on and release what no longer serves me. But at other times, change leaves me […]
We went to the park this morning to meet the children’s grandmother and great-grandmother. It was a beautiful summer morning made better by being together with four generations of people we love! The playground was bustling with children running feverishly from activity to activity. My children participated wholeheartedly in the slides, monkey bars, and teeter […]
When I think about what it means to me to be a ‘Permaculture Parent’ I feel that it really is defined by my approach to life. Looking for ways to live more in line with the Permaculture principles is a way of approaching life. When I change, those around me change. When I learn, those […]
I love this time of year. This time of year where snack time means wild foraging. Strawberries, mulberries, black caps, sorrel, wood sorrel, clover, mallow. It is a time where shoes (and pants) are optional. A time where dirt is added to our diet like a food group. There are special memories being made under […]
