Spring
Spring has truly arrived, and with it, we’ve got mushrooms! I love mushrooms, for some reason. This weekend was another busy one. On Saturday, my sister came in to town to pick up the rest of her things from our basement. We enlisted her help in getting the last load of concrete block for our raised beds, and Aaron also grabbed another load of compost. We’ve figured out that we need approximately two more truck loads and we’ll be done building the raised beds. As you can...
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Last night, we packed up everyone to go over to Indian Creek Nature Center. They were having a frog walk which I thought the children would just have a blast with. Unfortunately, when we left to head over there it was sprinkling a little, so I was hoping we weren’t going to have another rash of bad weather that had us hanging out in basements and interior hallways like the night before. When we arrived, there was only two other people there for the walk (and the guide), but we were...
Read MoreA novice.
I’m new to gardening, I’m new to sustainable living, and I’m sort-of new to cooking (I’ve been doing it for four years now, self-taught). Really, I’m just a large novice striving to learn as many things that will benefit my family as possible. I’m acceptive of constructive criticism (“You planted your plants too close together,” “That cold-frame layout may not work,” “You could try adding more flour to your pie crust,”...
Read MoreSustainable Living
I keep thinking that I want to move out to the country, get 40-50 acres of land, and maybe start up a CSA Farm. I want to be self-sufficient and maybe even supportive of other people in our community. After Melinda posted this article in her blog, I started thinking about what I really want. I want to have local sustainably farmed chicken that was humanely butchered (and I want to watch it happen at least once), I want local eggs, I want local milk (be it goat or cow) that I can then make...
Read MorePlans. I’ve always got plans.
Aaron and I always have a bunch of projects going on. I don’t know if it is because he likes to do stuff, or if it’s because I’m obsessive and have to do stuff. Honestly, I think it’s the latter. After all, Aaron will be the first to say that his favorite thing to do is… nothing. I’ve got some serious plans for this window, and it’s sister. My mother-in-law (to-be) and father-in-law just finished replacing some old windows in their kitchen. You got...
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