Spring School
June 6, 2008
A couple months ago, when the first warmish days of spring arrived, we unceremoniously* dropped the more formal aspects of our homeschooling. Our idea of formal meaning setting aside time for scripture memory, math, spelling and handwriting practice, about an hour a few days a week. We have kept up ...
Greener...down the toilet
June 6, 2008
This journey to live more "green" is a process, often painfully slow. Sometimes the steps we take are large (can't think of any recent ones) but more often they are daily, small steps towards living a more earth friendly lifestyle, for lack of a better phrase. One of this month's ...
Garden Report - almost there
June 6, 2008
Four down, 2 more to go. Tonight we planted the Jacob's Cattle bush beans, Soldier pole beans, corn and decorative gourds. The gourds were volunteer seedlings from the compost heap. The beans will be harvested and eaten as dried beans. We eat A LOT of dried beans and I'm curious ...
People in my Neighborhood
June 4, 2008
Remember the Mister Rogers or Sesame Street song (I can't remember which) "These are the people in your neighborhood"? Well these are the people, whom we have the privilege to call friends, in our neighborhood. Introducing The Faire Bande à Part Housing Cooperative, friends and fellow community members:
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
June 3, 2008
Watched a great movie this weekend that I wholeheartedly recommend seeing. The Real Dirt on Farmer John is a documentary about a family farm turned CSA farm, but it is so much more than that. It's a story about a man and his love for his land. His family's past, ...
