Whether you can start gardening with your kids today, or whether you still have a month or more to go before it’s safe to plant outside (like me…le sigh), I’ve got some gardening ideas here you can try with your kids right now. I’ve been itching to get out there — if you follow my […]
How to Compost
So I mentioned last week that we started composting. I’ve been scared to try because it looked like a hassle, but we finally did and here’s what we’ve learned about how to compost. My husband brought home this kitchen composter that’s all cute and sits on our counter. We just dump our kitchen scraps in […]
Fairy Garden Ideas
We’ve been gathering fairy garden ideas and making our own for a few years now. I can’t think of any other activity I do with the kids that’s so much fun to set up. And after the initial set-up, the kids spend hours playing with the gardens and fairies. Everyone loves the fairy garden — from the […]
The Fairy Garden
So after a wee break last week to attend to the end of the school year…and to the first patient here requiring a cast (I figure one cast after 11 years and four kids is a pretty good record by OSHA standards, yes?)…we’re back and ready to start our summer. One of the first orders […]
5 Tips for Gardening With Kids
It’s staying light later…and yesterday, it was almost 70 degrees here. I know what’s going to happen. It always does. The weather turns warm, I get suckered into planting something fun and colorful outdoors, and then we get a snowstorm that buries my flowers and a little bit of my soul under a foot and […]
Simple Greens
There’s a good chance my mom’s going to read this (hi, mom!) and laugh and laugh, because when she came to visit last week, she was horrified to see I’d murdered all my orchids. However. Dead orchids notwithstanding, I really think one of the best ways to combat a dreary mid-winter is with some living, green […]