With summer camp, swim lessons, baseball games and family vacations, busy families can find it challenging to plant and tend a summer garden. Don’t fret! There are plenty of yummy vegetables that will grow in the fall! Everyone deserves a second chance right? Here are some tips to start you
Category: Homesteading
Meet Kefir Sutherland, Jr. – Homemade and Easy DIY
Meet my kefir, Sutherland Jr. He has no rack of manly muscles or exquisite, heart-stopping smile. He is not a steaming, good-looking federal agent, roaming the globe in a constant 24 hour rotation of disaster-diverting drama scenarios, saving us all from impending doom. Yet in our home, Sutherland, Jr. is a pretty hot commodity and
Get On The Ball, with Protein Balls (recipe)
One of the keys to preparing for the return to homeschoolin’, is being prepared for the deluge of “I’m huuunngryy’s”. Here is a family favorite of mine that we love to keep on hand for those random snack time emergencies. Enjoy! If I had a dollar for every time someone
Breakfast of Champions!! a Game for Fools
Oh, how I love April Fool’s Day. Wait. I suppose it’s more of a love/hate kinda thing. I HATE being lied to, hate surprises, hate tricks…. but something about April Fools day makes me immune on this day every year. I may be the only person you know, other than
A Homeschool Lesson We Didn't Plan On: Losing our Hens to Wild Dogs
Travis is out of town, first thing in the morning, as I was making a pot of oatmeal, Selah comes running in from feeding the birds. Between her sobs, she tries to speak> “Mama! Something is wrong with Big Bird! He’s out of the coop and laying on his side!