• Food & Drink

    Fancy Water

    It seems that, recently, “vitamin water” has become all the rage.  Not the kind you buy in the store (with all of its sugar and artificial colors), but the kind you throw together at home using whatever you have on hand. We have done this for the past few years, usually with one or two additions (mint by itself, mint…

  • Harvest

    Garden Happiness & Harvest Monday

    Happy Monday, everyone! I am incredibly happy to report that this week has brought us a variety of small and delicious harvests!  But first, let’s look at how a few things are growing… The cucumbers and bush beans are doing very well!  The cukes aren’t yet reaching for their support, but they do all have their true leaves. The tomatillos…

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    Rose Mystery

    Alright, we have a mystery and I’m hoping you can help me with it! When we first moved into our home six years ago, we planted two rose bushes under one of our ground level windows.  They were small but grew well over the next few years.  They didn’t, however, give us the amazing blooms we had hoped for (or…

  • DIY

    "Survival Kit" Gift DIY

    As the Program Manager for a very intentional, very busy Summer Camp, I am constantly looking for new ways to show our Facilitators how much we appreciate all of the work they do with our campers.  Luckily, we have established a few “old stand-bys” that seem to find their way into the fold each year regardless of what else gets…

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    The Nursery

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  • Chickens

    Chicken Feed & Egg Sales

    One of the details we didn’t really think through when we first got our laying hens a few years ago was what they would eat, how much it would really cost and whether or not we would always have the option of organic chicken feed for the Ladies.  Luckily, our local Feed Bin carries Ranch Way products and luckily, Ranch…