Hello World! Meet Ember, our tiny, perfect, baby girl. She was born at home via a water birth and with the help of our phenomenal mid-wife, her amazing apprentice and one of our dearest friends at 6:04pm on Monday, October 7th. She weighed in at 7 pounds of absolute perfection and is 21 inches long. Mom did a wonderful job…
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MATERIALS: Sturdy shoes, weather appropriate clothing, permission. TIME FRAME: As long as you want! PROCEDURE: Find a nice, sturdy, healthy tree with lots of thick branches and begin climbing it! It doesn’t matter how far up you go ( as long as you’re being safe), just climb up there and observe the world…observe how you feel, how the bark feels.…
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MATERIALS: Several small envelopes to put the different seeds you collect in, scissors, a pencil or pen TIME FRAME: As long (or as short) as you’d like! PROCEDURE: With permission, go on a walk during the fall, winter or summer and look for old, dead flowers The heads of most flowers contain the seeds for the next generation of flowers,…
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Late last week we were given a Freeze Warning. Even though it should go with saying that it was inevitable, I was just not ready for it and absolutely did not plan ahead. So, after a long week at work, I came home on Friday night and began to harvest everything that would not survive the night if i didn’t…
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Well, we have just completed our very first fermentation project! With all of the Cayenne Peppers we grew this summer, I’ve been looking for ways to use them up and (like I mentioned a little while back), Andrea’s Homemade, Homegrown Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce sounded like a perfect addition to our winter stores! Following Andrea‘s directions, I filled two pint jars with…
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MATERIALS: Old seeds (3-5 varieties), growth chart, soil, seed starting tray or deep cookie sheet, a window, masking tape and a marker or pen TIME FRAME: 15 – 30 minutes + germination time (3-10 days) PROCEDURE: Fill your seed starting tray or your cookie sheet up with soil. With your fingertip, create a shallow row in the soil for each…
