• Environmental Education,  Reuniting Kids w/ Nature

    Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Growth Chart

    MATERIALS:  Graph paper, a ruler, crayons, markers or colored pencils, plants to measure TIME FRAME:  30 – 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Using your graph paper, label the horizontal axis with time (days or weeks) Label your vertical axis with height (centimeters or inches) If you’d like, you can leave some extra room around your actual chart where you can draw pictures…

  • DIY,  Eat,  Goats

    2 Tips for Making Perfect Goat Cheese

    When we first began our short adventures in Goat Sharing last year, I had no idea how much I would grow to love goat cheese.  I knew I liked it, but I wouldn’t have guessed it would become one of my favorite things and that I would crave it regularly.   Now, I am by no means an expert in…

  • Eat,  Grow,  Harvest,  Uncategorized

    Grow, Harvest, Eat

    Grow Despite the funny summer we’ve had, we are still seeing a few new items trying to get in their production before the nights get too cold… Luffa A baby Butternut Squash, trying to ripen before the cold weather descends. I’m not sure that the luffa or the butternuts will have enough time to ripen fully, but I am very…

  • Everything Else,  Family

    Sprout’s Nursery (Preview)

    Today we celebrate, with friends and family, the impending arrival of our Little One, Sprout! With an official due date of October 9th, we are one month out and the preparations are in full swing!  Tool Lady is feeling good (though tired) and our Sprout is quite active all the time!  Flips and elbows and toes in ribs and really,…

  • DIY,  Eat

    Herbed Cream Cheese

    How do you turn plain ol’ cream cheese into a deliciously extravagant snack? Harvest, chop up, and stir some fresh herbs into your favorite cream cheese, then slather it on some crackers or freshly baked bread!  Our favorite herb combination is basil and thyme, but any herb or combination you love will work! Delicious doesn’t have to be complicated! Hope…