Today I'm over at Mama and Baby Love with my first official post as Gardening Editor! This post could be titled: “Don’t Lose It If Your Toddler Picks All the Unripe Tomatoes.” (Not that I would EVER do that! Ahem.) In full disclosure, I have definitely lost it when little inquisitive hands prematurely harvested the bounty of our urban garden. Numerous vegetable beds and a chicken coop take up … [Read more...]
Growing an Urban Garden
Head on over to Raising a Green Family (the blog by Jen and Claire of Ecological Babies) to read my post on growing an urban garden! It's my first guest post ever and I was so excited to be asked to contribute. "When we bought our first home two years ago, one of the things we were most excited about was turning our front yard into an urban garden. And we've had the best time making it … [Read more...]
I’ve Got Greens and the Terrible Threes Growing in My Garden
Here's what's been going on outdoors in our neck of the woods: Lots of park dates and outside play for this little guy. Baby girl is content to just sleep in the baby wrap with Mama while Little Bear gets his wiggles out. Although the terrible threes subsided a little bit in the past couple of weeks (perhaps due to extra time with Daddy during our trip), they were back in full force … [Read more...]
The Bounty of the Earth
My husband is a farmer without a farm. So, he has transformed our front yard into vegetable-growing-egg-laying-awesomeness. I don't remember the last time we had to get store-bought eggs. The ones our chickens Feven, Daughter, and Gas Can lay (chicken names compliments of 3-year-old Benjamin) are amazing. Right now we've growing more delicious lettuce than we could ever eat, peas, green … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Harvest
Daniel did an awesome job growing sweet potatoes this year. This is part of the harvest from the second bed of potatoes he and Benjamin dug up. They are so delicious. Any favorite sweet potato recipes we should tackle? I love sweet potatoes during cool weather! … [Read more...]
St. Anthony’s Pasta
At long last, I finally posted a new recipe on Feast! And hey, I noted how to make it Gluten-Free and it includes these delicious amazing tomatoes from Daniel's garden: … [Read more...]
Blueberries for Benjamin
Look at that expression! My dad and I took Benjamin to a U-Pick-'Em Organic Blueberry Farm this morning and I took this one just as Benjamin said, "Kurplink, Kurplank, Kurplunk" as his first few berries landed in his pail. Doesn't he look just like Daniel in this one? We started out just after 7am (which was no problem because my son wakes me with his dulcet tones every morning around 6:15am). … [Read more...]
Kohlrabi Cuteness
Can you even handle this? How bout this silly smile? I love this blog post about natural dyes for Easter eggs at Boulder Locavore. I think we might dye eggs on Saturday so that they can soak in the dye overnight and be ready to display Sunday. We've already got red cabbage and turmeric. We don't have spinach but we've got plenty of greens in the garden so we might just try … [Read more...]
Spring! and My New Anti-Laundry Plan
Now that the weather is lovely and warm, my new Anti-Laundry Accumulation Plan is to not put clothes on Benjamin unless it's absolutely necessary. This little boy has been just so sweet lately. Last month he was rather obstinate and ornery, I think partly due to my low energy because of the first trimester and the nausea that kept us cooped up inside. I'm still sleepy and pukey but we've been … [Read more...]
Some Photos and Some Griping
I'm an optimist. I get it from my Dad. We both always assume that the best case scenario is the inevitable. If things are bad, positive change is just around the corner. Whatever project we are working on will surely take the minimum amount of time...what could go wrong? This is often a helpful trait but it goes hand-in-hand with frequent disappointment when things don't turn out as easy as … [Read more...]
