This past year my 2 boys have gotten into brewing beer. One of the biggest expenses is the hops that go into the brewing. Drew has a house and decided to try his hand at growing his own hops. Unfortunately, Adam is in an apartment and can’t do the same. One call from him saying, "Hey, mom, can you grow some hops…
Today when Bug, Fairy and Pixie were over we planted our pumpkin, sunflower, gourds, and watermelon seeds in little pots. I was planning on doing it on the back deck but it was very chilly outside so we did it at the dining room table. Hmmm… should I tell you about the floor or can…
A couple of years ago at our Annual Pumpkin Carving Party, Tim and I made a straw fort out of 30 bales of hay. Over the next year it became a snow castle, a hide-away, then more or less a science experiment as the kids watched plants seeding themselves and interesting molds and fungi settling…
I like naming areas of our yard. We have our Serenity Garden, deep in the trees, with a cement bench, for silent reflection. There is the Fairy Forest, the Shade Garden, and our veggie garden is named The Dragonfly Garden, in honor of the dragonfiles that like to frolic in it and as a semi-tribute…
After dinner everyone was out in the garden ready to plant the potato seeds. We got 2 varieties from Big Acre. Yukon Gold and Red Nuggets. Fairy and Pixie were all about helping. The girls, especially Fairy, are born gardeners, Bug… not so much so! He looked in on what we were doing but used…