Growing Lettuce
Here is a super easy way to plant lettuce and get fast results! When you get a head of lettuce at the farmer’s market, grocery store, or wherever you get your lettuce, cut the lettuce leaves away from the stem. But rather than throwing that stem right into the composter, place it in a small […]
Raised Garden Beds (and a little bit about marriage)
I’ve shown you my gardens many times before. Not to any great extent because this if Florida. In Florida, even when you dig down 10-16 inches in your garden and remove all of the sand and replace it with nice, rich organic soil and compost, you will still wind up with sand. We did okay […]
{A Pause for the Finer Things in Life}
Weekly(ish) I post one or two pictures that demonstrate how the most simple things in life are, in fact, the finer things–those that mean the most and will be among the most precious of memories. So here is this week’s picture. Enjoy!
Affordable Organics
We’ve had a few changes in the last couple months that have brought up the numbers on our green-o-meter! One of the changes is that we’ve begun buying our organic produce from a local company called Affordable Organics. This company gathers organic only produce from local farmers and sells it in shares. It’s fantastic! And […]
Growing
The cooler months are upon us here in Florida. While much of the rest of the country is snowy and freezing, we are enjoying having the windows open and running outside without having to come in to avoid the heat or jump in the pool to cool off a bit. The girls have been enjoying […]
The Laelia Orchid
Follow my blog with Bloglovin On our lanai hangs an orchid. When it blooms, it is absolutely breathtaking. Did you know the most common type of orchid is the Laelia Orchid? Ours blooms once a year and this year it opened, in all its glory, yesterday–on Laelia’s birthday. How fitting. After breakfast, Chloe pointed out […]
In the Garden
It’s planting season again! August and September mean it’s time to get back out there and grow some veggies. The summer is good for…well, okra. Not much because it’s so hot. While okra is wonderful, I can’t wait to get back to growing those nice juicy tomatoes, giant cucumbers, broccoli, and all our other favorite […]
Lamp Post Flower Pot
I once saw a flower pot sitting around the base of a lamp post. After talking with my mom we figured out how she (the lady who lived in the house with the lamp post that we just happened to catch a glimpse of as we drove past) made this super purdy lamp post flower […]
In the Works!
I think most of us are usually in the middle of a dozen projects and things, just waiting for the right moment for completion. I am such a person. At this very moment, I am working on two Sunday School crafts. We are learning about David and Goliath. Tomorrow my kiddos will be throwing water […]
Our Homemade Terrarium
I can’t say that every day is filled with adventure at our house. But today, we had a great adventure for our lesson. I thought it would be a lot of fun and a great learning experience to make a terrarium.
