I’ve always heard that radishes are one of the best vegetables to grow with kids, but I’ve never actually tried growing them until this year. They grow super fast and peak out of the soil surface when they’re about ready to be harvested. We planted...
The bulk of this entry was originally posted on May 15, 2008, but it’s worth a reprint! Today is the Feast of St Isidore the Farmer — what a wonderful Saint for us to emulate. He didn’t do anything grandiose or even all that notable. He was just an...
Social media is ripe with complaining. It just seems to breed whine. I have seen so many stay at home mamas complaining about their husbands lately and this is a wifely trait that I’ve never understood. Slipping in to First Communion at the very last minute, as...
(The girls are painted with blood root war paint!) This could be alternately titled “Mama Wants to Play with Her New Camera Lens”. Mother’s Day was crazy, with six kids, commencement at the college where Andrew works, and two First Holy Communions....
Our sweet Kateri turns three today! I thought I would share the crazy that is her birthstory, since it is a key part of what brought us to our new home and wild homesteading life. We’d had our house on the market for the last couple of months of my pregnancy....
We brought home a few additions to our wild flock the other day. Guinea fowl! Over half of our property is wooded, so ticks are prevalent. The kids are in and out of the woods most days, so tick checks are certainly part of our daily routines. Still, I’d...
