I’m too busy to post my normal weekly wrap up, because we’ve been harvesting. We expect frost tonight, so the last three days we’ve picked tomatoes, raspberries, hot peppers, sweet peppers, watermelons, pumpkins, squashes, cauliflower, rhubarb, and beans. We froze a few things, but we really canned a lot: the last cucumber pickles: 3 1/2 […]
Garden
Weekly Wrap Up
In my life this week… Lots of company, and lots of harvesting and preserving. In our homeschool this week… Some books arrived, we talked about the upcoming year, and we bought school supplies. Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share… Nope; we’re still enjoying our summer break. Places we’re going and people we’re seeing… All […]
Five Tips for Weeds in your Garden and Life
Weeds. If you garden, they are everywhere. If you’re a Christian gardener, you also become aware of the weeds of sin. Here are five tips (and two bonuses) for eliminating physical weeds. The applications to spiritual gardening in our own and our children’s lives are endless. Get them while they’re still small. Not only is […]
Farm Books for the Ordinary Person
For some reason, I gravitate toward books about farming. While our family does not farm, we do have huge gardens, bees, chickens, fruit trees, and nut trees—just enough to feed our family and to share. That’s probably why I like to read about people who work hard and make a living of some sort from […]