July has arrived on the homestead. Its hot breezes sweep across the fields as summer nestles around our homestead in the woods. The raised beds do their best to contain the vegetables but daily there’s another overflow of greenery onto the grass below. As harvest time draws closer and closer I’m reminded of the verse…
As you know this is my first summer growing cut flowers and I am loving it. I like to learn as I go and I thought that I would share what I have learned along the way with you, so if you want to get into growing and arranging cut flowers hopefully this will make…
Well hello there friend, I have so been enjoying my quiet summer at home. The break from homeschooling has given me the opportunity to catch up and pursue those interests that so easily get set aside when the schedule fills up. I have begun to add watercolour sketches into the journal where I keep the…
This is our first year growing inside our new kitchen garden and I am so excited to show it to you. If you want more information on the build of our potager you can check that our here. 2023 Year One This year we built eight – 4×8 cedar raised beds and have started planting…
This is our first year growing inside our new kitchen garden and I am so excited to show it to you. If you want more information on the build of our potager you can check that our here. 2023 Year One This year we built eight – 4×8 cedar raised beds and have started planting…
On the forest floor in May there is a carpet of beautiful little purple flowers. I was first introduced to these little plants a few years back during one of our nature study outings with the children. At that time we scribbled a quick sketch of the flower into our nature journals and popped a…
