Category Archives: garden

Nature Study Tuesday July 20—Insects, chickens, giant sunflowers, and sandhill plums

It has not been a week of nature here.  I have limited my outside time, since, my allergic reaction.  However, I did get a new to me camera yesterday.  My other camera was getting to where it would not focus half the time.  I am passing it to our oldest, and now have a new…

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Weekly Wrap-Up July 4-July 10—Fireworks, Rain, Homeschool, Chiropractor, Van in the Shop, and Garage Sales

Busy week?  No, not too bad.  On Sunday we went to church, then home for Lasagna, naps and rest.  I finished up our weekly homeschool plans, and then we went to take the kids firework shopping.  Back home for supper of pulled pork, and all the goods, and a flag cake.  We then set off…

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Weekly Wrap-Up—Swimming, Baby Rashes, and a Need to SLOW Down

This week has been very busy.  It wasn’t really planned that way, but we had two opportunities to go swimming—something we do not do all that often.  Then we had a doctor appointment, garden needed attention, my husband’s aunt passed away and daily life doing chores and homeschool.  Sunday, we went to church and came…

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Frugal Heavy Duty Tomato Cages

Are you tired of buying tomato cages that are not big enough to actually support the tomato plants?  Tired of them falling apart and having to buy new ones each year?  Do you struggle with tomato plants that don’t grow in circles? Much like my strawberry bed, these came about, because I wanted to use…

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Weekly Wrap Up—Finishing Wheat Harvest and to the Doctor.

Sunday, (Father’s Day), was a day full of church and a bit of rest.  We ended up just celebrating Father’s day with our family at home.  Not the original plan, but God knew we just needed to be together.  It was wonderful.  I made one of my husband’s favorite meals, Sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots, and…

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Digging out of the Homemaking Slump—Homemaking Giveaway

PLEASE NOTE:  though the product is still well liked here.  I have found that the honesty and moral values of this company have since changed, or become very obvious to me.  At this time, I would be very cautious ordering anything from here.  I am sorry to have to add this to this post, but…

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There is Always Room for Improvement—Changing the Home to Fit Family Needs

"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame." Isaiah 58:11 We all get stuck in ruts.  Ruts in the kitchen, in chores, in laundry routine, in our homeschools, and in so many other areas of our lives.  We fall in to routines that…

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Supermom? I am NOT! Organized? Nope, Not Me.

I posted on Facebook about how I was getting our homeschool in order.  I posted about having printed a few planning forms, and that now I needed to fill them out.  Well, someone though that meant I was organized.  HA!  My work area looks like a bomb hit it.  Seriously, it does, though I do…

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Weekly Wrap Up—Testing Curriculum Samples, End of Year Evaluations, Extreme Nature Walk

We had a big week, considering I didn’t ever get to lesson plans over this past weekend.  I landed in the garden and only stopped long enough to eat and sleep.    So, Sunday around 8 pm, I decided it would be a week of curriculum samples to try it, complete our year end evaluations…

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