SIX! Our May Day baby turned six this year, it is hard to believe. She is such a vivid, spirited, and joyous girl. The night she was born, and actually from the moment of her conception, she has filled the room, her presence is as intense as it is loving and as strong as it [...]
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The birthday girl
Posted in children, family, home, tagged daughter, family, home, mother, parenting on May 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Time changes things
Posted in changes, children, family, farm, farming, greenhouse, home, tagged family, farming, home, mother on April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
There have been two big changes on the farm this week. The first is our new greenhouse–we were finally able to purchase the plastic and pull it on this week!!! We are about two months behind our desired time frame on this since we were putting this together piece by piece with extra funds as [...]
Rainy Days
Posted in children, family, gardening, home, spring, weather, tagged family, home, seasons, spring, weather on March 28, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Last week the weather went from snow to glorious-the angels-are-singing-and-I-will-stay-outside-and-move-compost-and-plants-way-past-dinnertime-sun in one day. That sun was pretty much gone by Sunday, but for the few days it was here we reveled. The last few days have been rainy and feel a little like a let down even when they are not unexpected. After a few [...]
A Happy Spring and A Happy Birthday
Posted in children, cycles, family, home, spring, tagged family, love, mother, seasons, spring on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Eight years ago on a spring equinox in Nebraska, our sweet Luca was born. It was decidedly sunny and warm and I was out hanging clothes on the line first thing in the morning when labor began. This year, the farmer took our birthday boy and his brother up to the mountains to play in [...]
Seeing green (and red)
Posted in children, duality, family, farming, food saftey, home, politics, seasonal eating, spring, weather, tagged family, farming, food politics, history, home, homeschooling, mother, potato famine, seasons, spring, unschooling on March 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Everywhere I look, green. At every meal of the day, collard greens and mustard greens and kale greens, alongside dark green kale rapinis and light green turnip rapini. There are some purples working there way in as we harvest wild violets for fun and the sprouting broccoli from the field, and the purple cape cauliflowers [...]
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