The rain has been relentless this week. Our bottom field is flooded all the way to the river again, the third time this year. This is seasonally wet ground, so the flood doesn’t do any harm for now since we don’t expect these fields to be dry until sometime in May. Still, a full fledged [...]
Posts Tagged ‘seasons’
Moment of Bliss
Posted in children, family, farm, gratitude, nature, spring, weather, tagged family, farming, gratitude, home, mother, nature, seasons, spring, weather, wild harvested on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Each time
Posted in children, cycles, family, farming, home, local food, seasonal eating, weather, tagged family, farming, mother, nature, rhythym, seasons on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Let me tell you, it is just as fun the fourth time around as the first, second, and third. Each time, it has been equally exciting and amazing. Those first milky smiles and baby coos, the learning to crawl and then those first stumble-y steps…breathtaking. Right now, we are discovering books. We read from 2-3 [...]
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