Spring is almost here. Let's get busy! March Garden Chores: Dig runner bean and celery trenches and fill with manure, kitchen waste, and garden waste Spread compost/manure on garden beds Mulch fruit trees Feed fruit trees (organic blood, fish, bone, and seaweed mixture) Protect apricots, cherries, peaches, and nectarines from frost if they begin to blossom Use a winter wash on fruit trees to control insect pests and fungal diseases Plant bare root fruit trees and bushes Plant … [Read more...]
LillyBean Felt Market Fruit
For many years I have loved felt foods for pretend play. They make the perfect addition to any play kitchen or pretend picnic. Sure you can get cheap plastic faux foods but it just isn't the same. Because I knew they would not be very hard to sew myself I often decided to go with wood instead of felt... ya know, why pay for something you can make right? The problem is that I never made any... the time it would take to draft a pattern and test and tweak just seemed like too large an undertaking … [Read more...]
No Cry Nap Solution
I am a big fan of Elizabeth Pantley's "No Cry" solution books. Not only is she a gifted author and instructor for parents, the whole no cry philosophy has always resonated with me as I am a BIG opponent of cry-it-out methods. I do not believe in letting my babies/children cry for extended periods of time in the hopes of teaching them some life lesson. Her best book IMO is The No Cry Discipline Solution but I never had a need for her sleep solutions book. Her latest book, The No Cry Nap … [Read more...]
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