Eat the Frog

I looked out the window this week and found: Dearest got bored playing pirates go to Mars and together they built this, a faerie house. In s...

My first from scratch, apples I picked, dough rolled by hand pie. Good flavour. Things to note: I love hot right out of the oven pie BUT thi...

Caterpillar buddy cocooned, but he never emerged. That was weeks ago. Yesterday Lil'Bug realized there was something wrong with his ...

The first photo reminded me of the stylized baby photos that studios do. LOL. Anyway, this is our bug find for the week!

It rained. Usually this is no big deal. Actually, it set up to make our first Friday field trip to the local marsh even marshier. Lil'Bu...

After such a long and harsh winter we have relished these Spring days. Some mornings it is all Lil'Bug can do to snarf down her cheerio...

Broccoli! These are doing awesome. The strange absence of bugs this year also includes cabbage moths and such so maybe we won't have a ...

Lil'Bug read her first words last week. We were out in the garden working on the raised bed when she pointed and read this: Cool. She r...

Confirmation. Scary grub= June Bug!

Lil'Bug's cricket friend.....

Princess Lil'Bug in the Garden...... Pulling weeds...... Raking the compost smooth...... Finished bed, planted with spinach, spicy gree...

Lil'Bug decided to document the bugs in our backyard . I took the pictures, but she found the bugs. She wants to keep doing this so we h...

Thank you so much to Needleroozer for help in identifying our weird coccoon! After some early morning research, I have confirmed as best as...

Growing Naturally (in my sidebar) is just what I needed! Basically, we aren't homesteading yet so we don't quality for the homestea...