by marleen | Jan 26, 2021 | Homesteading
If I’d have to name one single thing that helps us with being outside most of the day as a family, it is wearing the right clothes for the right weather. It sounds so simple, but truly, it did take me a little figuring out before I knew how to not only dress myself... 
by marleen | Dec 15, 2020 | Homesteading
It’s mid December. The time of year that is usually filled with yule festivals, preparing for travels to see family abroad, or frantically cleaning the house to hide muddy boot prints and farm tools on kitchen tables from visitors coming to us. This year is odd, most... 
by marleen | Nov 2, 2020 | Homesteading
The kids have clearly taken over the whole range of DIY and crafty activities I’ve been doing these past 5 years. It’s something that every now and then makes me mourn the days before offspring when I would create whatever, whenever I wanted. But mostly, I embrace it... 
by marleen | Aug 20, 2020 | Homesteading
Before we had kids, I had this beautiful idea about gardening with children. I optimistically imagined how little hands would make excellent weeders, how they would hop between the beds, picking and snacking and squashing the beetles that destroy my cucurbits. Now a... 