Travelling with Kids
Whether it's a big trip, or just down the road, today we will talk about why travelling with your kids is the best thing for them, along...
Growing our Homestead
-The trials, triumphs, and growing pains of settling into a garden, and expanding a homestead.- In our last two posts, we were able to...
Japanese Beetles - What they are and How to Get Rid of Them
- Japanese beetles are real garden pests that have a life cycle that is hard to break, but with determination there are a few ways you...
How to Grow Potatoes in a Small Space - no hilling required-
Would love to grow potatoes in your garden, but don't have the space to dedicate to hill them? Give potato boxes a try. I know it's been...
On Hobbies and Survival Skills
With Spring on the horizon, I thought I'd share one more wintery post before all the snow melts, and we move on to warmer tasks and...
How to not throw your child a themed birthday party ...and still be a good mom
We have a birthday in our house that is approaching very quickly! As I'm perusing Pinterest and all the things that make up what we tend...
Winter Homesteading, the New Year, & the Hygge Phenomenon
If you're anything like me, it seems that you can't look at a flyer or open any social media during the month of January without getting...
Christmas 2018 Home Tour
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Actually it's looked a lot like Christmas here for well over a month now, and while there...
$100 Room Challenge - Island Reveal ...sorta...kinda
It has been exactly a month since we announced our intention to make over our kitchen island in one month for one hundred dollars as part...
All About Pinecones
I don't know about your corner of the world, but here in the Ottawa/Gatineau valleys, we are in the in between time. The trees are bare,...
