What Do You Use for Garden Tools?

By Christine | April 27, 2006 |

This morning, I started to read Sharon Lovejoy’s Trowel & Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies & Shortcuts for the Gardener. Towards the beginning of the book, I came across the following: Don’t be afraid to break the rules about what to use for garden tools. I chuckled to myself, as I reminisced about my mom’s…

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The Song of the Herb Robert Fairy

By Christine | April 27, 2006 |

Little Herb Robert, Bright and small, Peeps from the bank Or the old stone wall. Little Herb Robert, His leaf turns red; He’s wild geranium, So it is said. Thank you, Dawn (By Sun and Candlelight), for making me aware of the above poem from Cicely Mary Barker’s The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies.

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Wildflower or Weed

By Christine | April 26, 2006 |

A few days ago my children and I discovered these unknown plants growing near our back fence and in a nearby flower pot. The purple flowers look so delicate and I am inclined to leave them where they are, but first I would like to know whether they are a weed or a wildflower. Does…

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Yard Work with Children

By Christine | April 21, 2006 |

On Wednesday, I decided to spend some time in our backyard rearranging the landscape which has looked a little strange, since we had two big fir trees cut down last fall. My children were all excited about helping me, except for my youngest. He systematically picked our little fig tree and every flower he could…

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Our Lady’s Garden

By Christine | April 19, 2006 |

There is something about the outdoors that beckons to my children year round. Whenever they are outside, they marvel at God’s creations. They bring me worms, beetles, caterpillars, roly polys (a.k.a wood louse), pseudo-scorpions and whatever else they find. They notice the “little bells” on the hyacinths, the first tiny forget-me-nots, the cherry tree blossoms,…

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