by Marissa | Jun 2, 2017 | 2017, Farm, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Life, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
It’s been the week of new life; our garden is starting to grow well (as are the weeds!) and our little farm is bustling with activity. We’ve got several broody hens who’ve been hoarding eggs so Dan made a nifty cage that covers right in front of a...
by Marissa | May 22, 2017 | 2017, Farm, Gardening, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
The gardening season is upon us full speed. That time when weeds wait for no one and where daily there are seeds or plants needing to get in the ground yesterday. The girls and I went away for a few nights to a friends cottage by the sea and I was lulled into somewhat...
by Marissa | Jan 12, 2016 | 2016, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Parenting, Play, Uncategorised
Quite a while back I started reading about Forest Kindergarten where early education is spent almost exclusively outdoors. We spend a good many hours of our lives out of doors but there was still something so intriguing to me about the intentionality of this type of...
by Marissa | Dec 16, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Health, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
With the birth of Sugar’s calf Blue, we are back into the full swing of milking. Although, at this point the calf is always with his mama and we are just milking what milk he doesn’t take. Within a week or so we will start keeping them apart for a couple...
by Marissa | Dec 16, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
We’ve a new arrival to our tiny farm! Our highland jersey cross, Sugar, was due to calf at the end of this week. The 19th on my calendar to be exact. However, we were surprised with an early arrival. It was a wet but warmish night and Dan went out late in the...
by Marissa | Jul 1, 2014 | 2014, Farm, Gardening, Home, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
I had this post ready to go last night and then my iPad closed it before I could save it. An incredibly frustrating thing at 11:30 at night when I should have been sleeping. The above picture is my weedy tomato and pepper patch. I’m fighting a bit of a losing...