Last weekend husband bought some mint plants, and they’ve been languishing indoors every since. It was on my agenda to pot them for the past couple of days (you know you can’t plant mint in the ground, right?), but I couldn’t just put them in a pot. I had to make the pot cuter first. […]
How to Plant a Butterfly Garden
My daughter loves butterflies, flowers and gardening, and I thought it would be perfect to combine all of those interests this year and plant a butterfly garden. For a brief time she was really into “Nature Cat” on PBS, and they happened to do an episode about why butterflies need our help, so it was […]
Getting Kids Interested in Gardening: Ideas and Resources
One great way to get kids interested in nutrition and trying new foods is to get them as involved as possible in the selection and preparation of those foods. Even better is if you can grow some food yourself, so the child is invested in the food from the very beginning. Knowing where food comes […]
Plant Something
As is often the case with Arkansas winters, we just ended a few days of unseasonably warm temperatures with a cold and rainy day and the threat of snow (there were 10 inches reported on the state’s highest mountain, but nary a flake accumulated where I live). Still, it’s cold and gray and dreary today, […]
Tips for Spring Gardening with Kids — And Keeping it Clean
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PurellWipes #CollectiveBias It’s almost officially spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and I know I’m not the only one who is ready for the world to come to life again. One of the things we love to do as […]
Make Your Own Plant Markers {Kid Craft}
We’re doing our first real garden since the girl was born, and she’s pretty excited about it. We bought a little raised bed kit and have lettuce, broccoli and strawberries — all things she will eat — so far, as well as some flower seeds that didn’t fare too well in the last cold snap. […]
A Cool Basil Trick from Foodie Friday
(Yes I know it’s Thursday. I’m taking a day away from home with my sweetie while the tropical storm passes over. This is just what I wanted to share today.) I mentioned in that giant post I’m guessing virtually no one read all the way through yesterday that part of the blogging conference was a […]