Category: Green Living

After living here for six years, we thought we had explored all of the hiking trails and opportunities for getting our kids out into nature, but we had missed out on Powder Valley Conservation and Nature Center until this summer. I’m so glad we ventured out (a bit west of St. Louis) to explore their nature … Continue reading “Powder Valley Conservation & Nature Center”

The accidental gardener strikes again! A couple of years ago, we had a surprise sprout garden. This year, a surprise carrot patch! I noticed a month ago that the feathery bright green plants growing rapidly around a tomato plant in the corner of our garden looked strangely familiar. And then I placed them: carrots! I … Continue reading “From Garden to Table: Roasted Rosemary Carrots with Sheep’s Milk Feta”

We’ve had a plethora of radishes and beets this summer. I love beets many ways — roasted, grated raw on top of a salad, but especially pickled. Whole Foods sells a delicious product (Love Beets) that I sometimes splurge on (their honey ginger variety is my favorite), but with our own beets growing fast and … Continue reading “From Garden to Table: Pickled Beets”

There isn’t a rotten day in these boys’ lives that cannot be fixed by a nature walk. They will be grumpy, tired, whiney, or irritable, but when taken outdoors (the more open the space, the better), all of it vanishes into thin air, floating up and away. I find it interesting that there was a … Continue reading “Nature Walks”

Predictably, we’ve settled into our groove around here. It didn’t take long to move past all of the drama of the adjustment period. When it all came down to it, my boys needed some serious down time — as in, several weeks of barely leaving the house: no plans, play dates, or scheduled activities — no camps … Continue reading “Around Here”