Category: Green Living

Without giving too much away, I can’t help but share this piece of our crazy life right now… Last Friday we had a guest, Sarah, from Blast Films– a London-based TV and Film Production Company with us for four hours. Sarah was amazing- professional and sweet with our boys, and she handled the St. Louis heat … Continue reading “A Little Film… Maybe?”

Thanks to some lovely sunshine and plenty of rain, our garden veggies are growing in leaps and bounds! Above is a variety of spinach that can withstand higher heat (an Asian variety I can’t remember the name of- sorry!) and also happens to climb. I think it is so pretty with the vibrant stem and … Continue reading “How Does Your Garden Grow”

I have mentioned fondly our wonderful friends from New Zealand before, but I must reiterate just how much they mean to us in the short time we have known them. They are without a doubt the easiest people to be around- funny, gentle, and down-to-earth. They are on the same page with us parenting-wise, which … Continue reading “What to do with that Placenta You Have Lying Around”

Every growing season, we seem to push our knowledge a bit more. We have composting down, now we get the fencing part, and each year we work to improve our soil by adding compost and shredded leaves in the fall. But we still have our share of garden woes. After some reading-up, I found that … Continue reading “Testing Garden Soil”

Don’t worry! It has not suddenly started snowing here in late April. I started this post right before my appendix ruptured, and then a whole month passed. Unfortunately, all the work in starting seeds went to waste- we were barely getting by as it was without having to worry about continuously moving and watering a … Continue reading “Best Laid Plans”