Some time ago, I pinned a recipe on Pinterest for Cucumber Mint Sugar Scrub . Now that cucumbers and mint are readily available at the farme...

This year I tried something new with canning: pickling peppers. The recipe is from Canning Homemade!  and uses a variety of peppers. I use...

After shopping at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Saturday morning, I had a variety of fresh produce and herbs that I was excited to can. ...

This week for the 39th week of the Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks challenge, I chose to read The Time Keeper  by Mitch Albom. I've read many...

For the 38th week of the Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks challenge, I read Son  by Lois Lowry. Son is the final book in The Giver  quartet. Many ...

For this week's Outdoor Hour Challenge, we focused on ants. First, I shared some information from the Handbook of Nature Study  about in...

We went to the Taco Daze Parade on Saturday afternoon. The theme this year was the Roaring 20s. Some of the people and horses were dressed u...

Two years ago, we studied blue jays and blue birds. We're starting out our nature studies for the 2014-15 homeschool year with this fam...