By popular demand, I decided to run the second part of this post right away. The suggestions are so valuable, and having gardened myself for 3 years now, I can definitely attest to the wisdom in these tips. I know that I've been encouraged and reminded of areas where I could improve my own gardening and make it easier for myself, so thanks Amber! ******* Guest Post by Amber Continuing on from Part 1... #1 Start Small Yes, I know; do I have to spoil the fun? [...]
August 28, 2009
A Tale of Two Gardens
I'm excited to introduce this two-part guest post to you! Amber had so many wonderful things to say about her (and her family's) experience of gardening and such helpful suggestions that I decided to turn it into a series. I hope that you're as inspired as I was and encouraged in your own gardening efforts. Look forward to Part 2 next week! ******* Guest Post by Amber “I would love to garden, but I just don't have the time.” Sound familiar? It's certainly a phrase I've heard [...]
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August 27, 2009
How to Nurture Generosity in Your Children
What a great topic! I love it, so I'll hand it straight over to Jamie without further ado... ******* Guest Post by Jamie Martin of Steady Mom Photo by Milena Mihaylova One Sunday afternoon our family of five headed out to visit a friend. As we drove, my husband was telling the children about his job with Love146, an organization combating child sex slavery and exploitation in Southeast Asia. He was leaving soon for a work-related trip to Cambodia, and described to our kids the [...]
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August 25, 2009
Making Cooking Easier: Using Your Slow Cooker
I would agree that slow cookers can be a busy mama's best friend some days. I get a lot of use out of mine, especially in the winter when we enjoy a lot of hot, hearty stews, soups, chili, etc. One of my favorite sites for recipes is A Year of Slowcooking. Check it out, enjoy the post and happy slowcooking! ******* Guest Post by Nola Lately I have been trying to use my slow cooker (also known as a crock pot) more. I had [...]
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August 24, 2009
Motherhood, Moses and the Beauty of Broken Vessels
**My sincere apologies for not having the bio and links up earlier for this post! I'm feeling a little a lot tired and scattered around here, and didn't realize I had actually set this to auto-post without having it ready to go. My bad. Make sure you go and visit Kelly's wonderful blog!** Seeing as Kelly just had her 8th baby a few weeks before me, this is the one guest post that wasn't written specifically for my blog. I figured having a newborn herself [...]
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August 21, 2009
Waldorf-Inspired Real Play
While we don't specifically use Waldorf methods in our home (simply because I've never studied about it myself), I think that there are a lot of similarities in our philosophy of how we would like our children to learn and play, especially as home educators. I've really enjoyed learning more about the Waldorf method from guest poster Cara! ******* Guest Post by Cara Waldorf is a method of education founded by Rudolf Steiner in the late 1800s that focuses on a natural approach to child [...]
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August 20, 2009
Organization for the Disorganized
Today's guest post is by my real life friend, Melanie. When she asked me about writing this topic, I didn't completely get the concept, but I trust Mel and knew that it would be good. It is! I relate to this more than I thought I would, and the suggestions make so much sense! I know, this isn't a blog about organization per se, but let's face it... busy mamas need to be organized! Enjoy! ******* Guest Post by Melanie Dreyer Once I arrived at [...]
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