August 2008 - Posts

• My garden helpers

  It’s not easy to find time to tend the garden with two little ones. Or do any singular activity, for that matter. They like to be involved. Our backyard, tiny as it is, is now strewn with kids toys. The turtle sand box, basketball hoop, water table... Posted Aug 24 2008, 07:42 AM by Greenie Weenie Filed under: Family, Environment, Food...mmmm, Homesteading, Photos, kids, gardening

• The kids get cooking

  I’m not the only one who likes to cook in our house. We hauled the play kitchen up from the basement and put it in Berry’s room. It was a hit with Chef Berry and soux chef Duncan. There has been corn eating, pie making and lots and lots of... Posted Aug 19 2008, 11:27 AM by Greenie Weenie Filed under: The kids, Photos

• Feasting from my garden

  There’s something so satisfying about cooking dinner with food from my garden. Dinner tonight - currently bubbling away on the stove — features tilapia (from who knows where) cooked in a tomato and pepper sauce. The tomatoes, red pepper and... Posted Aug 17 2008, 06:03 PM by Greenie Weenie Filed under: Various obsessions, Food...mmmm, organic, garden, localvore

• What do I do with the worms in my compost?

  I love my compost bins, tucked away behind the garage. It’s so quiet and private back there (a big thing in a city backyard) and smells of leaves and rain and the forest. I finally got around to screening my compost. Oh, what beautiful stuff. It’s... Posted Aug 07 2008, 02:10 PM by Greenie Weenie Filed under: Various obsessions, Environment, Food...mmmm, Homesteading