Monday, October 31, 2022
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Monday, October 24, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Beautiful day already! Set the butterfly free from Cecily's class-they watched it grow from a tiny caterpillar. Learned how to tell the difference between male and female monarchs, it's a girl! They named her Izabella. ❤️ She's resting and eating a lot in the pollinator corridor right outside their class before her next adventure. The way they keep checking on her is so sweet! Bonus-Prepping for classes this week brought a rainbow inside. ๐
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Produce from a friend's backyard... about to be roasted and made into soup! Just going to add some sage and thyme from our front garden and cook it all low and slow. Sharing harvests with people is the whole reason we made our farmstand, and it is so fun to be able to use the freshest and tastiest homegrown produce. We are prepping this veggie explosion for our neighborhood soup night so the circle will continue!
Monday, August 29, 2022
Friday, August 26, 2022
First week of official teaching as a garden/cooking teacher! Some highlights from today- making butterfly puddles and bee bubblers with 2nd grade as we learned about pollinators. Exploring the connection between energy and garden in food webs and journals with 5th graders while doing a mindful tasting of mint leaves. It was a great day. Not to be forgotten, yesterday was also amazing. Kindergartens did a scavenger hunt to familiarize themselves with our garden (and tasted ripe tomatoes!) and a 4/5 class did the food web activity.
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Back to school! Here's to a great year for these 3 awesome girls! Cannot believe we're going into 2nd, 4th, and 7th grade... the littlest is the same age as our oldest was when we moved back here from Kenya. ๐คฏ Excitement was in the air this morning... hence the crazy head cropped last photos. ๐
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
Monday, January 24, 2022
So proud of this girl! She had an idea, learned new skills, and is now getting ready to take her designs to sell to our neighbors. Thanks to Nana for her patience and help getting us started... this project had everyone learning something new already this year. Love this way to start the new year- new skills and creating just for the joy of it! What's something you'd like to try?
Monday, January 17, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Friday, January 14, 2022
Progress! We have a plan. 1/3 of the plants and seeds are in. 1/3 are coming to the nursery soon. The other 1/3 are in the garage greenhouse to be transplanted when they've grown. Still to come: an arch, a seat, annuals like fennel and dill, a lion's tail or two, and probably some much. Oh, and a cool glass of iced tea made from all these herbs! Full plan over at @sweetpea_farmstand
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Saturday, January 1, 2022
New space coming soon! We got our new tree (a gorgeous red maple ๐) a few weeks ago and started dreaming about what this patch in the front could look like. Slowly, the idea took shape-an herb garden to read or wander in, a pollinator island, an extension of the farm stand- fresh tea anyone? Planning a place to gather with friends & passers-by. So, we took my parents to a rockery when they visited, they gave me a gorgeous home for bees for Christmas, the girls and my mom helped research the plants, and Kirk built this incredible fence... it's getting closer each day and that's exciting! Come visit!
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