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Winter Gardening fun with the Gigglin’ Garden Gang #GoGreenNGiggle #CBias
Teaching my kids about being responsible citizens and taking care of the environment is important to me, and one of the best tools I’ve found to do so is our little garden, which I’ve blogged about several times. Now that it’s winter, we miss playing in the dirt and watching things grow in our garden. Also, many of you readers as well as my local friends have voiced an interest in gardening with kids but … Read entire article »
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It’s Spring. Time to make the Veggies!
Although temps have gotten down right chilly over the past few days, there are still plenty of signs that Spring is in full swing right outside our window. Craig and the kids get all the credit for our front flower bed. Meanwhile, mother nature has been at work too. The trees are budding and blooming, the birds are singing, and the rains are keeping the creek babbling happily. The woods behind the house are turning green … Read entire article »
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There’s a Word for That: Squash
The official Fall season is one week old today. Even though the weather here in the south isn’t very Fall-like yet, there’s another way to tell that it’s Fall. Squash. I was given these beauties by the Hankins family. They gave me even more, but I gave some to the neighbor. Luckily tomorrow is my turn to make the supper swap dinner. Have you ever seen such huge zucchini? In the midst of trying to figure out … Read entire article »
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One Small Change: Official Wrap-Up
The One Small Change initiative officially wrapped-up on Earth Day. However, since the project has gotten such a great response, with several of us planning to continue making changes through the year, Hip Mountain Mama has decided to keep the blog going, complete with prizes and guest posts. So, this is my review of the first four changes we made this year: January – Eat More Local Food February – Use Cloth Diapers More March – Build a Garden April – Start Composting Local Food – this one got off to a slow start, but now that the farmer’s markets are opening, and the Argenta Market is in business, it’s much easier to find local food resources. Our little garden in the back yard has started providing a little bit of produce as well: radishes. … Read entire article »
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Compost Commencement!
It’s Here! My dad delivered our new (to us) compost bin, complete with some starter in it, and we’ve been adding to it ever since. Every once in a while I have to do a google search to see if a certain item can be composted or not, but we’re learning as we go. As you can see in the image above, the drum of our composter has a panel door that opens. We dump in our fruit and vegetable scraps, yard cuttings, coffee grinds and filters, and whatever other organic items we have. Then, we close the door and spin the drum around four or five times to mix it up. Pretty easy. . . .but not really. I have to admit that I’m a bit intimidated by this compost thing. How … Read entire article »
Garden Update and…Composting!
Our March One Small Change is rolling right along. I’m happy to report that everything we have planted so far (radishes, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and sunflowers) is happily showing off little green leaves. Today the kids and I planted cucumbers, squash, beans, and stevia. Carina loves eating the leaves off of the stevia, which is a natural sweetener. We’ve had a lot of fun in the garden, and learned a few things as well. I am … Read entire article »
