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Kids in the Garden: Watch them Grow
I am proud to say that I have a guest post up over on the Happy Family Blog. It’s all about two of my favorite topics – my kids and our garden. I would super-duper appreciate it if you would hop over and leave a comment. Happy Family is one of our favorite organic food companies – the kids love their smoothie pouches – I freeze them and put them in their lunches, so they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education, Garden, Go Green, Guest Blogger, Health, Health & Fitness, Mommyhood
One Community: June 2014
I have not been doing well keeping up with my New Year’s resolution to blog more and take part in the One Community project (more details on what it is at the bottom of the post), but I’m jumping back on the wagon! This month’s theme words were chosen by Kara. They are: road, float, sprinkler, oasis. Road We traveled to Florida at the beginning of this month. On the way through Northeast Arkansas, we marveled at the cloud formations. Float My … Read entire article »
Filed under: Garden, Not the Dishes, Travel, Write & Blog
Garden Surprises
Fall is officially here, so it seems a bit odd to be posting about the garden, but it appears that this year’s garden is a late bloomer, so to say. The first garden surprise is the fact that we even have a garden. It was in the long-term plan, but I had resolved that it would not be happening this year due to the new business craziness. But, then Craig decided to build a garden, and … Read entire article »
P. Allen Smith’s #Bean2Blog – Part One
Wow. A week ago today, I had the unique and amazing opportunity to spend the day at P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home on Moss Mountain Farm in Roland, Arkansas with 17 other bloggers. If you don’t know, P. Allen Smith is often referred to as “the Martha Stewart of the South”. He’s an outdoor living guru – covering everything from gardening to food to design on his PBS shows, YouTube channel, and books. Moss Mountain … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Around the Town, Garden, Travel
Finding Farmers’ Markets and Harvest Fun
I was going to put together a list of Farmers’ Markets in Central Arkansas, but then I found that Julie over at Real Food in Little Rock already had a great list of Farmers’ Markets in Little Rock. Go Here to check it out. If you’re not in Little Rock, check out Local Harvest’s Website to find a Farmers’ Market near you. You can search a variety of different types of resources by zip code. And, if … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arkansas, Around the Town, Garden, Go Green, Health, Health & Fitness, Mommyhood, Things to Do in Central Arkansas, Travel
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 »
Filed under: Garden, Go Green, Product Reviews
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