This week I picked my first pumpkin from our patch and officially dubbed it pumpkin season. It may be a smaller baking pumpkin (and there may be at...

This time of year, despite the memories of having to go back to school, has always been one of my favorites.As the summer begins to lose its...

You don’t have to do it now, but before the weekend ends, if you could blow off the doormat and change the light bulb in the kitchen. That was a...

Garden harvest season is here and that means preserving something almost daily right now. I don’t always go into the garden every day, but there’s...

There is freedom in frugality. Frivolous shopping leads to buyer’s remorse and unwanted clutter around your house, not to mention putting a dent in...

If It’s too good to be true.How many times have I uttered those words to my kids, trying to impart some of my infinite wisdom? Well, perhaps it was...

I probably should have known better—for several reasons. It’s not like my brother had ever cut me a deal in the past.There was the time he sold me...

It’s now August and I’m trying not to think about it being the last month of the summer, because as a homeschooling family, that doesn’t actually...

I went to the garden to pick some basil for homemade pizza the other day and came in with three green peppers, six jalapenos, a handful of peas,...

Surrounded by orchards the old man sits in a wheelchair in his greenhouse. He has a heavy wool blanket wrapped around his legs and woolen shawl...

It’s hard to believe, but there’s only one more week before the fall high school sports season begins. A new crop of athletes will soon be lacing...

I usually spend more hours of every day outside this time of year, with outdoor projects, gardens to weed and water, kiddie pool to clean weekly,...

One of the fun things about going out to our cousin’s farm when we were young was getting to mess around with the toys he had. The kind of toys my...

 It may be five months until Christmas, but I like to start planning now. From shopping to baking to party planning, I like to try to have my ducks...

Here we are, in the midst of the dog days of summer. That time of year when I ask myself, “Why don’t I live farther north?” If I’m being honest,...