This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.This site contains affiliate links that benefit my family if you purchase through them. Read my full disclosure here.One thing I love about nature walks is that you can head out looking for one thing (in this case May Apples) and stumble…
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I’ve been hearing a lot about food security lately, and while I can’t predict what the future holds, it makes sense to be more independent in the way we acquire our food. If you’re trying to grow a lot of calories, winter squash is at the top of the list. In Carol Deppe’s book The Resilient Gardener, she lists squash as…
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We cannot overemphasize the importance of prayer in our children’s lives. One of my favorite methods of prayer is praying scripture over my children. There is something powerful about using God’s word in prayer. For years, I’ve loved Amy Carmichael’s prayer that she prayed for the children under her care in her orphanage in India. You can tell that she…
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A Nature Study for Early Spring Early spring is a great time to visit a pond and observe the new life that is awakening. You may hear the mating call of frogs and find their egg masses. You may see the first salamanders waking up from their winter hibernation. Or if you gaze into the pond, you may spy caddisfly…
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Gardens are for Growing by Chelsea Tornetto is a sweet gardening book about a young girl and her dad. As we watch them garden together, the daughter grows from toddler to an adult with a child of her own. Both gardening and family relationships are dear to my heart so I’m excited to see both featured in this lovely book….
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We made some seed paper recently and I made some new cards to showcase the hearts. We used Candy Cane Mix zinnia seeds so I painted some watercolor zinnias for the front of the cards. You can buy the Candy Cane Mix zinnia seeds from Baker Creek Seeds for a few dollars (with free shipping), or you can pick them…
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Thanks for joining us. I’m Suzanna, mom to four boys and now an adorable little girl who’s growing up too fast and who will never doubt that her family loves her. I am in wonder of what God has done for me through His Son, Jesus Christ; in wonder of the precious husband He has given me, and of the family we are raising together by His grace. [Read more]
