 “...I have a regard for children’s little treasures, and think they should be treated respectfully.” - Louisa May Alcott This post contains affiliate links, but all opinions are my own.
It doesn’t matter where you live, if your children go outside, they will find interesting discoveries out there and want to bring them inside. When my Bigs were littler, we would walk through our suburban neighborhood to the library every week and come home with more than just books. Usually, it was rocks, sticks, leaves, or prickly gumballs: nature treasures found along the way. As a toddling two year old, William loved rescuing earthworms on the sidewalk - even the dried-up, shriveled ones. I cringed slightly and encouraged him to leave them in the grass because I didn’t want dead earthworms in my house. For the first few years of my kids’ lives, I treated nature finds like an unpleasant task - something I had to put up with.
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We have wild grapevines everywhere. Yes, everywhere. They grow up the trees and over the bushes, strangling out the sturdiest plants. I was looking at a pile of them last fall, thinking about how useless they were. But, the thought crossed my mind – is this what grapevine wreaths are made of?! Is it as simple as using these weeds? Yes, it is! And, it’s super easy.  Can pizza be a health food? There are lots of yummy toppings! When I was a kid, my family religiously had pizza and movie night on Friday evenings. It was my favorite dinner-time tradition. My mom loved it because it gave her a break from cooking and dishes. It was a treat to ride with Daddy to pick up the pizzas (he didn’t think delivery was worth the extra cost) and come home with the hot boxes on my lap.
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My background is in interior design. I think of design as a puzzle where you’re given a lot of pieces that need to be put together. The most important part of a design is that it performs well; and, you know it’s really a good design when it also looks good. So, when Michael and I first started planning our landscaping at our previous house, we wanted it to be more than just pretty. A standard permaculture principle says that it’s better to grow food than grass. We didn’t take the extreme jump and remove our lawn. But, when we wanted a pretty tree in our front yard, we chose a fruiting cherry tree – they’re beautiful when blooming in the spring and you get cherries. It’s a lovely addition to our yard that grows free food every year. |
AuthorSusan is a mother of six: five boys and one sweet girl. She is probably busy right now diapering a child, getting someone a snack, and looking for a lost shoe. Now, where is that coffee cup? Archives
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