Archive for June, 2009
Sugar Cookie Playdoh – a Frugal Kid Entertainment!
Posted in: Cooking, General, Raising Families Tags: edible dough, edible playdough, frugal fun, frugal kid entertainment, homemade playdough
Today my little girls, ages 6 & 8 each got to have a friend over. Rain prevented a lot of outdoor play, so I mixed up a batch of sugar cookie dough! I gathered a cookie sheet, some flour to powder hands for each set of girls and set them and their imaginations free. You [...]
Spring harvest!
I admit, I don’t have a covered bed yet. I’m just getting to enjoying my first spring harvests now. Many hardcore gardeners have enjoyed early greens already but I won’t let that diminish my first harvests! Radishes and spinach! I even got creative the other day. I took out a bit of frozen lard and [...]
Spring flowers
Several years ago, I noticed color in my then, ugly, nearly lifeless raised beds. It was spring and the color stuck out! I ventured out into the cool April weather and lo and behold, I discovered beautiful flowers. They were similar to my wild Eastern Columbines but instead of the bright yellow and reds, there [...]