Enriching the Soil of Your Life
The title should really read “The Gift That Keeps On Giving”, because today I’m writing about a seemingly endless supply of vanilla extract! Updated May, 2016.
This last weekend we were privileged to be involved in the wedding of a dear friend who we love very much. For her bridesmaid’s shower, my daughter wanted to include a gift to appeal to her practical nature and love of baking aromatic breads and pastries. We felt a large bottle of Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract was in order.
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The beautiful, realistic artwork of artist Daniel F. Gerhartz. For more visit his website.
Instead of reading textbooks, students should be reading ‘living books’. When we decided to home-educate our children (with the help of the Lord), an almost irresistible urge seized me to find great ‘living books’ for use as our school readers.
Charlotte Mason was an educator from England who believed that education had three facets: a discipline, an atmosphere and a way of life.
She believed we should use ‘Living books’ to teach children thoughts and ideas that breathed life, not the dry facts in textbooks. As a result, her approach is the opposite of the textbook approach. Living books are more story-like, they don’t simply present information, and their authors are passionate about their topic.
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If you are the adventurous and independent type, here’s a homemade cough remedy that really works. The ingredients are a simple combination of spices and nutrients with no side effects ~no drowsiness, no dry mucous membranes, no precautions about using machinery or driving.
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Seed saving is an adventure in science, thrift, preparedness training, and culinary arts ~ all rolled into one. It’s a step in the direction to living more simply and responsibly. It is easy to teach your children when they are young and thus pass on a heritage of sustainable skills for the next generation. Updated 2015….
“Back to Eden” invites you to take a walk with Paul Gautschi as he teaches you sustainable garden growing methods that are capable of being implemented in diverse climates around the world.
Our family has used many of these principles for years with good success, so I was pleased to find this inspiring Back To Eden film confirming our thinking. MANY of you who have emailed, commented, or messaged questions about how to get started gardening with no experience or poor resources. Unfortunately, there is much misinformation ‘out there’ on good sustainable garden practices, but this approach is closest to God’s design.
PS I have no affiliate connection to this film.
While we are not permitted to embed the film here or on any other website, we are able to share the trailer (below). And below there is a link to see the whole film for free.
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If you’re an urban gardener, you may have thought of straw bale gardening. If you are hoping to find enough space to grow even a tomato plant or two, “building” a garden with straw bales creates a whole new range of possibilities.
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