Well last night the temperatures dropped down to about 2C. Hubby picked up some more floating row cover/frost blanket and we finished covering everything up. Thankfully we did not have any frost, but I’m glad to have the plants protected anyway. Tonight is only suppose to go down to 6C and after that it looks [...]
Sunday afternoon we were busy in the gardens again. We tilled up the garden patch a second time. Then we raked the sod clumps out. Normally the front garden isn’t bad for weeds, but we had such nice weather early in the season that they started growing early. Hubby bought rolls of landscape fabric that [...]
This past Saturday we were finally able to start tilling the gardens. We would have loved to start working them sooner but between hubby’s back and the crazy weather this spring we were running behind. But the weather this past week has been wonderful! On Sat. were tilled up all of our gardens and I [...]
The weather this past week has been just wonderful! So I’m following cues from the weather and starting to plant out early. The long range forecast for the next few weeks looks nice. They are saying a few cooler nights, so I can just cover up my plants if need be. These photos were taken [...]
CurrClick is giving away 5 wonderful freebies for Mothers day! They are also hosting a contest for Mom’s and kids. Mom’s can enter to win an Ipod Nano and children can win an iPod Shuffle! The freebies from CurrClick are Get Ready to Garden lapbook Girlfriends Guide to Homeschool Conferences Mammoth Math Place Value 2 [...]
I’ve made a few changes to the site that will affect how everyone logs in. Yesterday we were hit with a spam attack trying to login so many times our host had to shut down our site. That account has been dealt with. I’ve removed the sidebar login form and we will now use the [...]
Well it sure is a yo-yo of a spring here! For the most part our weather has been a week of cold weather near 0C, then a few days of low 20C, then back to cold! Two days ago we were having a pretty good snow shower, then today it was super hot! This sure [...]
I’ve been working on the site trying to fix some problems. For now I’ve had to switch back to the default theme, as my old one is giving to many errors. I’m trying to track down the problems and hopefully I’ll have everything running the way I like again soon. If you have problems logging [...]
CurrClick is having their annual Easter egg hunt and sale. Hidden on their site are 10 Easter eggs, click on the eggs to add freebies to your cart. They also have many spring and outdoor themed curriculums 40% off!
We are working on Easter activities this week and I thought I’d share the wonderful free resources I’ve found online here. Scripture Adventures has released a free Easter lapbook. If you’re looking for something deeper Scripture Adventures also has a lapbook and study guided titled an Easter Adventure it’s not free, but looks like a [...]
