Monthly Archives: May, 2017
I made my own healing salves… plantain and comfrey!
Why didn’t I know about comfrey when my boys broke their bones! Andre just broke his knee last fall… … so an herb that can help mend bones would have been appropriate! Yup- comfrey can help knit bones together! It also helps bruises and other ouchies… but it shouldn’t be used on open wounds …
Wild birthday fun!
We drove to KY for my niece’s wild birthday party… Little House on the Prairie style! It was great to meet up with several of my sisters and their families! For the occasion I made my sister and her four kids blue bonnets… Birthday Party Activities: Foraging in the backyard I took the kids around …
Our great libraries and How Simone earned a new Chromebook
The Saint Louis County Public Library is amazing! Last year, I would NEVER had said that! I was carrying around an unbelievably large debt on my expired card from when the kids where babies- 10 years ago!! I had been unable to handle returning books in a timely matter- overdue fines added up quickly! I had …
Making Bee Baths
What’s a bee bath 🐝? It’s a miniature version of a bird bath but its small with rocks in it to prevent drowning!! Why a bee bath 🐝? So bees – our fabulous pollinators- can safely get a drink of clean water 💦! We took a class at Mo Dept of Conservation were we learned all …
Camping Activities
Simone and I had entirely too much fun Girl Scout camping this weekend!! 😃😃😃 As I mentioned before- we were in covered wagons… so we had A Little House On The Prairie theme. We sewed bonnets for all the girls to wear! …and bonnets for the mothers too! I bought vintage aprons and some beautiful …
Camping in a covered wagon 🌺
Simone and I are at Girl Scout Camp! We are staying in covered wagons… and playing a little dress up 😊
Clover has some friends 🐰🐥🐥🐥🐥
After losing our chickens to wild animals a few years ago, we took a break from backyard chickens. But, when I friend incubated a bunch of eggs and had extra chicks, we decided to get a few. What started as getting two- quickly turned into four, one for each kid LOL 😂 Shadow… Sunshine Yoshi …
I finally learned how to make jam!!
My friend, Theresa, and her husband taught me how to make strawberry Jam! Theresa has been my friend since the 7th grade! She introduced me to Pearl Jam 😄 and I just happened to name my firstborn son Eddie after Eddie Vedder 😍! Since we had just gone strawberry picking, her husband suggested that we …
Clover tea
I’m not really fond of prepackaged herbal tea ☕️, I’ll make myself a cup, delight in its aroma, and then neglect it! Then I realized I liked Passion Tea over ice but I was getting tired of the same ol flavor! While I was surfing Pinterest, I found information about foraging clover to make tea. …
A happy Mother’s Day 😊
Happy Mother’s Day! 🌺🌸🌿🌸🌺 I’ve had such a wonderful day today! I love my four children to the moon 🌙 and back again and my husband is absolutely amazing 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜😍😍😍!! I got to go to a books store for over an hour and I am so excited about this book (recommended by a friend- thanks …
Becoming a Wild Family 