Garden

Regrowing Green Onions In Your Kitchen

Posted by Kim Bond on Jun 25, 2012 in Food, Garden | 0 comments

Green onions are one of my favorite ingredients to add to many kinds of recipes, but I find it frustrating to have fresh onions when I need them, but not waste half of the package. Here are two great tricks to ensure that you always have green onions in your kitchen any time you need them. Although I love the taste and flavor green onions added to meals they are sometimes a frustrating addition. It seems like when you do add them to a recipe you need so little, that you end up wasting the rest or if you really need them, you don’t have them or they have already gone bad in the...

The Perfect Gift For Kids To Make And Give Grandma For Mothers Day

Posted by Kim Bond on Apr 5, 2012 in Do It Yourself, Fun for Kids, Garden, Gift Ideas | 0 comments

Mothers day is a great opportunity to have the kids make something extra special for their Grandmothers. Take pet rocks to a whole new level and let your kids create simply adorable garden or flower pot decorations with their beloved Grandmother in mind. This is the perfect gift for Grandma that will remind her how much she is loved each time she sees them. I love the idea of having the kids make something special for their Grandmas on Mothers Day. Mothers day, for me, surely isn’t about getting gifts or taking the day “off” from my mom duties. It is just another...

Getting Your Kids Involved In The Garden

Posted by Kim Bond on Apr 3, 2012 in Fun for Kids, Garden, Summer Projects | 0 comments

Growing your own food has not only nutritional benefits for your family, but a pleathera of life lessons, and amazement for young children. Planting our own seeds and growing a garden is a family affair. It provides us with wonderful healthy produce all summer long, as well as enough to can for the winter. The kids benefit in so many ways from being a part of the gardening process from start to finish. When our first baby arrived, I began to look at how our family eat very differently. It was never really something that I thought that much about until I had a precious little life that...