Helping You Disciple Your Children So They Stand Firm In Their Faith
Being a Mom is a busy life and it comes with a LLLOOOONNNGGGGG to-do list. Our lists of what we want to do and the list of what actually gets done don’t always match up. Like it or not, our children aren’t going to remember all the grand plans we had of things to do “someday.” They’re only going to…
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Over the course of the summer, we have been gearing up to begin homeschooling! I have a degree in teaching, so I thought this would be pretty easy, right? Wrong. I forgot one key thing: Homeschools have no janitor! Actually, there is a janitor… but I’m it! When you teach in a classroom, if there is a spill (or worse…
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A few years ago we rescued some bees from a Mennonite family we know. They were a very young couple (in their very early 20’s perhaps). The husband was a farmer taking up beekeeping and the wife was about 21 years old and pregnant with their second child. One day she went outside and found her husband collapsed on the…
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Ok, folks, I know it’s 100 degrees outside and really too hot to move, but if you live in North Texas, it’s time to get going on those winter gardens, if you haven’t started already! Cooler weather is coming! Here’s what can be planted right now: -Broccoli -Brussels Sprouts -sets of Bunching Onions -Cabbage -Cauliflower -Swiss Chard -Chinese Cabbage -Collard…
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Remember about a month ago when Papa the Farmer was working on some kind of mystery project that was turning my pretty lawn into an eyesore? Well, the mystery was solved. He used those curvy, bending over poles to make: Tomato supports! I’d say he’s sure being an optimist… If the tomatoes grow that tall… well, we’ll have a lot…
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Perhaps that’s not the best metaphor for a farm… Ok… I will call this post “Feast or Famine…” No, that’s not a good title for a farm blog either. =) Whatever you want to call this post, I am finding that there is either nothing going on, or everything is happening at once! Papa the Farmer wouldn’t say that. There…
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