Growing Food and Kids

You can only eat so many cucumbers. With the rest, make pickles!
Summer is winding down but in many places, there are still fresh cucumbers to be had. If you’ve never pickled before, I promise it’s easier than it sounds. And you’ll never buy a jar of pickles at the grocery store that will [...]

It’s the height of garden season, and every day there’s weeding, hoeing, harvesting and food preparation to be done. Along with work, parenting and everything else going on in the summertime, gardening can become a chore.
Case in point: last Tuesday. My husband was out of town and I took the day off work to take [...]