Growing Food and Kids

If you’ve never picked okra, you’re not missing much. The funny-looking vegetable known as a chief ingredient in gumbo grows on a plant with leaves that are itchier than any I’ve ever encountered. Last night I picked a bucketful of okra while the kids played in the garden, and because I forgot to bring gloves [...]

My husband, kids and I spent most of yesterday in the car on the way to the beach. After almost seven hours in the car with a four-year-old and a two-year-old (and thankfully a DVD  player), we made it to Orange Beach, Ala., where we’re soaking up sun and playing in the sand before the really big crowds [...]