Fall Blueberry Planting

October 16, 2012

This week, we had a warm day when I was able to plant the two blueberry bushes that we bought at the Burpee Garden tour. I paired one with the semi-alive front bush in hopes that it will encourage it next year. As you can see in the series below, I dug the holes, filled […]

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TV Free Friday: Yoga

October 12, 2012

One of my favorite things to do with the Tomato is to explore Philadelphia and try new things together. Photo courtesy of TD Bank So, when my Philly Social Media Moms group was invited by TD Bank to try a yoga class at Dhyana Yoga, I was happy to sign up. That’s me up there […]

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Before the First Frost

October 9, 2012

Our weather went from balmy to freezing seemingly instantly this weekend. I don’t like when we have to transfer directly from using the central air conditioning to the heat right away. So, in the rain of Sunday, I went out to bring these guys in so that they wouldn’t be taken down by the frost […]

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TV Free Friday: Pete the Cat

October 5, 2012

As I continue with TV Free Friday posts, I’ll be featuring some of our favorite books with which we curl up and read with the Tomato.  One of our favorite new series is Pete the Cat by Erik Litman and James Dean. Currently, we have the first three books and the newest in the series, […]

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Garden Update

October 2, 2012

This week was a big clean up around here. I am prepping the garden for the winter and I finally tackled a bunch of the weeds. Hello mowed large plot!! Side fence has been trimmed down! Back fence has been cleaned up! Paper has been laid down and dirt will be ordered for new flower […]

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TV-Free Friday: National Alpaca Farm Days

September 28, 2012

As I have written in previous posts, we are choosing not to have Tomato watch TV until she is three. So, in an effort to share some ideas of what we are doing to be TV-free, I am starting TV-Free Fridays. Some of the trips that we like to do with Tomato on nice days […]

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How to Use Stored Onions

September 27, 2012

Now that we have grown our own onions, how are we going to use them?  When we first pulled our onions, I set them out to dry in the sun for a couple of days so that they will last longer in our house. We don’t have a good spot set up for storing them […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Side of Yard

September 26, 2012

Part of this week is being spent sprucing up this side of the yard. Pop back next Monday to see how I do. Linking up with: Angry Julie Monday, Dagmar’s Momsense and 5 Minutes for Mom

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Day #40: My Hardest Challenge in the Garden

September 24, 2012

What has been my hardest challenge in the garden this year? Weeds have given me a run for my money this year in the garden. I have been honest about it and feel that my excitement over the potential of what I could do in the garden has gotten ahead of me. I’ve also been […]

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Top 4 Tips for Kids in the Car

September 20, 2012

Welcome to the September 2012 Natural Living Blog Carnival: Kids in the Car This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Natural Living Blog Carnival hosted by Happy Mothering and The Pistachio Project through the Green Moms Network. This month our members have written posts about kids in the car. —– My Top Four […]

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