The little master came running pellmell into the living room on Sunday exclaiming about a praying mantis on the screen door. He was agitated to say the least. His plans involved stingers, pinchers, a preemptive strike, and total insecticide. Sitting in m… more »

I've gotten a lot of parenting advice over the years. It's hard not to get parenting advice. In fact, all you need to get buckets of parenting advice is a child standing within 12 feet of you. Or upwind. It's a pretty even mix of good advice, great advic… more »

What to do? The little gardener is growing up so fast that she has only traces of that little baby face left. She dutifully repeated me as I declared, Flower! = Faw-wah! Purple! = Poopool! Leaf! = Weaf! Green! = Geen! All Done = ________… more »

First we got to get some little pots. We put the pots in the dirt. And use dirt to cover the seeds up. Then we put them in the paper thing with all the dirt inside. We put the seeds in the pots with the dirt inside. And then we wat… more »

I realize, that for all intents and purposes, this blog is mainly about my yard and the things in it that I obsess over. However, at my house we grow more than flowers and veggies. We are actively growing two small humans and they require tending year ro… more »