Friday, April 22, 2011

Weeds of the Season

With all the new growth, rain, sun and fair weather of spring, brings lots of plants. Every year I start off on a quest to try to identify what plants are what, so as not to throw away perfectly edible plants. This year, I will try to id and catalog all the plants that have grown on our land.

Today I spent 8 hours weeding, mulching, edging, pruning etc. etc. It was awesome. I'm super sore too. But...here are the weeds (food) most prevalent in our yard and beds this spring.
1. Canada Thistle
2. Purple Dead Nettle
3. Prickly Lettuce
4. Garlic Mustard
5. Dandelion
6. Onion Grass
7. Wild Strawberry (Indian Strawberry)
8. Common Groundsel
9. Plantain
10. Clover
11. Speedwell
12. May Apples
13. Mullein
14. Burdock
15. Early Poke
16.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Pookie- Tookie- Tookie- Pookie



Click on the picture above to get a Naomi fix. :) We love you all!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Great Sites We Love

New pictures up on Flickr!
Also...
Here are some websites we love a lot. They are all very important to us. I don't expect you to go through all of them, but you should!!! Ha ha. Seriously. They will change your life! :) You can use this as a resource from time to time, too.



For Sewing:


For Knitting, Crocheting, Felting:
http://www.ravelry.com
http://www.knittinghelp.com
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/index.php
http://www.knitmap.com/
http://www.dailycrocheter.com/

Awesome Blogs!:
http://colorjoy.com/
http://www.bramblestitches.com

Patterns Etc.:
http://hyenacart.com/stores/FernandFaerie/
http://www.tinybirdsorganics.com/organiccotton/clothpads.html

Mamas (Frugality, All of the above included):
http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com
http://www.radicalfrugality.info/main.html
http://www.instructables.com/

Wholesale Organic Baby Clothing:
http://www.kokobeanshop.com/pages/koko-kouture-15.html

Gardening:
http://www.yougrowgirl.com/
http://www.gardenguides.com/

Hemp:
http://hempbasics.com/shop/ecom-prodshow/1mm_hemp_cord.html

Hot Sauce!!!:
http://www.torchbearersauces.com/

Flameworking:
http://www.talkglass.com
http://www.lampworketc.com
http://www.brentgraber.com
http://www.mountainglassarts.com
http://www.unlimitedoxygen.com
http://www.theglasshive.com
http://www.glasstorchtech.com


Where to Find Raw Milk!:
http://www.realmilk.com/where4.html#pa

Enjoy!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Watch Videos and Get Updates

Here is a link to our vimeo account that has a bunch of videos of Naomi. http://vimeo.com/21859523

Also, to the right of this post, you'll see a place to put your email address in so that you get notifications for when our blog is updated!!! Isn't that awesome?!! :) Ha ha.

I hope you are all doing well. We are currently awaiting the New Moon to arrive. Yay!

And by the way, love is the best.

Lynays