Introducing Our Vintage Store

 We have introduced our vintage section of our store on Etsy.  Check out some of the things we've uploaded. 

 Here is an exclusive sneak peak of more items to come.  Check the shop regularly, new items are posted every day! 

Soon To Come! My Diapering System in Detail

Tomato Army Orchard

What began in our garden by planting heirloom tomatoes, was a massive spawning ground this year for more tomato  plants than we can contain.  We have begun to mobilize the invading tomato plants (after taking out 200 others) by transplanting an orchard-like tomato patch.  They are caged now, all around the property, and in single-file rows by the dozens in our back yard.  By the way, I'm very sorry for sounding militant.  It just came out....honest.

Our Week In Pictures

 Dave, Naomi, Matt, Grace & Mike

Official Launch of the Emerson Series

 

The Emerson Series 

NOW ON SALE!!!   Released June 10, 2011 : Click the Picture Above

Visit our newest creations on Etsy!   Our showcase, the Emerson Series reflects some of

Ralph Waldo Emerson's most renowned poems.  All the pendants were named

after and photographed with their respectable passages.

Poems paired with pendants include the titles:

Eros (Silence)
Faith
Give All To Love
Give Me Truths
Phoenix
The Apology
The Days Ration
Thine Eyes Still Shined
Friendship
Love
Prudence
The Amulet
Word and Deed
Ode to Beauty

 Below is a tasting of the pendant's namesake: Give Me Truths (Blight)

Blight

"Give me truths,
For I am weary of the surfaces,
And die of inanition. If I knew
Only the herbs and simples of the wood,
Rue, cinquefoil, gill, vervain, and pimpernel,
Blue-vetch, and trillium, hawkweed, sassafras,
Milkweeds, and murky brakes, quaint pipes and sundew,
And rare and virtuous roots, which in these woods
Draw untold juices from the common earth,
Untold, unknown, and I could surely spell
Their fragrance, and their chemistry apply
By sweet affinities to human flesh,
Driving the foe and stablishing the friend,—
O that were much, and I could be a part
Of the round day, related to the sun,
And planted world, and full executor
Of their imperfect functions. ..."

www.anheirloomidentity.blogger.com
www.lynays.net

The Emerson Series Official Launch

 

The Emerson Series 

NOW ON SALE!!!   Released June 10, 2011 : Click the Picture Above

Visit our newest creations on Etsy!   Our showcase, the Emerson Series reflects some of

Ralph Waldo Emerson's most renowned poems.  All the pendants were named

after and photographed with their respectable passages.

Poems paired with pendants include the titles:

Eros (Silence)
Faith
Give All To Love
Give Me Truths
Phoenix
The Apology
The Days Ration
Thine Eyes Still Shined
Friendship
Love
Prudence
The Amulet
Word and Deed
Ode to Beauty

 Below is a tasting of the pendant's namesake: Give Me Truths (Blight)

Blight

"Give me truths,
For I am weary of the surfaces,
And die of inanition. If I knew
Only the herbs and simples of the wood,
Rue, cinquefoil, gill, vervain, and pimpernel,
Blue-vetch, and trillium, hawkweed, sassafras,
Milkweeds, and murky brakes, quaint pipes and sundew,
And rare and virtuous roots, which in these woods
Draw untold juices from the common earth,
Untold, unknown, and I could surely spell
Their fragrance, and their chemistry apply
By sweet affinities to human flesh,
Driving the foe and stablishing the friend,—
O that were much, and I could be a part
Of the round day, related to the sun,
And planted world, and full executor
Of their imperfect functions. ..."

www.anheirloomidentity.blogger.com
www.lynays.net

Looking for Free Cloth Diaper Covers?

If you are willing to do some minor repairs (elastic, velcro, stain removal (put it in the sun!)), you can get free cloth diaper covers on this forum.  Just pay shipping.  It's legit.  I'm really involved in this forum and the mama's are awesome.

I hope this helps someone!  Let me know if it did...

http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/list/16890/free-for-shipping#page=0&FilterType1=true&FilterType2=true&FilterType4=true&FilterType5=true&FilterTypeOpen=true&FilterTypeSold=false&FilterOrderByBy=Creation+Date&FilterByTag=0

Efficiency in the Home

Though it may get me in trouble in some circles, I am a list maker.  I make a checklist every morning on our chalkboard and try to do as many of the tasks as possible before I go to bed.  If I don't get them done, I just erase the ones I did get done and replace them with new ones.  It works really well for me, but I'm a list person.  It helps me to stay focused, which is what we all need a little bit of in this add world.

Heirloom Seed Supplier

Where do I get my seeds from?

Our local museum maintains heirloom seeds that have been grown and cultivated in this area for hundreds of years.  They are top notch!

Old Rotten Cherries

We found past ripe cherries.  Weren't eating them fast enough.  So I blanched the cherries, mashed them.  Saved the skins and pulp.  Made that into cherry shortbread.  Took the juice, put it in the fridge.  It turned to gel.  We drank the juice that didn't gel.  And spread the jelly over our shortbread. Yum!!!

Garden Update

The Garden is doing great.  See the corn?  The beans, the onions, countless other veggies?  We got our fence up the other day.  Each year I think I won't put it up, but then the rabbits eat our food and I cave.  So save the sweet peas!  Up goes the fence.  I'm trying something new this year by growing stuff beside our garage.  It seems to be good soil.  I didn't prep it or anything.

We are going to get horse manure tomorrow from the local farm.  The plants needs some manure!  I'm going to put it in between the rows and cover it with mulch.  The way my grandfather used to do it.