If you love Spring as much as we do at our house, you are going to love this family night lesson! It is all about growing faith in Jesus Christ. He created this beautiful world that we live in. Having faith in Jesus is the first principle of the gospel. It is the most important thing we can teach our children. Get the lesson and printable on the blog today!
Houseplants & Garden
Faith and A Family Planting Project – The Good Seed (she: Rachel)
I love the Biblical metaphor equating faith to a seed. It is scattered a few different places, but Matthew 13 expands on the concept well (check out Alma 32 if you use the Book of Mormon). Explaining faith as a seed is such a magnificent way to help children understand an abstract spiritual concept. Cultivating faith, indeed choosing faith, is an important value that I hope to pass on to my children.
Yard Work – Man-Sized Fails (he: Dan)
If you can’t learn from my hacks, since I have none, please learn from my mistakes. If it pleases the audience, I have prepared a few of my more memorable home and yard fails for your reading pleasure. Perhaps you will find a lesson within each.
The Easiest Vegetables to Grow in Your Garden (she: Emily)
Hi, my name is Emily and I’m a full-time mom of 2 boys. I was raised in western NY, and I descended from generations after generation of farmers. After many years of apartment dwelling, I finally got myself a plot of land! However, my yard is small, so I’ve chosen to use the Square Foot…
Starting a Square Foot Garden (she: Emily)
Hi, my name is Emily and I’m a full-time mom of 2 boys. I was raised in western NY, and I descended from generations after generation of farmers. After many years of apartment dwelling, I finally got myself a plot of land! However, my yard is small, so I’ve chosen to use the Square Foot…
Urban Farming And How Do I Get Started? (she: Jennifer)
If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would convert my 1/2 acre homesite in the middle of a small Texas town into an urban farm, I would’ve thought you were nuts. But over the past couple of years, I’ve had a desire to use more organic foods to cook with and…
~ Houseplants for Beginners ~ Lesson One
My houseplants and I are pretty tight. We’ve been with each other through the ups and downs and we do our best to persevere. Sometime, just sometimes, there comes a point where we have to call it quits and go our separate ways. But, overall we lead a happy, fulfilled life together. Unfortunately for my…
Homemade Peppermint Oil (she: Margot)
Hi, I’m Margot, aka The Damsel in DisDress. I have 7 kids and yessssss!!! 2 grandkids. Best gig ever.I write a blog teaching people how to do those old homey skills our grandmas used to know like the back of their age-spotted hand. Why would you want to learn this? Perhaps to become more reliant…
72 Plants For Under $10 Bucks, Total.
When I say “72 Flowering Plants For Under $10 Bucks!”, I mean TOTAL $10 bucks. Yes, total. What’s the catch?? Well, you have to plant them…from seed. Don’t be turned off, it’s so easy! I have been grounded from going to the nursery this year with the %$@!! economy being the way it is. It’s…
