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Garden Basics Gardening, in my experience, is something that you need to get your hands dirty doing in order to fully understand it. I read so much on gardening before I took the leap. Reading helped immensely, but experiencing it is what taught me most. This is my second year gardening, and I have finalized […]

It got up to 58º today, which felt lovely, but then it started raining. It’s getting to that point with my kids, I’ve noticed, where being inside our home is getting tiresome. It’s always so welcome at the beginning of the cold season to lounge around a little more and slow down. But now? Now […]

When we lived outside of Raleigh nearly 5 years ago now, I was obsessed with a loaf called the Dakota Loaf from Great Harvest Bread Co. Obsessed. As a bread baker, I tried for years to recreate this loaf with different recipes I found online with no success… …until now. If you, too, are searching […]

I noticed from a young age that my daughter really thrived when our home had a certain rhythm. I worked hard to incorporate consistency in our days, to make them flow as best I could, and to incorporate a lot of Montessori methods into our home. I’d never classify us as a Montessori family, because […]