The Fern Grove

It has long been a tradition in our family to go down to the Elora Book Sale with my Dad early on the first Saturday in May. Now that I am all grown up it has become a family trip into Elora and a day my husband won’t let me miss. The Elora Book Sale [...]

As promised, I am admitting a horrible habit. One that has been apparent and bothering me the last couple of weeks and is now part of my Earth Day resolution (a concept I am coining). I will often (like two 0r three incidences a day) boil water for tea, forget about it and repeat, boiling [...]

Over a month ago now, I planted an array of different pepper seeds from spicy to mild in Jiffy pots. I had done lots of research on how to grow peppers after being given the seeds and knew that they were tropical and needed warmth and a longer growing season then I could give them [...]

We’ve been spoiled with sunshine and warm April showers over the last week and inevitably this weekend has brought a brief break to this perfect spring weather with a cold, windy, rain/snow combo forecast. Can’t think of a better way to escape then to head over to the beautiful little village of Creemore, Ontario and [...]

Can’t wait to for the laundry to come out of the wash today! Can’t believe I’m saying it … or that I’m so excited about laundry, but with our lack of money situation I’ve been on my husband to get our clothesline up to save on the hydro bill. Yesterday  he was inspired when he [...]

As I spring clean I am constantly distracted from but also determined to sort through and get rid of old baby clothes. Of course as I go through bins and come across my little one’s first set of overalls, cute sleepers and onsies I’m finding it hard to part with them. I’d love to save [...]

home made finger-paints from flour, water, food dye, and dish soap

For this time of year and given the name of this blog I think it would be both timely and appropriate to mention a plant and food that has been on my mind since the sun and rain have prepared the forest floor in this part of Ontario for the emergence of the first young [...]

If I had to pick one thing that I feel could be the revolutionary item of the green movement, it would have to be vinegar. Though acidic, vinegar is a natural product; the result of secondary fermentation of natural sugars and though it isn’t produced quite as simply today as it once was, it has [...]

Has anyone tried these? I ordered a sample pack of these two weeks ago from Superior Soapnuts (www.superiorsoapnuts.com) an online company based out of northern Ontario and have been trying them out for the past week. Just this weekend I discovered a local vendor at the farmers market here in North Bay and purchased a [...]