As we get ready to transfer our seeds to the garden—once we’re sure the last freeze has passed—we begin thinking about what the soil truly needs to be healthy and able to nurture our plants. Recently, we’ve been researching different approaches and have come across some interesting ideas, including no-till gardening. The idea behind no-till…
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Finding New Peace After the Holidays by Organizing
Restoring Order After the Holidays by organizing your home. The holidays can be a wonderful time of year—but they also come with extra chaos and stuff everywhere. The days between Christmas and New Year’s always seem to fly by, yet they’re also when I finally slow down enough to step back from daily routines. Think…
Planting Little Seeds of Faith in a New Garden
Watching Faith Take Root in tiny seeds. Sometimes the most meaningful growth begins in the smallest, quietest ways— unnoticed, unseen, and rooted in faith. We don’t see the big picture, but like little children can’t always see the big picture of what is happening. We as adults can’t always see the big picture that God…
Canning Confidence: Embrace the Kitchen Challenge and Elevate Your Cooking Game!
Learning to Can Meat: From Intimidation to Confidence — and Faith — in My Kitchen Today I’m pressure canning beef for the first time. I’ve canned chicken before — and it was a success! My husband’s only complaint? It was a little bland, like canned chicken from a store. There isn’t much flavor to plain…
Canning Pears: A Grateful Heart and a Trusting Spirit
There’s something deeply spiritual about working with your hands to preserve the harvest. Whether it’s kneading dough, tending a garden, or canning fruit like pears — these simple, old-fashioned tasks remind us of God’s provision, His perfect timing, and the blessings that come from faithful stewardship. It can bring such peace when working with your…
Prayerful Garden Seeds, Keeping New Weeds Away All Summer
In a world full of noise, distraction, and pressure, raising children to know and love God can feel like cultivating a garden in unpredictable weather. The soil may be good, the seed may be strong, but unless we keep watch, weeds can quickly take root and crowd out what matters most. We spend much of…
Preserving The Harvest With Purpose: God’s Time Through Pears
There’s something deeply spiritual about working with your hands to preserve the harvest. Whether it’s kneading dough, tending a garden, or canning fruit like pears — these simple, old-fashioned tasks remind us of God’s provision, His perfect timing, and the blessings that come from faithful stewardship. Everything has its time and place. We need to…
All the Ways to Use Fantastic Mulberries
From Garden Abundance to God’s Provision 🪴 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. – James 1:17 If you’ve ever had a mulberry tree, you know the blessing (and chaos) of its harvest. For a few weeks each…
Summer in the Garden: Learning, Growing, and Making Memories
Summer break has officially started, which means it’s time for us to create meaningful experiences for our kids—and one of the big ones this year is learning about gardening. We’ve already started planting and including the kids in the process. Soon, we’ll begin harvesting some of our crops, but in the meantime, we’re focusing on…
Hardening Off Plants: What No One Tells You About Wind and Weather
We learned the hard way with our cucumber plants that not hardening them caused them to struggle. Many of them did not make and we are starting over on the growing process. They looked great in their containers inside but weren’t quite ready for the real world. Wind and temperature swings stressed them out, and…