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From the Heart:
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Ohhh what a busy week we have had and this coming week is the same ! It is seed and planting and transplant planting time. I can really see why in the old days they would close the one school room schools at this time. I have pretty much done the same lol. There is still tons of learning going on but we just do what we can. There is reading and math going on and tons of nature study when we are working in the garden. I shared a big part of my heart yesterday on Show and Tell Friday if you want a peek into my heart this week.
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There is one thing that I have to share and praise the Lord for this week. I have wanted to boys more involved in the garden and it has been speratic over the years and something we have had to ease them into. This week has been such a blessing in this department. The older boys have really stepped up to bat for us. We are having to week and clear cutch grass in lots of places where we are making first time raised beds and reclaiming other rasied beds. There is tons of stuff to wheelbarrel to the future spots where we will make squash beds. ( will go more into that in the future ...probably a Tightwad Tuesday ) Soooo I want to say thank you boys ! ((HUGS))
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On the Homefront:
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This last week we planted tomato plants and leeks. We are madly trying to prep beds for sweet and hot peppers plus beds for all kinds of squash. ( summer and winter squash) Plus we are prepping beds for cucumbers, broccoli, lettuce. No idleness here this week.
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In The Garden:
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broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage
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winter and summer squash
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tomaotoes ( only 3 out of 6 will eating them in our house) plus give some to others.
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bunching onions ad herbs
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one of many salad raised beds
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leeks
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another pic of the herb bed
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boy have the pea plants grown
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Rhubarb ready for first harvest. I will be chopping and freezing to make rhubarb juice to sell. ( it is like lemon aide but it is rhubarb aide ! )
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my lilacs
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My iris bed is getting ready to bloom ! ((happy dance)) this is really the first year of getting lots of blooms.
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See On The Homefront.
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In the School Room:
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See From The Heart.
All kinds of science learning going on !
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Bible:
I have been reading and discussing "Created For Work" by Bob Shultz I haven't got "Christian Manhood" bible study organized yet. ((sigh)) It will come. Thank goodness I still have more Created For Work devotionals plus I have Bob Shultz's Boyhood And Beyond. There is sooooooo much to talk about and train the boys with in these books. PTL.
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Reading:
Luke is reading "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by L. Wilder to me .
Noah is reading Farmer Boy.
Nicolas is working his way through Set 3 in his BOB Books
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Our Read Aloud :
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The Young Fur Traders by ... R.M. Ballantyne
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Nature Study:
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See On The Homefront and From The Heart.
In The Craft Corner:
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Well my sewing table is put on the back burner for now. But I have a knitting basket on my table with a pair of socks I am knitting. So that way if I have a moment ( which is few are far between ) I can knit a not have to think about what I am doing. I call these my no brainer projects. I NEED these kind of projects when life is very full. It is art theraphy for me in these times.
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Here is my knitting on the go bag and my knitting basket ready for when ever I do have a moment to knit.
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In the Kitchen:
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Things you would see in my kitchen....
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sourdough starter
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soaking beans to freeze and cook later
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Home roasted coffe beans
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homemade granola
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The only thing I don't have pics of that I have been making now on a weekly basis is yogart and sourdough bread.
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Mother Culture:( for definition go HERE )
The Well Watered Garden ...A Gardener's Guide to Spirituality by Harriet Crosby.
I am still reading "Created to Be His Help Meet" by Debi Pearl and Holy War by John Bunyan . So I am momentarily putting on hold re-reading " A Charlotte Mason Compainion" by Karen Andreola.
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 There is the reflections and ramblings for this week.
"If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play!
If she would have the courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in
a picture gallery looking long and well at just two or three pictures, or in bed, without the children, life would go on far more happily for both children and parents.
The mother would then be able to hold herself in "wise passiveness’ and would not fret her children by continual interference even of hand or eye - she would let them
be." ...Charlotte Mason
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First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 19 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 17, 15, 11, and 9. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links on The House That God Built and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
This blog is the home of Show and Tell Friday's and Tightwad Tuesdays. I hope you decide to join in on the fun !
Blessings and ((HUGS))
In Him<><
-Mary
