DIY Trash Crafts
Recycled Crate box play kitchen

we made these from so old crates that had been thrown away and some wood that had been left at the side of the rode. Along with a metal bowl for the sink and selves for storage from the thrift store ,even the paint had been found in the garbage . the only thing we bought was the hidges, handles, and nobs for the stove and faucet , i think we could have gotten them other way if we tried a little harder, like off of an old piece of furniture or something . we got a bunch of pots and pans from the thirft store along with salt and pepper shakers , a little tea pot , a toy kettle . its amazing what you can find at a thirft store if you just have patients and refuse to buy it anywhere else, try it!

Summer Gardening

yummy kale, the snails liked it too

Our vegetable garden was wonderful this year , though the tomatoes are barley starting to grow we have tons of squash and kale . Next year we will be in our new home with a larger garden and we'll also grow eggplants , bell peppers and chard! this was so much fun , i love to watch Eli find and pick the squash . we've sauteed them with herbs and grape seed oil, spirilized them and tossed them with raw pesto , and eaten them with hummus. As for the kale salads galore, raw kale chips and smoothies of plenty. how wonderful to eat from your own. It was also a learning experience in other ways, we gave thanks to to the apricot tree and squash plants for its gifts of fruit and recognized that the kale is a living being and thanked it for its sacrifice so that we may live.