Growing Tomatoes Indoors
I’ve been trying for years to get a garden going, but either the universe is against me or I suck at it. I’m guessing it’s the latter. The first year…Continue Reading →
Simple Resources For The Solar Eclipse
I am so excited to hear that we’re expecting a solar eclipse in the UK. We’ve missed things like meteor…
Bring Up A Butterfly …
As far as summer’s go, ours fizzled out a bit towards the end as our plans for the future began…
What Does Not Going To School Look Like?
This has been our first week of not going back to school. It’s been quite, well, the same, really. I’ve been asked a number of times what curriculum we’ll be…Continue Reading →
Check Out The Creatures In A Rock Pool
When I told the kids we’d be going rock pooling, this is the kind of thing I had in mind:…
Discover What’s In A Pond
It’s a little hard to find some frogspawn without discovering the other things in a pond. All things slimey and…
Find Some Frogspawn
Frogspawn. What can we say about frogspawn. It’s not my favourite activity on the list of 50 things to do before you’re 11 and 3/4, but the kids loved it.…Continue Reading →
Catch A Falling Leaf
The end of the summer is coming, and pretending it’s not so doesn’t do anything to stop the impending doom…
Lessons Learned From Climbing A Tree
I don’t climb trees. Actually, I don’t know that I ever have. It’s not that I was ever stopped from…
How To Make A Fairy Garden (For Busy Mamas!)
The Magic Onion blog is filled with Fairy Gardens I’ve wanted to make with my girls for years, but they’re so lovely and so beautiful that to be honest, I…Continue Reading →