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Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary
With an auspicious name like Spikenard, I should have known visiting the Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary would be a beautiful experience. Spikenard in Hebrew means “light” and the word Spik...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2015/07/04/spikenard-bee-sanctuary/
Flower Messengers With Lauren Luquin
Like little signs on our path, flowers hold messages and meaning and if we look, listen and drink in the scent, flowers can inform us in our daily life. Ancient symbolism is held in flowers and b...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2015/06/20/flower-messengers-with-lauren-luquin-2/
Gardening Days
Invest in heirloom quality tools that will last you a lifetime in the garden. Cultivate a rich ecosystem in your yard, and feel the benefits that hours in the garden bring, for you and other livi...
Save Seeds & Plant for Pollinators
Add beauty to the garden, and help the pollinators by being a seed saver! Make and illustrate seed packets that hold collected dried seeds from the previous season and gift them to friends. A tho...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2015/04/23/seed-savor-pollinator-packets/
Respectful Mushroom Harvesting
During our time in Nantucket we had the pleasure of walking through Squam Swamp with our friend Zak Mackay, who is studying to be a mycologist. While on this walk we were treated to a great va...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2014/10/23/respectful-mushroom-harvesting/
We Are Getting Chickens
Have you heard the news, yep we are getting chickens! Chickens, chickens, CHICKENS! Can you detect my excitement? I have been dreaming of raising chickens for a while, and now that we are settled...
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2012/04/23/we-are-getting-chickens/
Bulb Garden
The girls and I panted bulbs this week. We prepared a small garden, and planted about 50 bulbs. Mostly Daffodils and Crocus, and some Paper Whites too. Some of the bulbs did not look so healthy, ...
Kindling Bundles
I started working in the garden on Friday – which was mostly removing dead growth. The garden needs a lot of work in my mind and we are limited to what we can do so I think it is going to be a ...
Chicken Sitting
We made plans with Nina early in the week to go for a walk together. We had intended to take Nina’s dogs Yogi and Lila for a walk. Nina arrived at our doorstep with a clear idea of where we wer...
August Break: Pumpkin Planting
A few months ago Cam became a willing participant in a pumpkin growing competition with some friends from work. For a couple of weeks he had a pumpkin seedling sitting on the window sill at work....
https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2011/08/11/august-break-pumpkin-planting/
August Break: Summer Garden
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https://www.kirstenrickert.com/2011/08/01/august-break-summer-garden/
Spring Garden
Today we commenced work on our Spring Garden. We have noticed on our walks around the neighborhood that the bulb shoots are popping out of the soil, determined to grow into Spring flowers. The gr...
Raking
Our Children love to do chores. Whatever it is that I spend my day doing, cooking, washing dishes, folding clothes, vacuuming, or raking…the Girls want to help. The help may be short lived, and...
Enchanted Garden
We are enchanted by our garden. A few steps out side our door, it is our very special, magical play space. A thing we cherished after years of not having a yard. Since moving to Ditmas, this litt...
Picking Plums
It is harvest time in our yard. The plum tree is laden with ripe plums, and fallen plums lay on the ground beneath it as food for the birds and bugs. Tonight after dinner Lila (The daughter of th...
Summer Sprinkler
The owners of our house, Pam and Keith, came home the other day to find us playing in the yard. It was a particularly hot day and Pam offered to hold the hose for the girls to play in. I then sa...
So Much Fun
The highlight to our new home is definitely the leafy green yard. It is a romantic little yard fenced by ivy and roses. A lush patch of grass in the center of a unique bunch of trees. Including f...