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At Boxerwood Nature Center in Lexington, VA there is a wooden stage on the edge of the woods. There’s also a giant chair in the meadow, a piano in a field of grass, and a large wooden chess board next to a clay Ogre head vomiting out straw, but at this particular moment the kids were drawn to the stage to put on an …

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It’s the 1980s all over again! Cabbage Patch mania with Aunt Skip.

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Well, not the green tomatoes. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with those, but the tomato plants are pretty much done for the season. Jalapeños and green peppers are still coming in, though, so perhaps I should learn to make salsa verde.

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A while ago (a long while ago…) Sam announced that she wanted to grow her hair long and donate it to Locks of Love. Two of her friends have done it and it sounded like a great idea at time (oh so long ago). We have regular battles about hair care now. Our solution of late has been to keep Sam’s hair in braids nearly …

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Overnight, practically, our 10 broccoli plants have been mowed down. We suspect the cutworm. It’s a caterpillar that munches on tender young plants in such a way that makes them look beheaded. Sam and I are devastated. This morning we put cardboard collars around the three remaining plants who aren’t completed severed. …

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Today was the final day of the Lakes, Ponds and Rivers class at the Green Adventure Project. The kids had two challenges today: 1) make a water filter out of ordinary household materials and filter dirty pond water, and 2) construct a dam in the stream. Sam’s favorite thing about the class was that the teachers let the …

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Sam spent all afternoon working on a secret birthday present for Susie. Shhhhh….

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