Peach Day! Amaretto Peach Jam, Brown Sugar Vanilla Peach Jam, and Giant Peach Butter
It’s good to make friends with your local farmers! On Tuesday, I was able to get out to the East […]
August 2012
A Movable Mural
This weekend, we finished Our Big Summer Project – Our Outdoor Mural! Here’s how we got from point B to point Z,
The Imaginary Beasts of Riverdale Farm
August 13, 2012 Last year, we traveled to Riverdale Farm to sketch the farm animals, not knowing if the city
Mad Scientist Day 2012: Ten “Sweet” Experiments
August 9, 2012 If Bea had Soap Making on the top of her Summer of Funner 2012 wish-list, the one thing that
The Kids Make Street Eats (with Beer!): Pilsner Pretzels & Hops and Robbers Mustard
August 8, 2012 Just because you can’t walk into the liquor store and purchase a case of beer at the
Glam Cans 2012: Kid-Designed Canning Labels DIY
2-5 August, 2012 On Thursday, we canned double batches of our newly jazzed up recipes for Bread & Butter Pickles and Sweet
Summer Activism 101: The Kids Investigate the Mega Quarry
Tuesday’s installment for our Summer of Funner Film Festival happened to be another Wes Anderson movie, The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Relish, Pickle, Replenish: It’s Cucumber Day
2 August, 2012 Last year’s Adventures in Canning were incredibly successful. The Chai Tea Jelly, Strawberry Jam, Lemon Balm &
Outdoor Mural – Phase One – Sketching From Our Favourite Artists
Several years ago, decades ago, as the case may be, my husband and his parents painted an outdoor mural on a