This post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase through one of these links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Food preservation – is it something that you ever think about? Growing up in Maine, and with a mother who had a very large garden, putting up food was something that was always done, jams … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
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Zucchini Noodles with Fresh Pasta Sauce
One of my favorite vegetables in the summer is zucchini. I know, most people are so sick of zucchini and try to give it away as the summer goes on. I am not one of those people. I think maybe because I haven’t had much luck growing zucchini in the past. My mom would always tell me that I only needed one or two zucchini plants. Unfortunately, I have squash bugs … [Read more...] about Zucchini Noodles with Fresh Pasta Sauce
{31 Days} Preparing for Baby # 3 – Pumpkin Soup
Welcome to my {31 Days} series this year! We will soon be welcoming baby # 3 and I realized that there is a lot I need to do before that happens! You can find all the posts in this series here. Thank you for following along with me. Last week I talked a bit about planning for food after the baby comes. Mainly, I was freaking out about my lack of freezer space … [Read more...] about {31 Days} Preparing for Baby # 3 – Pumpkin Soup
Homeschooling Science Part One
Out of all the subjects that I teach to my kids, science is the hardest. Why is that? I love science, I enjoyed it in high school and college, and I love nature. So why is it so hard? I think it might have something to do with the fact that my kids are still quite little. Finally I went online to see what the kids were learning about at the public school this year. … [Read more...] about Homeschooling Science Part One
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Our garden year is definitely winding down now. It seems like it is such a short season! Well, of course it is...I don't even plant until the first week in June. This year we will be wrapping up a bit earlier than normal since we have a baby due in October. I know that pretty soon I am not going to want to be outside cleaning out the garden, so I better start thinking about … [Read more...] about garden happenings
garden happenings
In a depressing turn of events, my tomatoes started to ripen. Why would that be depressing? Well, when I went to pick some of those ripe tomatoes, I realized that they had blossom end rot. I knew that the tomatoes in my pots had taken a beating from the rain, but I was hoping they would bounce back. They did not. So now I am tasked with dumping … [Read more...] about garden happenings