Do your children enjoy vegetable soup? Vegetable soup can be exciting to make and delicious to eat. This is true, especially for children, if you pair it with a story about growing vegetables or making soup! Making soup together can become a fun family event. Children are more likely to taste what they have helped […]
Winter Compost Management
Having a compost bin is a fantastic way to convert yard waste and vegetable kitchen scraps into a great soil amendment and keep organic material out of landfills. Winter composting Colorado winters make it hard to keep backyard compost piles active. But that does not mean you cannot still compost during the colder months. It […]
Making Jams and Jellies
Making jams and jellies was one of my favorite memories as a child. Our family would travel to places that allowed us to pick our fruit. Nowadays I either grow my own fruit or find a local farmers’ market to purchase fresh picked fruit to make jams that can be enjoyed throughout the fall, winter, […]
