by IngridBarlow | Mar 16, 2016 | Gardening, Good on the tastebuds, Homestead Life
I love finding local gems in our area. Local people doing things they love in the coolest way. Maple Leaf Orchard is one of those places. It’s located in beautiful Spring Valley WI. My husband noticed last weekend that they were out making maple syrup in their...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 12, 2016 | Homestead Life
The weather here has been BEAUTIFUL and we have been getting outside a lot! I LOVE it. And I am reminded how important it is to get the kids outside. Bergen is my outdoors girl. She loves being outside and can’t stand it when others go out without her. She also...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 11, 2016 | Homeschool, Uncategorized
One of the things that is so nice about homeschooling, is that it gives kids responsibility and independence. It goes a long way for your sanity when they know exactly what they have to get done, aka…what is expected, and the knowledge that those things have to...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 10, 2016 | Homeschool
Puzzles are a favorite thing to do around here. Maybe because I love to do them… Funny how we spend time doing the things the parent/teacher enjoys. And I’m perfectly fine calling puzzles “school.” A lot of good things happen for little brains...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 8, 2016 | Homeschool
So after telling you all last summer that we were going to bravely jump on the homeschooling train, I thought I better fill you in on how it’s going. Are we actually doing it? Are we ready to tear our hair out? Do we have kids begging to go to real school? Well,...
by IngridBarlow | Apr 16, 2015 | Products, Simply Domestic
Tony and I have been kicking around ideas for some time now on different ways we could share my LOVE for the creative handmade life. I am so thrilled that we finally came up with one that we are diving into! The last five years have been a little spotty for me in...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
This picture captures some of our day yesterday, Sunday. It gets me thinking on what makes Sabbath, a day of rest, for you and me. It could be so many different things… Stillness, playing in dirt, gathering eggs, snuggled in quilts, making fellowship together,...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 13, 2015 | Gardening, Homestead Life
After I collected seeds from last years herbs, I wanted to get some other seed collecting done. I always manage to hawk some seeds from my in-laws, aka the next door neighbors, and this year I decided to go for their beautiful coneflowers. A native plant that has a...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 9, 2015 | Gardening, Uncategorized
This weather has my gardening fingers starting to twitch. I feel like I am a little on the late side of seed starting, even though I know I am probably not. A local nursery told me that they plant tomato seeds on March 17th, so that is what I have been using as my...
by IngridBarlow | Mar 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
I recently got a Peep candle for my birthday. I loved the smell so I burned through it rather quickly. There was so much wax left in the container, that I decided to recycle it. That smell! I needed it to last longer!! Some easy steps–wick in jar, melt wax, pour...
by IngridBarlow | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
These days Instagram is where I am most active. {I blame the little people!!} I’m ingridbarlow over there! http://instagram.com/ingridbarlow
by IngridBarlow | Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here are some of the happenings around here lately. Bergen. Over 5 months now!
by IngridBarlow | Jul 21, 2014 | Gardening, Good on the tastebuds
The boys, ages 3 and 4, LOVE a picnic. I am asked often and with pleading eyes for picnics. So when I heard the blueberries were in at a local farm I thought it would make a fun outing for them. We snagged dad for the lunch hour and headed over. A local gem that we...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 17, 2014 | Gardening, Homestead Life
Welcome to the garden! This is our main entrance…an old pasture gate from the property entangled with vines. The perfect way to say “come on in.” Espen and I had about a half hour in the garden this morning after we dropped Elias off at Vacation...
by IngridBarlow | Jul 17, 2014 | Gardening, Homestead Life, Simply Domestic
Jeepers! A lot has happened since I last posted. Our little girl arrived…over 3 weeks early! Rather a surprise. I was a bit worried when my water broke in my 36th week, but all turned out beautifully. Bergen Marie arrived on May 30th at 4:01pm. She weighed 5 lbs...
