Creating a Garden Plan
It’s that time of year to create a plan for this year’s garden!
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I get out the big desk size graph paper and we all get a piece. I love that each child will focus on something different but when put together creates a lovely garden.
This year I don’t know exactly what we are going to do. The kids and I have some challenges when it comes to gardening. Most of us have a very hard time in temperatures that are too high or too low. By that I mean the human body likes 73 degrees to stay neutral. If we go more then ten degrees up or 20 degrees down we can get very sick. Two of my children don’t sweat or shiver their body no longer responses to temperature stimulus at all.
There is also a growing mobility question. I and my daughter will be getting electric wheelchairs soon. This is not going to work in the garden at all. So what’s a gardener with a will to do?
POTS! and in the garden I am going to put things that can stand inattention. If I keep it simple and have hubby mulch thickly the weeds should be kept at bay. The POTS will be accessable to everyone so that shouldn’t be too hard.
I do miss the fact that I will not be able to feed the family from the garden in a large and financially meaningful way. I will still need to rely on local farm stand or the store.
I do take heart that I am not quitting. I am showing the kids that even with problems we keep fighting. Get inventive! Don’t give up!
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What does your day look like?
I am talking about schedules over on Special Needs Homeschooling.com If any of you would like to add your link to the page feel free. The more the merrier!
Daily Work Schedule
Wake up!
8:00 Breakfast/ Dressed/ Tidy Up
8:30 At the Table Ready to Work
9:00 Prayer/Hand Wake Up
Books of the Bible
9:30 First Block
10:00 Second Block
10:30 Snack/ Mom Reading
11:00 Third Block
11:30 Fourth Block
12:00 Lunch/Free Hour
1:00-3:00 Big Projects/ Arts and Crafts/Free Time
3:00 Chores DONE then Tech Allowed
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Bedtime Routine
I am going to ask my techie husband how to share this list so you can use it too!
Just in case you didn’t know I have run www.specialneedshomeschooling.com the Face Book Page and Group under the same name. I am also blessed with a ministry called Laurie Family Ministries www.lauriefamilyministries.org also found on Face Book.
Hope you stop in over at Special Needs and add a link to your post on schedules!
Christmas Card Tower
Every year I have a bit of a problem with Christmas cards. I have tried to put them around a doorway, but too many little hands. All the cards that are in range are ripped down within hours of going up.
So this year I had a bright idea!
Christmas Card Tower
We took a box wrapped it in Christmas paper and added some ribbons.
Then we taped the cards onto the box as we got it.
Everyone was able to see the cards yet the cards were out of the way enough the little ones didn’t destroy a single one!
I hope you enjoy my idea!
Stocking up…becoming a MUST!
In a galaxy long way away in my high school, early twenties. I was heavily into politics and finances. I planned on going into politics one day.
That didn’t happen, THANK YOU Lord!
I am still a politically minded person. I have been watching the politics and the financial changes happening lately. To be honest I think we have gone past a point of no return with the country’s economy. This does not mean we can’t pull it back, but I do think we are in for a rough time coming soon.
Looking at what is happening the economy is primed for hyper inflation. Gas, food, seeds, clothing, material goods will be higher priced and possibly scarce. Think about those 5.00$ gas prices or more. The trucking industry cannot sustain that, especially when the government has no ability to help. That will cause grocery stores to have less in stock.
I hope I am wrong. It would be nice to face next year with the economy righting itself. The government restraining itself and inflation doesn’t happen. I can’t rely on hopes of a government that needs a spanking for their foolish behavior.
As a mom, wife, person responsible for the feeding and upkeep of my home I feel I must take some prudent steps now.
One my husband is building me a pantry out of scraps from other home repair.
Second I am buying our basic foods that keep for a year or more in BULK.
Third I am buying seed to raise our own food.
There are some things happening world wide that if you are reliant on rice you need to know. The rice producing countries of the Orient have had bad weather, a drought then too much rain at the end of the rice season. Here in the states Louisiana is our main rice producer they have had their own problems. GO GET RICE NOW! If kept in a dry, cool place rice will keep for quite a long time!
Also if push came to shove you could grind your own rice to make flour. Or do like me. I bought 100 pounds of rice flour. It was cheaper in those larger amounts and I have the room in the bottom of my freezer to keep the flour for a long time.
As for the seeds. Look for large discounts at seed stores online right after Christmas.
What will be on our table Thanksgiving Day!
Time to make a huge meal! Our turkey is thawed and ready for it’s salt brine tomorrow night. 
Thursday morning I will slip out to the garden and cut some fresh sage, thyme and parsley (if there is any left). We make a sage butter to put under the skin and add aromatics to the cavity. Apples, peppercorns, onions. YUMMY! On top of the turkey goes a maple syrup reduction brushed on every half an hour. Finally the final half hour will have slabs of maple bacon on the breasts to finish off the turkey!
Sides: Sweet Potato Casserole, Mashed Potatoes, Cornbread Stuffing, Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Chutney, Yeast Rolls, Cornbread, Cookies, Pies (Cherry, and Pecan), Orange/Cranberry Bread, Salad
ALL this Gluten free Casein free! YUMMY! I am hoping to hold the kids off long enough to take pictures 
How is your dinner planning going? What is going to be on your table this year?
Finally is this your first year Gluten free of GFCF? Do you need some help? Just ask I would be glad to help in anyway I can.
