Blessing your family with your imperfections

Posted by on Oct 9, 2012 in Adventures in Motherhood, Authenticity, Failure, family, Gardening, kiddos, kiddos Adventures in Motherhood, Learning, Lessons, Parenting, perfection, perspective, Urban Homesteading | 0 comments

Blessing your family with your imperfections

Pin ItAs a recovering perfectionist, I’ve had to let go of the need for everything to be just perfect. If you’ve followed my gardening journey, you’d know that I’ve allowed myself to do a lot of it imperfectly. And if you’re not a gardener, that’s okay… because so much of what I’ve learned can be applied to you as well. Pin...

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The imperfect gardener

Posted by on Sep 26, 2012 in about me, Gardening, Learning, Urban Homesteading | 4 comments

The imperfect gardener

Every year, I grow a garden. Most of the time, it’s a mess of weeds and strange plants, and most of my grand plans never quite pan out. I will admit that my thumb is a sort of brownish black and I can’t take much credit for my garden’s success. But every once and a while, I come up with something that makes me exceedingly proud of myself. Last night I was making stock from our...

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