Make Your Own Spring Fairy Garden...

 My kids have been wanting plants and garden things in their room.  We decided to make little fairy garden terrariums in plastic containers... These Parmesan cheese containers make a great little no-spill garden and are super easy for little hands to fill!  They are also great for teaching about the water cycle as you only have to water once as long as the lid stays on.

 1. Clean out container and remove label.

2. Place small gravel, or aquarium rocks in the bottom for drainage. *If you have some activated charcoal (available in most garden centers or aquarium stores) add a couple tablespoons to keep the little garden fresh.

3. Spoon 3 inches of potting soil into container.

4. Add a small plant and/or moss of your choice and just enough water (We used a pretty ivy sprig).

5. Decorate with tiny plastic fairies, animals, dinosaurs, marbles or pretty rocks.  Close lid tightly.

Enjoy! :)

Grace Garden

This year we made a "Grace Garden" for Easter.

 We filled a basket with an empty cave (made from air-dry clay), a wooden cross made from sticks, lots of green plants and a butterfly.

The grace garden helps us remember our garden fall and His garden grace. 

You can read a beautiful post explaining how to make one here at A Holy Experience.

Super Easy Refrigerator Sweet Pickles...

Ok..I'm not a big fan of pickles, but the rest of my family is.  I decided to try this tried and true recipe from Mom this week and even the non-pickle eaters in the house love it! :)  So if you have too many cucumbers in your garden..or too many pickle-eaters in your house, this is a great recipe! *note..you don't even need to can these...just refrigerate.

Easy Refrigerator Sweet pickles

7 cups unpeeled cucumbers sliced thin

Mix the following ingredients well:

1 cup onion diced

1 cup green and/or red peppers diced

2 Tbs salt

2 cups sugar

1 Tbs celery seed

1 cup cider vinegar

Mix everything and add to sliced cucumbers.  Pack cucumbers into glass jars or sealed containers, fill with extra liquid and refrigerate for 24hrs...enjoy!