by PaituAdmin | Oct 2024 | Garden, Garden kids, Recipes, Spring
This list of edible flowers introduces 16 flowers that you can eat, that are grown from seed. What delight flowers bring to our world. They bring joy on so many levels – Beauty. Food for bees, butterflies and birds, Medicine.Creative inspiration.Thoughfulness....
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2022 | Celebrations, Nature kids, Seasons and Cycles, Spring
Celebrating Spring Equinox with kids? Our world is warming up after being at rest over the cool winter months. All of nature senses this and emerges from slumber and bursts into life. We witness the signs / tohu of spring: dormant fruit trees bud and blossom, flowers...
by PaituAdmin | Nov 2021 | Autumn, Māori Seasons, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Seasons and Cycles, Spring, Summer, Winter
Daily walks. That’s how it all began. Having a high energy, young pup, we had an obligation to walk him and let that energy out somewhere. Building an earth house at the time left us little energy ourselves for those walks, but we did – exhausted or not, rain or...
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2021 | Garden, Garden kids, Nature kids, Recipes, Spring
Time in the garden has always been part of our kids lives. From a young age, it provided a place to sleep in the shade nestled in the hammock or pram, a place to play in the paddling pool or help dig potatoes. We’d bring lunch boxes with extra snack as we all...
by PaituAdmin | Sep 2021 | Celebrations, Learning resources, Nature kids, New Zealand Seasons, Spring
I see you spring – creeping in. The mornings are lighter and the sun is sharing more warmth on the days that it hasn’t been raining and raining. My children and I have been walking when weather allows, balancing the home school, indoor device time from lock-down...
