tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968516.post1727712238851586110..comments2024-03-28T15:26:50.512-05:00Comments on Renaissance: A Whole EducationRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17983592950942904914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968516.post-90945773427526197252012-06-29T21:32:36.908-05:002012-06-29T21:32:36.908-05:00This makes so much sense!
I think I will get out ...This makes so much sense!<br /><br />I think I will get out tomorrow with some gloves and begin cutting my nettle back and see what happens. It's supposed to be rich in iron and mama is in need of this whilist still nursing a one year old around the clock.<br /><br />I'll be looking forward to getting some calendula next year!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310718367078901030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968516.post-84905349609098796952012-06-29T08:18:41.801-05:002012-06-29T08:18:41.801-05:00Leah T. and Amanda. Well, you girls 'get'...Leah T. and Amanda. Well, you girls 'get' me. Precisely! And it is very good to hear from you both!<br /><br />And for your questions Amanda~ <br /><br />As for calendula going to seed- calendula will continue flowering, flowering, flowering if it never has an opportunity to go to seed. Once it begins putting up seeds, it stops flowering. So, for the summer, I will be harvesting flowerheads as often as possible to keep the blooms coming (and do they come!) and then in late summer I will stop and let it go to seed (when I am ready for them to die!) so that I can then save the seed for next year. I explained this to my Farmer Boy Andrew as he couldn't understand why we would not WANT seeds! :-) <br /><br />As for the nettle- once plants go to seed, their nutrients are stripped (for energy to make the seeds) so they aren't as healthful. Also, because they are older, they are not as tender but more tough. So it is best, with most greens, to get them while they are young. That said, there is no rule that you CAN'T harvest older ones. So-if you want to...do. :-)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983592950942904914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968516.post-40328358967129595282012-06-29T06:43:10.172-05:002012-06-29T06:43:10.172-05:00I second Leah T.!
The more I carry out this home ...I second Leah T.!<br /><br />The more I carry out this home education thing, the more I LEARN myself that it's got far less to do with academics and more to do with KNOWING AND LOVING THE LORD WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS.<br /><br />The daddy and I included. {period}<br /><br />We are a marriage...<br /><br />A family...<br /><br />A model of Christ and the church and everyday, we die to ourselves a little more...<br /><br />And everyday we step farther away from the world and draw closer to HIM.<br /><br />Were just pilgrims passing through and your right on the money when you say that in the end, we can't blame anyone but us. But in that lies a beautiful thing...<br /><br />We have answered this humble call to take our childrens education in our hands and despite the many mistake I'm sure we make, God is well pleased with the fact that we are willing to lay our selves down to do what we are doing.<br />It's no easy task.<br /><br />.....................<br />love that photo below of your children in the school room.<br /><br />And,<br />I'm certain I need to grow some calendula now. Why shouldn't you let it go to seed?<br /><br />I have nettles that I was going to make into a green smoothie and I read too that you shouldn't juice stinging nettles if they have gone to seed...<br />What are your thoughts?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310718367078901030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9968516.post-55338441372386338792012-06-28T16:16:13.773-05:002012-06-28T16:16:13.773-05:00I think you're spot on with the statement that...I think you're spot on with the statement that "the answer has less to do with 'academics' than you would think" and I wholeheartedly agree! <br /><br />I think for us there are two goals. Number one is that our children would "apply [their] hearts unto wisdom" and that they would "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ". Number two is that we teach them [i]how[/i] to learn and then also to [i]love[/i] learning. If we can teach our children those things then there is not much more "teaching" that needs to be done. They will have the desire to learn and the ability to find the answers to any questions they might have.Leah T.http://ps139hemmedin.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com