Horseshoe crabs are some of the coolest sea creatures and are the perfect example of the importance of one creature in nature to another. Here is a short synopsis about them: Sometimes referred to as “living fossils,” their ancestry dates back 450 million years. FOUR HUNDRED. FIFTY. MILLION. You read that right. In that time, the crabs haven’t […]

I don’t know about you all, but my kids get bored with just playing in our yard. We often alternate between racing cars down the slide, or doing sidewalk chalk on the driveway. Blah. Unfortunately, we aren’t quite at the point where they will just go outside and play by themselves in the back yard […]

My kids and I love birding! I touched upon backyard bird feeders in this post awhile back, but I thought it would a good idea to expand on that with some product recs. and our own pinecone birdfeeder tutorial. Before we start, a few notes for the birdies… Clean your feeders regularly. Only feed suet when […]