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Whether you’re growing herbs outdoors in your garden or indoors in containers, there may come a wonderful time when you have an overabundance of them! There are many ways you can preserve your fresh herbs at home — one of them being drying them. You’ll find that your dried herbs are much more flavorful and fragrant than the best quality …
Getting your kids to do their chores on a regular basis can often be challenging. It’s a good idea to get them started at an early age when ‘helping out mom’ is still a fun thing! For toddlers, you want to choose chores that are simple and easy for them to understand and accomplish — such as putting away their …
It’s easy to feel like being a mom is not a job or not “good enough.” For some reason, it’s also easy to feel ashamed to tell people you stay home with your child(ren) when they ask you what you do. It often seems unimportant, and just a part of life. You may have desires of changing the world and …
Have you ever considered raising your own meat right in your backyard? Chickens are a great place to start and are a natural transition for someone who is already raising a backyard flock. Raising meat chickens is easier than you might think and the benefits range from knowing you are getting humanely raised meat to feeling a connection with your …
Tis the season for pumpkins, apples, and pie everything! Mmmm pie. My favorites include cherry pie and a good pumpkin pie with the perfect amount of spices. It’s a shame that pie’s only make their debut for the holidays but I guess that makes pie lovin’ peeps like you and I appreciate a good pie. Like this pecan-coconut crusted dairy-free …
Holidays were always fun as a kid, and it’s quite possible you thought that the holiday’s couldn’t get any more fun. That is, until you grew up and had kids of your own. As a parent, I literally can’t wait for the holidays to come around. Being able to relive the discoveries, excitement, and joy that comes from your child …
Every time I mention Kombucha to anyone unfamiliar with it, they get a half confused/half alarmed look on their face and ask as calmly as possible, “What is that?” Well, no need to be alarmed folks. Its tea. Probiotic tea. Probiotics have been receiving a lot of press lately in regards to their role in maintaining a healthy immune system, …
Nothing is more worse then seeing your child suffering in pain– especially when you can’t do anything about it. In this case, Loriel’s toddler, Andrew, developed a severe reaction to bug bites (with an emphasis on mosquito bites). This can be a problem when living in a state that is basically infested with mosquitoes and other bugs. His reaction would …
Beeswax has been used for thousands of years with one of it’s most important uses as making candles. Beeswax is a fantastic substance to use for candles because it is a very non-toxic way of enjoying candles and the light, warm honey scent that is produced. When you burn beeswax candles in your home, the air is actually being purified …
Backyard chickens are becoming more and more of a thing to many urban dwellers. It’s with good reason too — what’s not to love about skipping the store or farm and hunting for your eggs in your backyard? It really doesn’t get much fresher or satisfying than that. However, many chicken dreamers or newbies aren’t aware of one important …
