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I have a lot of friends, but I don’t have a lot of friends who I agree with in parenting approach. It makes me feel very alone sometimes. A couple weeks ago, I attended a mothers group at the local church where many of my nearby friends attend. I didn’t know all of the women…
One of my most recent favorite quotes of wisdom was found at Sustainable Seed Company, written by Farmer John himself. He simply states “A seed is freedom, a seed is hope. Learn to save seed, keep hope and freedom alive for your children. Teach them to respect the earth, to nourish it and protect. As…
I believe that children need discipline. They need to know where the limits are; they need to know boundaries. Some parents prefer forms of punishment; those who raise their children in an attachment-minded way tend toward teaching and guidance. I wonder, though, if we truly ever get away from punishing – perhaps we don’t spank…
Losing weight can be a boring, challenging, tasteless task and I’m probably one of the world’s worst dieters there is. I get bored of eating the same old thing day in and day out just to drop a pound or two within a week. Really, eating terribly bland food for just one pound a week…
We simply cannot harvest a huge bounty of organically grown sweet carrots without making a scrumptious bread loaded with big juicy mixed raisins and walnuts. I have gone all out on this recipe to pack a punch of powerful healthy ingredients. I used a non-GMO, unbleached and organic flour. I recently wrote a post about…
This is an example of a natural hospital birth plan. This is meant only as a sample, for you to get the feel for what a birth plan might look like. You will want to draft and customize your own birth plan based upon your wishes. If you are unsure of your wishes, I recommend…
I’ve made a bright new discovery using Lemon Grass! If there is one thing I know, there is more than one way to skin a cat when your making your own cleaning supplies. I’ve been playing around for awhile now with different herbal mixes and infusions in my homemade laundry soap. I think I might…
I lost my temper with my five-year-old today. She had asked if she could wear flip-flops on her bare feet to play outside, and with the weather still a bit cool, I told her that it was too cold to wear flip-flops and that she would need to wear shoes and socks. She smiled, said…
The ability to grow hops is all about your location. The ideal place to grow hops is in the latitude between 35 and 55 degrees north. This limits the production commercial of hops to the northern climate. It is important to research available hop varieties and consider the type of beer you like to drink….
As February rolls along into March here in upstate New York, thoughts of gardening come out of hibernation as spring fever takes root. We have had an unsatisfactory snowfall this season, so it is even harder to think that planting time is only a few months away. (In our zone 4, we take a risk…