Ants, snails, slugs, and other insects can become pests in your garden. These insects can damage young plants and vegetables because that is their preferred food. While we don’t want this creepy crawlies in our gardens, eating our veggies, using pesticides to get rid of these pests can make your food taste like chemicals and…
SAFER CLEANING METHODS FOR YOUR HOME
The cleaning aisle is any grocery store has shelves FILLED with products designed to clean every area of your home. From cleaning the floor to polishing the furniture to doing the laundry, you can find something intended for every job. But often, the chemicals in these products carry labels warning of everything from harmful vapors…
HOW TO REDUCE HOUSEHOLD WASTE
Many people are looking for ways to reduce their environmental impact. By reducing household waste you can improve the planet as a whole. HOW TO REDUCE HOUSEHOLD WASTE This page may contain affiliate links for your shopping convenience, and while the links help support the blog as we may earn a small commission, there is…
BOOSTING YOUR CHILD’S IMMUNE SYSTEM
Boosting your child’s immune system is important because children are exposed to a lot of germs! At school, at the playground, during after school activities, and even at a friend’s or loved ones’ house. The reason it’s so easy for children to pick up germs is that they’re constantly in an environment with other kids…
DOES YOUR CHILD SUFFER FROM CHRONIC EAR INFECTIONS?
Getting an ear infection is so common among children that it’s almost like a right of passage. Most children will have their first ear infection before they’re even old enough to talk. My daughter suffered from severe, chronic ear infections for years. To the point where her poor little ear drum even ruptured at the…
CREATIVE BUDGETING
Your family budget does not necessarily have to fit a template – even if you do use a template, you can customize it. A budget that really fits your style and family dynamic tends to be a lot easier to stick with, and can even be fun! Here are some tips for creative budgeting that…
BUDGET BASICS
Do you have a family budget? Do you wish you had a budget but don’t know where to start? It can be hard to start planning and forming a budget when you don’t know where to start. The best place to start with building a family budget is to start with the basics. Here are…
TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO BE SELF-CONFIDENT
We all know it can be hard to watch your child suffer with self-confidence; or rather – lack of self-confidence. We, as parents, usually want to see our children being self-confident – after all, self-confidence is a key component of success in life. But how do you teach this important life skill? TEACHING YOUR CHILD…
HOW TO CREATE A WILDFLOWER MEADOW
A beautiful wildflower meadow; the flowers moving, almost dancing, in the wind. Straw hats, sundresses, butterflies, and bees flitting from one flower to another. These are a few of the images that many people see when they think of a wildflower meadow. It seems like something that should arise naturally, and it often does in…
REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE – HOW TO GO GREEN IN THE GARDEN
We’ve all heard the term “Reduce Reuse Recycle” and there is no better opportunity to put this 3-word phrase into action than gardening. From reusing organic materials and quirky objects to reducing non-organic additives and trash, you can help your garden and the environment by using one or several of the following ideas. REDUCE REUSE…
