Gardening can be hard on the environment if you don’t know what you’re doing. This may seem seem impossible since gardening and cultivating the earth seem so earth friendly but think about the impacts of what you are doing. Are you using chemical fertilizers? Are you buying plants raised with bee killing neonicotinoid pesticides?Are you using unsustainable amounts of water? There are eco-friendly gardening practices that you can use to lessen the impact on Mother earth. Here are easy gardening … [Read more...]
30 Ways to Go Green with Your Family
I am pleased to bring to the NatureMoms blog a guest blogger by the name of Abel Cheng. In addition to being a great source of information through his comments on this blog he also maintains a great blog over at ParentWonder. Abel has been widely featured as a parenting expert on the web and most noticably in places like The Star (a Malaysian newspaper) and the popular About.com site writing about Fatherhood. It is wonderful for us to get a father's perspective on this blog when the primary … [Read more...]
My Backyard Wildlife Habitat
I came across a great post over at Unplug Your Kids, an awesome blog that shares the stories and experiences of a TV free family. The post about creating a certified wildlife habitat in your own backyard caught my eye. I had no idea such a thing was possible but you can have your backyard certified by the National Wildlife Foundation as a wildlife habitat. You need to have basic habitat elements...food, water, cover, and a place to raise young. Food might include native plants that provide … [Read more...]
A "Green" Christmas Tree
So what are your Christmas tree options this year? Should you get a real tree - grown on a local Christmas tree farm with chemicals and fertilizers or should you get an artificial tree with the dreaded PVC? This is a hard but necessary choice for many because Christmas just isn't the same without a tree. Well, the EPA recommends the artificial tree if you plan to use it year after year. BUT have you considered a live potted tree, grown organically, and then re-planting it after use? Visit … [Read more...]
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