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Straw Bale Gardening

By Tiffany 8 Comments

If you have enough space for a bale of straw, then you have enough space for a garden. Growing vegetables in a straw bale is easy, fun and a good way to inspire kids to start gardening. A straw bale acts much like a raised bed, you just plant directly in the bale. It is a great gardening method to use in areas that have poor soil, or if your dwelling has minimal outdoor space. Use these tips to grow your own straw bale garden. Location Any flat surface that receives at least 6 hours of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Budget, cheap, Compost Tea, composting, conditioning, Fertilizer, Hay Bale, instructions, Microorganisms, Nutrients, organic fertilizer, organic straw, planting, Soil, straw bales gardening, Weeds

Eco-Friendly Gardening Practices

By Tiffany 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Bees, Chemicals, Compost, Eco Friendly, Fertilizers, garden, grey water, greywater, neonicotinoid, Pesticides, Rain Barrel, repurpose, reycled, Soil, water, Weed Control

10 Easy Ways to Reduce Kitchen Waste

By Tiffany 16 Comments

According to a research, the average kitchen wastes approximately $1000 in food per year. Roughly 40% of all food produced worldwide ends up in the garbage.  Think of how many hungry people could be fed if we cleaned up our act and actually used what we purchased and thus only purchased what we actually needed. Our budgets would be immediately helped by making a few changes and wasting less food. I know personally I cringe at the idea of throwing away $1000 a year. I can think of many ways I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Green Home Tagged With: Budget, cook, Cooking, dried foods, Emeals, Food Waste, fruit, Gardening, kitchen, Menu Plan, money, planet, Smoothies, Soil, Stock, veggies

Earthing Shoes – Get Touchy Feely with Mother Earth

By Tiffany 5 Comments

Late last year I wrote about Earthing - what it is and why it is so important so learn about and implement in our daily lives. The post is rather long winded but essentially it is about reconnecting to the earth...physically. It makes the case that we are actually meant to be in close contact with the earth and that our health suffers when we don't have that contact. We all know that kids who do not have the close contact and "touch" of their parents suffer physically and mentally. It is well … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eco Fashion Tagged With: Birkenstocks, Close Contact, Conductive Materials, Copper, Dirty Feet, Earth Energy, Electrical Connection, Electrical Flow, Flickering Light Bulb, Glass Rocks, Hippie, Hormones, Mother Earth, Perfect Fit, Runners, Sandals, shoes, Shoes Sandals, Sleep Patterns, Soil, Soles, Touchy Feely

Getting Dirty and Looking Pretty to Boot!

By Tiffany 3 Comments

This lovely lady to the right is my 8 year old daughter. I have two boys and yet she is the one who would gladly spend every available moment outside playing with friends and getting dirty. She is such an outdoor girl and she needs boots that will not only keep her feet warm during our cold Ohio winters, she also wants some that are fashionable. Whether you are splashing in puddles or building a fort you need to look good right? Well, I hear that you do anyway. The good folks at Bogs offered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Enjoying Nature Tagged With: Bogs Boots, Bright Colors, Casual Wear, Colors, Crap, Degree Weather, Feet, Friends, Garden Beds, Good Folks, Love, Lovely Lady, New Boots, Outdoor Boots, Pots, Puddles, Rainy Spring, Seeds, Sneakers, Snow Play, Soil, Spring Summer, These Boots, Tuscany, Two Boys

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My name is Tiffany and I am the blogger behind Naturemoms. I live on an urban homestead in Ohio with my husband, three children, and assorted furry friends. When I am not blogging I am usually thrift store shopping, gardening, wildcrafting and food foraging, or otherwise enjoying nature. Enjoy! Read More…

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