Sometimes a gardener just needs the right tools for the right job. Summer gardening is tough enough so make the job easier with these tools. These tools are the must have tools for summer gardening to help beat the heat, fight the weeds and water efficiently.
Adding Beautiful Flowering Shrubs to Your Yard #LowesCreator
Part of my garden makeover included adding new flowering shrubs and bird-friendly trees to our landscape. Here are three plants I added to my landscape that you’ll find right in your local Lowe’s garden center. Save money, add color, and enjoy a beautiful landscape.
Sun Earth and Moon Rotation Craft for Sun Unit Study
When we’re studying the sun and the earth and things like orbit, rotation, etc., it can be confusing for little kids to understand how it all works. I found a great Sun, Earth, and Moon craft idea on Pinterest and adapted it with my kids using these beautiful printables. Using brads, printables, and construction paper […]
Bulbs to Plant in the Spring
Bulbs to plant in the spring to have them bloom in the summer.
The Power of a Smile – Helping Children Connect #PowerOfASmile
Have you ever noticed how powerful a smile can be? Once when I just had three littles, Sidney was working and I had a sick kiddo, and we were all at the store getting some necessities. The baby was crying, the kids were cranky, and I was near years. In unloading the cart I remember […]
Put Yourself In the Picture #MomisHere with Sprout
If you’re like me you are the one holding the camera. Capturing the happy smiles and preserving memories for their future. But what about YOU!? My mom used to teach photography preservation classes and one of the things she often encouraged participants was to make sure to put themselves in the photo sometimes. You don’t […]
Physicians Formula Organic Wear Makeup Review
As part of my Ultimate Organic Makeup and Skin Care Shopping Guide I was sent some Organic Wear makeup to review from Physicians Formula. I received the Organic Wear Tinted Moisturizer, the Organic Wear CC Cream (Color Correcting Cream), and the Organic Wear Mascara which I was very excited to get since it can be […]
Synergy Organic Clothing Review – Tunic and Skirt – PLUS GIVEAWAY!
In our quest to replace crappy, cheap, and harmful clothes with better alternatives as they wear out, I have been looking for organic clothing companies to support. I consider these items an investment because I’m learning to see them as an ultimate savings – when I spend $45 on a shirt that is organic and […]
Creating A Bird-Friendly Wildlife Garden With a Curb-Friendly Landscape
My kids have fallen in love with the idea of attracting birds and other beneficial wildlife to the landscape at the same time I fell in love with the idea of remaking the entire front yard planter. When we finally built the permanent chicken run it left a bare area in the front yard I […]
Must-Grow Kitchen Garden Herb Plants – The Ultimate Growing Guide Index
No garden is complete without an herb garden. Whether you use them for cooking, preserving, or home remedies, here is a list of must-have herbs from our Untrained Housewife community.
Five Kitchen Must Haves for the Serious Homesteader
Today’s guest post comes from Tracey Jade Boyer. Tracey is an urban homesteader, blogger, writer and graphical artist. Her passions in life are writing, art, crafting, gardening, cooking and animals. Her blog can be found at www.homemade-by-jade.com and her graphics website is http://jadelynxgraphix.weebly.com/ Thanks, Tracey! – Angela Even if you don’t live off the grid, I think it is […]
Spring Fling $150 Giveaway – Because we love you!
Some blogging friends and I had gotten into the winter slumps. Not really sick or anything – just dreary and generally “blah”. So we decided to celebrate spring by putting together a Spring Fling Giveaway! $150 gift card to Amazon, sponsored entirely by ourselves for you, our amazing readers. Because we thought it would be […]
