How you handle your seeds and your practices around seeding is your first chance to get your plants off to a good start and help them achieve their full potential. Ben and Penny Hewitt, authors of The Nourishing Homestead, have developed a three-step process which starts with inoculating the seeds, then sowing them in high quality potting soil, and finally using soil blocks instead of pots to start seedlings. It may not be quite as easy as 1-2-3, but the increased vigor and yield the Hewitts ... Read the Post
3 Steps to Start Your Plants Off Right
Learn to Embrace Discipline
It can be easy to utilize punitive methods when your child breaks the household rules, or otherwise causes frustration. After all, many of us were parented in a very different way than with the methods we choose to use in disciplining our own children today. Not to mention, it is not uncommon to feel a need to be wary of the thoughts and words from others, everyone seems to have an opinion these days! But many parents don't like to punish their children; they simply do so because they don't ... Read the Post
Simple Valentine’s Day Crafts for Your Little Ones
Children love to do crafts. They don’t need to have a reason to make things. However, they like it even more if they do have a particular reason. The following are some easy Valentine’s Day craft ideas for your little ones to enjoy. Try Making Some Salt Art: This is loads of fun for toddlers. Help them mix together the dough: 1 cup of salt is added to 2 ½ cups of flour. Mix in 2 to 3 tablespoons of ice water. Let them use a spoon to begin with but change to their hands to get the ... Read the Post
Ways to Balance Freedom With Responsibility
As a family oriented person, your loved ones are of utmost importance to you. You spend your days with the responsibility of ensuring they are well taken care of. That's just what you do, and you’re happy doing it. I have seen so many parents at times, including myself, promise to never give up their personal passions and interests once they embark upon marriage and child rearing. Even at that, the time goes by so quickly, and we can find ourselves looking around for those pieces of ourselves ... Read the Post
Finding Peace, Making Peace
Desiring a life of simplicity is the first step in creating one. Although we may recognize the benefits and be determined to make it happen, it is still possible to feel stress when thinking about all that it entails. Maybe you are worried that this is one more thing in your life you are obligated to “do perfectly.” Perhaps you are feeling stress when thinking about giving up the extras in life that you enjoy and look forward to. How does one find peace with the decision to live ... Read the Post
Ancient Methods to Still Your Wandering Mind
When your mind is careening from one thought to the next, it can be incredibly difficult to focus, meditate or even simply keep your mind on the road while driving! Especially as working parents, those of trying to keep our work and businesses flowing while raising children, we can feel pulled in a multitude of different directions, and be left wondering if we’re actually getting anything fully done in any department. In order to streamline focus, and bring some peace to our daily activities ... Read the Post
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