September 2012

TV-Free Friday: National Alpaca Farm Days

September 28, 2012

As I have written in previous posts, we are choosing not to have Tomato watch TV until she is three. So, in an effort to share some ideas of what we are doing to be TV-free, I am starting TV-Free Fridays. Some of the trips that we like to do with Tomato on nice days [...]

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How to Use Stored Onions

September 27, 2012

Now that we have grown our own onions, how are we going to use them?  When we first pulled our onions, I set them out to dry in the sun for a couple of days so that they will last longer in our house. We don’t have a good spot set up for storing them [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Side of Yard

September 26, 2012

Part of this week is being spent sprucing up this side of the yard. Pop back next Monday to see how I do. Linking up with: Angry Julie Monday, Dagmar’s Momsense and 5 Minutes for Mom

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Tuesday Greens #3

September 25, 2012

Welcome to Tuesday Greens #3! Welcome to week #3 of Tuesday Greens! I am once again co-hosting with Yolanda from PB&J. This week, I am conquering the weeds and establishing new beds in our garden. I can’t wait to hear what you all have to offer this week, so please read the rules below and [...]

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Day #40: My Hardest Challenge in the Garden

September 24, 2012

What has been my hardest challenge in the garden this year? Weeds have given me a run for my money this year in the garden. I have been honest about it and feel that my excitement over the potential of what I could do in the garden has gotten ahead of me. I’ve also been [...]

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Day #39 My Top Two Pet Peeves

September 23, 2012

What are my pet peeves? I feel like I have grown in my patience for things over the years, but there are two things bug the daylights out of me. #1: Trash cans strewn about the street. Photo courtesy of Ecstatic Mark Oh how I wish I could say this doesn’t happen on a regular [...]

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Updating RSS Feeds

September 23, 2012

Why am I switching from Feedburner to Feedblitz? Feedburner has been a bit wonky this week, so as a blogger I am not sure how much longer my RSS Feed with them will be working. As a reader who is used to getting my posts in your RSS Reader or via email, I will need [...]

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Top 4 Tips for Kids in the Car

September 20, 2012

Welcome to the September 2012 Natural Living Blog Carnival: Kids in the Car This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Natural Living Blog Carnival hosted by Happy Mothering and The Pistachio Project through the Green Moms Network. This month our members have written posts about kids in the car. —– My Top Four [...]

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Natural Products Expo East

September 20, 2012

Follow along as I head to the Natural Products Expo East. Tomorrow, I am heading to the Natural Expo East to check out all that is new and exciting in the natural foods and products world. I will be able to see what’s innovative in packaging, what foods are new to non-GMO labeling and have [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Asparagus

September 19, 2012

What surprised me most in my garden this week? Didn’t expect to see asparagus in September after I cut the ferns back to two inches high. What doesn’t surprise me is how many mornings I can eat figs with yogurt and granola. Linking up with: Angry Julie Monday, Dagmar’s Momsense and 5 Minutes for Mom

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