It’s time for our next herbal spotlight. This month we are talking nettle! Early spring is traditionally considered a time of rebuilding and replenishing. After winter, our bodies often need:
Mineral support
Gentle detox support
Adrenal nourishment
Allergy preparation
Enhance your health naturally with herbs from your own garden. In this easy-to-use guide, Doris Byers offers simple instructions for growing, harvesting, and making healing mixtures from a variety common medicinal herbs, such as garlic, chamomile, and echinacea. Illustrated plans for 38 health-care themed designs include the Cold and Flu Garden, the Healthy Heart Garden, and the Rejuvenation Garden. You’ll be sure to find the right mixture of herbs to cure whatever ails you!
Summer is almost here and I’m ready for it. Check out our summer bucket list and a free summer BINGO.
Learning about botany comes natural to most kids because they have a desire to explore and adventure along the way. Digging in the dirt, smelling the flowers, these are a great start. Find out what else we did in our botany for kids homeschool unit.
The day after Christmas 2020, we loaded up our five kids and headed across the country. Destination: Grand Canyon by way of a two-week adventure. I learned some things amid all of the fun we had. One of those things was that it wasn’t even cold and WE. COULD. NOT. PACK. ENOUGH. WATER. for our…
Fitness can feel like a four-letter-word but it doesn’t have to be that way. Read on for some easy ways to find the balance between fitness and family.
It’s spring you guys!!!! That means we get to spend all day outside without the bugs, it’s wonderful. In all seriousness, we’ve had so much fun because the weather has been {mostly} pretty nice. The kids have learned to ride their bikes on two wheels and spent many days riding from the second they got…
Fall is such an inviting time of year and I love making my front porch welcoming to anyone who stops by. From the big stuff down to the small details, I love fall decorating.
The other day I looked at Maggie, you know, really looked at her. Somehow, right before my very eyes, this amazing little girl of mine grew up some more. She keeps telling me that she will be 5. I am starting to believe her. We work together to learn new things all of the time,…
Our family gets together a ton in the summer, and this Memorial Day Weekend was the start of the fun. I love hosting parties and wanted to make this weekend at the cabin extra fun. I had been thinking about how much fun we always had going on picnics when we were younger, so I decided to go with a picnic theme.
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PurellWipes #CollectiveBias We have definitely been enjoying our early spring here in Minnesota. I’m pretty sure it was May before it was this nice out last year. I had promised the kids a trip to the park with…
Having a baby in the fall means you will have a little baby through the winter. Duh, right? If this is your first baby and you have the option to just stay inside, that works great for your little one, but if it’s not your first one, you are probably going to have to go…
Last winter, I started writing a blog post with 100 things to do in the snow and ice. By the time I remembered I wanted to publish it, it wasn’t winter anymore. I am really glad that I didn’t, because now I have 101 things on the list. A few weeks ago, I received an…
Well, yesterday was our first snowfall of the year. I don’t know the official total and I haven’t measured, but I believe we are around the 10 inch mark. With the snow drifts, we have some spots with snow up to my waist. I went out to wipe off the satellite dish and wiped out,…
*Disclosure: We received complimentary tickets to Noah’s Ark Waterpark. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.* We finally got to go on our first actual family vacation. We have talked about a vacation plenty, but couldn’t quite decide where we wanted to go. Noah’s Ark popped up on my radar and I realized…
If we have friends over, you can bet there will be snacks and drinks and something fun for them to do when just playing isn’t going so well. I like to try and find something a little different and exciting for them all, whether it is what we have for snack or what fun craft we do.
*Disclosure: I received complimentary product for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.* To say this has been a long, very cold winter would be putting it mildly. With more -20 or colder days than I remember having my entire life, my poor kids needed something to help them burn…
*Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me and all thoughts and opinions are mine.* We have lived here for 3 1/2 years now and I have a confession: We have done virtually nothing with our yard. Over 4 1/2 acres and we haven’t done anything more than mow. It’s ridiculous. I…
I have really been working with Maggie on learning shapes, colors, and letters. When I found this idea on one of my favorite blogs – Play At Home Mom {One of my favorite blogs EVER}. I had to make my own rendition of it. It really is the simplest game that is so much fun.…
When we were buying our house, one thing we fell in love with about our house, was that it is right across the street from the wildlife refuge. We are pretty much guaranteed to see some sort of wildlife every single day. Deer, turkey, fox, and an occasional coyote. Our family loves to be outdoors…
