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The Best Types of Composting for Beginners and Small Gardens
Enrich your poor, sandy soil with garden compost you can make for free! Here are the best types of composting methods for beginners, a method that takes food scraps and turns them into garden enrichment. Explore the different types of composting for beginners! If you have been gardening for any method of time, or have chosen to be more zero-waste, chances are you have heard of composting in some form or fashion. Insert picture of a compost pile from woods with the title this is not composting. Before we dive too deep, let’s make sure you have a solid understanding of what composting is to begin with. What is garden…
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8 Ways to Reuse Glass Jars for a Modern Farmhouse
Do you have a cupboard full of empty mason jars just sitting there taking up space? But you can’t find the heart to get rid of them? If you are like me, I have about 2 dozen various sizes from emptied jellies, honey and leftover projects that I would love to breathe new life into. Glass jar projects are an excellent way to recycle glass without having to leave your home, or find a local glass recycling facility. With the price of mason jars on the rise, here are # tutorials on ways to reuse glass jars. Don’t throw out your empty sauce or pickle jars until taking a look…
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15+ Sustainable Living Ways To Do For Free
The Sustainable way of living means doing no harm…or just less harm. It’s taking a step back to look at the big picture instead of grasping for the next moment. The world is constantly whirling and adding one more thing to your plate and expecting you to just continue on with out any issues. But the truth is, humans are tired and overworked. Trends and society are making it impossible to live up to the life you “should” be living. The sustainable way of living takes the idea and says I run my life. And I choose to be intentional. I choose to slow down and thing about the pros…
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DIY Reusable Paper Towel Replacement to Save Money and the Planet!
Make your own alternative to paper towels and have the freedom to choose sustainable fabric like bamboo, cotton or linen, AND save money. Learn how to make your own reusable paper towels with a no-sew or machine method! The whole point of unpaper towels is to reduce single-use paper towels, while still being biodegradable. Reducing paper waste with reusable cloth napkins is all the trend right now. But instead of spending $40+ dollars on a roll, you can make your own for around 25 cents a sheet. Case and point here is an example: Okay, I recently looked into reusable paper towels and found some suppliers from overseas that are…
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Get Kids Outside and Gardening with These Easy Tips
Gardening with kids can be tricky since it takes patience to grow a garden, but even more when teaching children how to garden. But there are many ways to develop patience and make the process fun for everyone. There is so much more to gardening than just planting seeds that kids can grow, keep reading for ideas on how to get kids that don’t love dirt or outdoors involved and making a difference. If you are looking for spring or summer plants for children to grow that are easy-peasy, here is your guide to make gardening kid friendly and easy on you! A few ways to get kids gardening include:…
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Why Your Sustainable Home Needs Bamboo Memory Foam Pillows
Bamboo pillows are a great eco-friendly product for those with frequent neck or back pain when sleeping. Benefits of a bamboo pillow that you can’t overlook if you are needing a restful night of sleep When I first became a parent I didn’t realize how scary some of the basic decisions like what type of fabric to put in your crib could be. But we had a firefighter friend who told us polyester is mostly synthetic AKA plastic. When it catches on fire it does what all plastic does and melts and shrinks. Whereas cotton is a lot harder to burn and we’ll just burn and fall off. When you…
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Have You Tried Garden Plant Labels Made With Seeds Yet?
Try these biodegradable plant tags that can break down and compost wildflower seeds right in your garden! It’s super easy to make these custom plant labels so you don’t have to try and identify those tiny sprouting seeds. Instead, give yourself a temporary way to identify vegetable seed sprouts that will later turn into more plants! Plant lovers get ready! In this article we will take a closer look at: How make your own plant markers Learn how to print your own plant tags How to customize wooden plant tags Stop guessing if those sprouting seeds are weeds or not and keep plants markers. One of the most common gardening…
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How to Make a Wildflower Seed Bomb for Your Bee Garden
Celebrate Earth Day by making craft for planting seeds in a fun way to get kids involved in gardening!
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Identifying Common Garden Pests and Eco-friendly Bug Control
Get help identifying common vegetable garden pests with pictures so you can use natural bug control options this garden season. Are you frustrated your garden peas are being overrun by tiny green bugs? Ready to give up growing squash because of relentless pests? Before you throw in the towel, I will walk you through some of the common pests that may be plaguing your garden plot. But also how to classify what’s bugging you so it will show up on google search. In this article we will cover A method to identify pests to get images to populate what you are trying to identify A list of common garden pests…
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Keeping the Victory Garden Tradition Alive
Have you heard of the term victory garden and are wondering what it means? Well, this tradition is for any gardening level, and worth keeping patriotic morale booster alive. In this article we will cover the definition, what can be planted in a victory garden and how to set one up. When you ready about the history of a victory garden you can’t help but be inspired by what out ancestors did to boost morale during lean times. Hopefully you can walk away with some a skip in your step after reading 🙂 Why we need to keep the traditions of victory gardens alive Sometimes the best method to learn…
