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Elderberry Field Trip

There are 5 spots left in the Elderberry Field Trip! I have spoken further with Wildlands Inc. and  YES, kids are welcome! So I should say we have room for 5 more families.

Here is the basic information for or field trip:

We will meet at their elderberry mitigation site Tuesday, July 27 in the morning at 10:00 [...]

My Birthday Boy!

I can not believe that it was just four years ago that my baby boy was born! It seems like only yesterday he was tugging at my hair while falling asleep. Oh… wait… that was yesterday! He is still my baby boy.

We decided to celebrate his birthday a week early this year as our [...]

Mark’s Meat Matrix: Grass Fed Beef

First we got the chickens (CLICK HERE for Urban Chickens post), then we investigated GMO foods (CLICK HERE for Got GMO-free Milk post).  Now we are making a run at Grass-Fed Beef, local style.  After watching the “scare you away from McDonald’s” documentary called Food Inc. earlier this year, and reading Michael Pollan’s

The Omnivores [...]

Father’s Day Potluck Bourbon BBQ

We celebrated an early Father’s Day with Mark’s family on Sunday with a great bourbon and cherry inspired potluck BBQ. Fresh organic cherries were only $3.00 per pound at the farmer’s market this week and we also have plenty of bourbon left over from Mark’s birthday dinner at the Grange restaurant in Sacramento, so I thought [...]

My Favorite Place: Pacific Grove, CA

Sorry, I’ve been MIA for the last week or so. The last week of kindergarten blended into our quick vacation to Pacific Grove. And once we finally got to PG, I did not look back…Most of you already know, my favorite place in the world is Pacific Grove, CA. For me, it’s a combination [...]

Oak Park Farmer’s Market

This morning we went to the first ever Oak Park Farmer’s Market. For those of you who do not know where Oak Park is, it is the original suburb of Sacramento and was built around the turn of the century (1900s). Now a days, it is considered urban Sacramento. ‘The neighborhood is home to 16,000 residents, [...]

Natural Corn?

As many of you know, I am very concerned about where our family’s food come from. We try to purchase local, seasonal, chemical free, and organic. But I place organic last because that’s my default mode. I like to know more about where my food is coming from than just the “organic” label. HERE (Why I’m Not [...]

Natural Spring Cleaning Workshop

I am very excited to announce the very first Natural Mom, Healthy Child Spring Cleaning Workshop. This workshop will provide knowledge of some of the simplest and cheapest ways to clean your home naturally, without harsh chemicals and toxins. This is especially important for families that suffer from allergies and asthma. But we all could so [...]

Eating Green

So I’m not just talking about eating your green vegetables which I am a fan of, but of eating at restaurants that are making an effort to be responsible in the foods they provide and how they provide them. I was happy to discover GRAS the other day on Facebook. GRAS stands for the Green Restaurant [...]

Urban Farming: On your marks, set, go!

Once March comes around I feel like I’m in a race against the weather to get the vegetable garden in. Even though we have no snow and very little frost in Sacramento, March/April is when we get most of our rain. This year we decided to create raised beds in an area we cleared last fall. [...]