Copyright Information2008-Present by Kate Stillman. All rights reserved. Please do not use my original photos or reprint my writing without asking me for permission. Thank you! Share our Button with your Natural Moms! | Some of my favorite things about the Holidays is crafting,decorating,and baking. Unfortunately,with so much going on at school and preparing for Claire’s birthday these have been sorely neglected this year. But I am hoping to catch up after this weekend. Claire and I love making decorations for around the house. I especially [...] America’s Recycles Day is Today! So in celebration of this day,I was approached by Nature Bridge to support them in their effort to educate children (and families) about the importance of recycling. Here are a few fun facts they have provided me: The average American throws away 1,600 pounds of trash each year. That’s 4.4 pounds [...] Most people I know associate canning with the end of summer,but we did not get our garden in early enough this year and therefore didn’t get to can our summer harvest (which was practically non-existant). But our few little apple trees produce one bag full of apples in their first year! They are [...] I have done a few posts on natural cleaning,but I have not yet done one specific to laundry,so I thought I would share some of my favorite and thrifty laundry secrets. Lately I have been feeling less than competent in this area because I can not get the pencil marks out of Claire’s [...] This year we didn’t have the time or money to plant a real garden. We got in a few tomatoes,basil,and a jalapeno. The basil has already gone to seed,the jalapenos are still producing,but I am not sure we are going to get any real tomatoes before the [...] Congratulations to Kristine Slates you are the luck winner of the Earth Mama,Angel Baby body wash! You will be receiving an email shortly explaining how you can redeem your prize. For the rest of us I have a good news about another great natural resource,Shop to be Green.com. What is Shop to [...] As some of you already know,when we moved our stuff out of storage and into the new house,all the foam furniture was ruined. There was inches of dirty and grime in the plastic supposedly protecting our mattresses and the couches were a total loss. In reality it was not a huge loss of money. [...] O.K.,we have been in the house long enough to figure out the pros and cons of building your own home. And for this post I would like to stick to the pros,or my favorite aspects of the house we have built here in Hidden Springs,Idaho. (If you are new to Natural Mom,[...] If it would stop raining we could get the yard graded and begin the landscaping,so in the meantime I will walk you through our process designing and deciding on the landscaping. The lot is rather large (about 1/3 of an acre to landscape) and we had our wish list of features our dream yard [...] Spring is here and Passover and Easter are quickly approaching. In our home we celebrate both Passover and Easter and for me,one is not complete without the other. It doesn’t feel like Spring until we are preparing for both. It is traditional to prepare for Passover by thoroughly cleaning out the entire kitchen [...] | |