Health and Environment

Buying clothes second hand is thrifty and less taxing on the world’s resources. It’s true that you might not be wearing the latest looks but who makes trends and why…

I am now in the throws of canning. The last few days I’ve been working away in steam filled kitchens filling jars with peaches and tomatoes. Next it’ll be more…

I like going to farmers’ markets. Our farmers’ market is getting better every year and it excites me! My favorite stall sells wonderful local organic produce and is run by…

Did you know that this week is Natural Family Planning Awareness Week? I have vested interested in this week because I’m an advocate of Natural Family Planning. My interest in…

Two year ago we re-landscaped our front yard. Originally our small front yard had 5 trees, 3 dead cedar bushes and a whole row of prickly bushes on the side. We never had to…

We’ve officially run out of Shampoo. I don’t know if I’m brave enough to try baking soda and apple cider vinegar quite yet. So, now I begin the search for a non-toxic Shampoo that actually…

Granted, the idea of toothpaste is very old. Egyptians are said to have used a toothpaste to clean their teeth as well as the ancient Romans, Greeks, Chinese and Indian.…

Picture from www.heritagedairy.org We drink about 4L of milk each week. I’ve try to cut back our milk consumption by using less of it and trying to replace it with alternatives but…

We are finally getting some hot weather up here. It’s supposed to get up to 32°C (90°F) in the next couple days! Now for us that’s getting real hot. We…

I’ve been reading Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder (inspiration from Abby over at Writing Living Epistles) and it’s been motivating me to get us outside more. Yesterday,…