I’m guest posting at Code Name Mama today on identifying plants with young children. It’s one of my favorite past times and something I am passing down to my daughters. Come read about nibbling on flowers, foraging for greens and the one thing I won’t let my kids put in their mouths! Before you go, [...]
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Have you ever taken your children to a protest? Saturday was the first protest my girls attended. How did it go? Well, they complained of being bored and of being hungry (even though I fed them a huge snack before we got there), and they jumped off concrete steps of the Parliament Buildings for something [...]
I am an Earth-loving mother of two young girls. My oldest is 5 1/2 and my youngest is almost 3. We have a small garden in the corner of our yard where we plant and harvest some easy-growing vegetables. Our soil isn’t great, and I’m still learning how to garden successfully, so our yields [...]
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Welcome to the March Carnival of Natural Parenting: Vintage green! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month we’re writing about being green — both how green we were when we were young and how green our kids are today. Please [...]
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What a wonderful thing to breastfeed in nature, to breastfeed in public, and to breastfeed among other breastfeeding mothers. All at the same time! This was the Breastfeeding Challenge 2009 in my town. I think The Quintessence Foundation should have a category for prettiest location because I’m pretty sure our outdoor courtyard next to the [...]






















