Welcome to the May 2014 Natural Living Blog Carnival: Green Moms. This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Natural Living Blog Carnival hosted by Happy Mothering and Crunchy Farm Baby through the Green Moms Network. This month, our members are talking about how they take time to care for themselves. Stop by all of the posts to get green ideas on how you can take … [Read more...]
A few years ago I wrote a post about getting rid of wasps and hornets naturally. Since then, we actually figured out a few more ways to not use toxic killing spray to get rid of problem wasps and hornets. Today we're going to share three ways that actually work to naturally get rid of wasps and hornets. I'm a nature loving mama and usually the type to capture a bug we … [Read more...]
Today we're going to show you how to make a mason jar soap and lotion dispenser. This quick and easy project is something you can easily make at home to spruce up your bathroom or kitchen decor. I love the look of a mason jar soap dispenser sitting next to my bathroom and kitchen sinks. They have so much more charm than a plastic disposable dispenser! Plus these dispensers are … [Read more...]
I'm always in search of ways to reduce the amount of trash we have. Whether we decrease the disposable products we use or find ways to reuse, repurpose or recycle items. The milk we buy to make our homemade yogurt only comes in 1/2 gallon waxed paper cartons. We can't recycle them and every time I threw one out this last year I kept thinking that there just had to be a way to … [Read more...]
Using less paper products at home is a great way to save money and live more eco-friendly. We began doing all of these things in the last couple years. I'm amazed at how making these changes has greatly reduced the amount of paper waste we throw out. Plus I'm spending less money at the grocery store by not buying as many disposable paper products. We're living more eco-friendly … [Read more...]