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How-To Make Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs

How-To Make Easy Heart Shaped Seed Bombs

Celebrate Valentine's Day by sharing these heart shaped seed bombs with your loved ones and with the planet. Seed bombs are the perfect eco-friendly Valentine gift for kids to make and share with their family and friends. For an updated version of this post visit: How...

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Making Orange Pomanders

Making Orange Pomanders

Making an orange pomander is a simple winter activity that leaves your home smelling deliciously like Christmas. To make an orange pomander you will need:an orange, small navel oranges work best for little handswhole clovesa piece of ribbona wood skewer, a small nail...

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DIY Concrete Stepping Stones

DIY Concrete Stepping Stones

      The Learning Circle gathered today to make concrete stepping stones. We were lucky to have a couple dads join our groups and prepare the concrete. It is easier to use premixed concrete for this project but if you have a...

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Building Hoop House for a Raised Garden Bed

Building Hoop House for a Raised Garden Bed

The nights are getting colder. We have yet to experience our first frost this fall but I anticipate that it will happen soon. To give my fall garden some added warmth throughout the day and extra protection at night, I've erected two hoop houses over two of the raised...

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A Three Bin Compost

A Three Bin Compost

Yesterday I showed you the project that I had been working on the last couple months, thank you for all the kind complements. My husband has also been working on a project too.Last month we maxed out our Earth Machine compost bin. In my efforts to unfreeze the pile,...

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Aromatherapy Rice Pack Tutorial

Aromatherapy Rice Pack Tutorial

Right before Teddy was born a friend gave me an aromatherapy rice pack. It got plenty of use the first few month after childbirth. In fact, I'm not sure how I managed without it after my first two births. I heated the pack in the microwave and used it for postpartum...

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