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Permintic Health and Wellness
What does permanent, integrative, and holistic wellness for a sustainable world look like? There aren’t too many models at the moment, but Permintic Health and Wellness is leading the way with a new...
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Sprout It Out
The weather remains snowy and cold, but there are fresh things growing indoors! Sprouts are a wonderful way to introduce a fresh, healthy food to your winter diet. And certainly, if you are aiming to...
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Tips for a Greener Valentine’s Day
To be honest, I haven’t liked Valentine’s day much since middle school. It was all fun and games with our shoe boxes and egalitarian distribution of Care Bears cards in elementary school, but then...
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Clean it Green: Laundry Detergent
We recently went to a Sustainability Symposium at the Botanical Gardens. It was a day filled with a variety of lectures related to the impacts of climate change in Northeast Ohio, gardening, and green...
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“Heart Your Heart” Herbal Sprinkles
Food is medicine. It’s true. What we put into our bodies will have consequences for our energy levels, ability to ward off diseases, and maintain homeostasis in our body’s systems. We know this...
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Embracing Winter While Finding the Spirit of Spring
I hear a lot of people bemoan winter weather, but I try to avoid complaining about it. Winter is just another season, the wheel of the year will turn again just as quickly as it always does. I find it...
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An Avian Visitor + Wormville Update
Nearly every day for the past week, I will suddenly hear raucous alarm calls coming from the flock of sparrows that hang out in the backyard. It appears that we have attracted a regular visitor who...
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Homemade Vanilla Extract
After finishing up a store-bought bottle of vanilla extract, I realized that I could make my own version of this baking staple quite easily for less money and with better assurance of quality vanilla...
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Adventures in Natural Building: Strawbale Studio
Walking into Deanne Bednar’s Strawbale Studio in Oxford, Michigan is like walking into the future…or maybe the past. Either way, it is at the same time homelike as it is ethereal and dreamy. It is a...
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What is Balance?
As we move closer to the Spring Equinox and many struggle to feel content and whole in the last days of winter’s grasp, I would like to share a guest post by De’Anna L’am. What is Balance? Do you feel...
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Homemade Yogurt in a Crockpot – Four Steps
Yogurt is an excellent way to promote proper functioning of your digestive system. As long as you’re eating yogurt that has live active cultures, it contains probiotics (aka beneficial bacteria) that...
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Interview with Montana Solar Creations
Today I’m happy to share an interview with an inspirational woman who happens to be a sponsor this month. She owns a fabulous small business called Montana Solar Creations and blogs about natural...
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Signs of Spring
Nature is wavering back and forth with her weather, but there are increasingly more signs that Spring is on the way. You probably couldn’t tell at all last week when we walked near Lake Erie – it...
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Farm to Table Through the Year – Free Ebook!
Today I’m happy to announce the debut of a new ebook, Farm to Table Through the Year: 12 Months of Fresh Food From the Garden. This helpful book is a collection of growing tips, recipes, and...
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Join NestWatch to Learn About Birds and Help Science
Are you interested in learning more about birds in your area, getting outside, and maybe even benefiting bird conservation and research in the process? Consider joining NestWatch, a free program of...
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Inspiration
Well, I’ve been away for a little longer than usual. It’s strange to be away from the blog for so long, but there has been a lot going on in the “real world”. Some of the most exciting things are...
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The Magnolia Tree
There comes a point where blossoming is imminent. It starts slowly, but builds momentum quickly. At first, things start off a little sparse. But it isn’t long until I’m trying to spend as much time...
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It’s International Permaculture Day!
Happy, happy International Permaculture Day! ! Have you been doing anything to celebrate (maybe even if you didn’t know it was today)? I feel like my whole day was a celebration and it all started with...
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Buttermilk Ramp Biscuits
Have you spotted ramps while roaming through the forest or at your farmers’ market this year? They’re fun to cook with and fun to harvest. We’re nearing the end of ramp season, but there’s still time...
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deliberateLIFE – eMagazine Review
Recently, I received a request to take a look at a new virtual magazine called deliberateLIFE. I wasn’t sure whether I should accept or not as I already have plenty on my plate at the moment, but when...
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