We found a replacement for slime that is not only healthier for the environment, but lots of fun! Have you heard of Oobleck? The great thing about using this material is that when you are

I was out in the garden one morning scouting for hornworms on the tomato plants when I smelled something awful. The smell reminded me of a dirty diaper. I followed my nose and discovered a

One of the biggest annoyances about gardening is mosquito bites. Mosquitos seem to love me. On a trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, I seemed to be the only one getting bitten in the group

A few years ago, I called a friend and was complaining about how I was always so tired and constantly experienced brain fog no matter how much I slept or how much coffee I drank.

I’ve tried many options to label plants in the garden. They range from wood craft sticks, to the larger tongue depressors, to painted wooden serving spoons, to Yogurtland spoons, to metal embossed markers. The wood

This weekend, as part of our ongoing backyard garden project, we needed to trim some of the guava trees back. I never like to cut back trees but in this case, without doing so, the

I was so bad at growing anything that I used to kill cactus. My friend gifted me a cactus plant once and told me it was nearly impossible to kill, but somehow it died under

We spent our first Mother’s Day weekend in quarantine. The only thing I wanted for this holiday was help to set up our yard for gardening. It took two full days! Luckily the early mornings

During these pandemic days, we feel a variety of emotions. We have sheltered the kids, who are still young, from much of the grief that’s happening outside our walls. As parents we have felt anxiety,

How can you set up a garden quickly? Grow from food you are already buying. Much of the produce you already buy can be reproduced from the parts or produce you normally throw away or