Mother Earth's Garden

Can you believe it? As of November 1st I’ve been blogging at Mother Earth’s Garden for 2 years! I’ve had a great time writing here. I completely forgot about the anniversary over the weekend, and didn’t even remember until today.

I’ve had a great time sharing gardening tips and stories with Mother Earth’s Garden readers over the last couple years, and I thought I’d touch on some of my favorite stories today. Here are a few of the most popular posts posts with readers, and some of my favorite posts to share:

The Fall Colors In My Garden
Become Bee Aware
A Walk Through …read more

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I’m a big fan of homemade, and eco-friendly cleaners. Probably because I’m allergic to many of the over the counter cleaners you buy at the store. When I see a list of child friendly eco-friendly cleaner recipes I can make myself, I have to share.
Jennifer (who shares her green with us here at b5media at Tree Hugging Family), posted a list of recipes for homemade Eco-kid safe cleaners at Inhabitot.
Baking soda, vinegar, and essential oils are part of my cleaning arsenal, and if you have these on hand you can make many of these recipes, so go …read more

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It’s getting very buggy outside, especially in and around my flower garden. I think all the extra rain we’ve had has made a wonderful breeding ground for mosquitos and other bugs this year.
I’m allergic to the scents in many of the commercial insect repellents out there. Most of them throw me into a sneezing fit, and eventually give me a major headache if I don’t wash them off or get away from the smell. I can use one or two of the unscented varieties, but I’d rather avoid them all together when I can.
Here’s my favorite homemade …read more

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We have a brand new blog in the Lifestyles Network. It sounds like a blog I’ll really enjoy. I love home remedies, and Marye Audet has plenty of them to share at Simply Home Remedies.

Here are a few of my favorite remedies so far, I’m sure there will be many more to follow:
How To Kill Ants Inside
Dealing With The Plague of Flies
Behold The Power Of Banana
Make Fleas Flee
Homemade Laundry Soap
These are just a couple of the wonderful home remedies Mary has listed, with many more to come. If you’re looking for less chemicals in your life, and you …read more

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