One way to get children engaged in the garden is to share with them your love of birding. Birds are both helpful to a garden and also a sign of a healthy garden, so encouraging them to visit your yard is a great idea. An even better idea? Getting kids excited about the feathered visitors and the role they play in the larger ecosyst
Getting kids excited about nature is always a good thing—but sometimes it can be challenging to pull them away from their screens and the cozy indoors. One way to engage children in the great outdoors is to spend some time doing nature-based crafts. If you’re trying to get your kids inter
Over the last few months, my husband and I have tried to reduce our waste while renovating our decades’ old house. One of the projects that I finally tackled last week was the mailbox.
Want to make the most out of this summer? Introducing your summer bucket list: I challenge you to complete all 33 of these ideas before summer ends! You have until September 23rd (the official start of fall). Hop to it!
Getting children into the garden at a young age can be a great way to start a lifelong appreciation for the outdoors, nourish oneself with healthy food, and develop a new skill—in this case, growing flowers. Unfortunately, not all flowers are easy to grow and many require wait times that outlast a child’s patience.
You may not have too much time at hand. To children though, quality matters more than quantity; so make your time with them as fun, imaginative, and creative as possible—for their sake and yours.
Last summer, I spent my 26th birthday at a glamping resort in Lake Bled, Slovenia. We slept in a tent, sure, but this tent sat on a deck above a glimmering stream with bright red fish; to reach it, we crossed a hanging bridge.
Wondering how to make the kids study during weekends? Why not let nature help you out with a few wildschooling activities…
Planetary Transits and Cosmic Interplayfor the week of Nov 18–24
The gist of the cosmic interplay this week is that of parsing out purpose from distraction. Astrologically speaking, we have Sun joining Jupiter and Mercury in the sign of Sagittarius. Let’s explore the specificities of this situation and how these placements lend themselves towards creating this energy.
Autumn is a fantastic time for nature-based crafts. With all the natural materials falling from the trees, there is a plethora of creative opportunities. Fallen leaves especially lend themselves to crafting projects. Take a walk with your family, collecting the fallen leaves you find along the way, and then use them to try out the crafts described below.
You need leaves, paper, paint brushes, and your choice of paints. I suggest tempera for younger crafters.