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With all the new faces here, I thought I’d recycle a couple old posts here and there. This post was published January 2012. There’s also a part 2 and part 3 to this healthy eating mini series.
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This is the time of year people start making new year resolutions. Even if you’re the type of person who cringes at the idea of new year resolutions, you still probably entertain some similar line of thought. It’s a new year, a new start, a blank slate. New goals are only natural.
Planning to eat healthier in the year to come is a great goal, and a common one. Sometimes, though, we can go about our goals all wrong. If our goals are not broken down into clearly identifiable, measureable, manageable goals, we have nothing specific to aim at, or means of knowing if we’ve succeeded.
On the other hand, sometimes the problem isn’t a lack of specificity, but rather unrealistic timeframes for meeting our goals. We know what needs to be done, but we think it all has to be done TODAY. With this mindset, you might find yourself
- Tossing into the trash everything currently in your refrigerator, freezer, kitchen cupboards, and pantries because the ingredients, or process by which the food is made, are not healthy.
- In a single afternoon, purchasing from Craigslist a pair of goats, a dairy cow, dozen hens, a few pigs, and a plowing ox.
- Renting a cattle trailer, and picking up all the new farm animals from the 5 surrounding counties.
- Tying the animals to your garage, until your husband is done constructing the farm fence, small barn, and hen house.
- While the new heard of animals graze on their leashes, grabbing the ox, tying him to your waist, and plowing the soon-to-be strictly organic garden.
- Teaching your children the nutritional value of your chemical-free front lawn, while waiting to harvest the organic crops.
Whew!! Now … don’t get me wrong. You can do that. However, living a healthier, more organic, sustainable life should not equate to an unnecessary increase in stress. If it does, what’s the point?! So now you’re eating a “perfect” diet, but your family is falling apart, and your stomach lining is being slowly eaten away by ulcers. Way to go! 
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Some want to start a garden, but are hesitant … reluctant … fearful of what they don’t know that might cause them to FAIL.
If you identify with that statement, my hope is that after reading this post, you’ll be encouraged, motivated, confident, and EXCITED about starting your first garden!!!
Experienced, green-thumb gardeners, try to recall your first garden. Is there any advice, a nugget of wisdom, you can share with these reluctant gardeners?
Reluctant gardeners, let’s get started! 
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January is the time of year when we think about what we plan to accomplish in the year to come. For today’s post, I decided to focus on one specific goal: planning for the spring garden.
I think I’ve mentioned before how I LOVE planning stuff, almost as much as seeing a project accomplished. (There are times, however, when I just jump right into something, with little to no forethought. I almost ALWAYS regret it later.) I’m not sure what gardening goals you have for this year, but maybe this checklist will help.
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Exodus 8:20b-21 20b) “… Then say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 21) Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand…” ‘ “
I love the detailed, historical account in the book of Exodus of how
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Spring is Here!
Spring is such an exciting time for a gardener. Flowers are popping up everywhere; garden plans are on the forefront of the mind; the daylight time is lengthening; and birds are singing, and preparing their nests for the arrival of their offspring.
I suppose if I were to try and sum up spring in a single word it would be rebirth – a rebirthing of perennials, vegetation, gardens, and wildlife (or a life cycle continuation). Spring’s Symbolism
Spring is also symbolic of what many people experience spiritually.
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A few weeks ago, I shared seven benefits of mulch, and mentioned I would soon be sharing some mulch do’s and don’ts. While using mulch is pretty straightforward, there are a few helpful things to know.
Here are some “do’s”, when using mulch:
1. Do USE Mulch. This is a rather obvious one, but still worth mentioning. Mulch offers so many benefits, it’s almost silly NOT to use it.
2. Do plan to REPLENISH mulch. Since mulch is organic, it will break
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