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Sharing bedrooms can be a wonderful bonding experience for siblings, but for large families, the logistics can be a bit tricky. Tricky, but not impossible! We currently have seven children sharing two bedrooms. We have one girl’s bedroom for our three girls (ages 14, 13, 3) and one[…]
We find that taking care of our goats in a holistic way – using proper nutrition, supplements, and natural remedies when necessary keeps our goats healthy and strong. Typically, when we hear of problems with goats that we have sold in the past, the new owner is using[…]
Stained Glass Cross These tissue paper stained glass crosses are one of my very favorite holiday crafts. They are the perfect craft to brighten up your windows and make your home cheery for the Easter season. These crosses are very easy for the youngest children to help prepare[…]
A Meaningful Good Friday Activity for Kids How we use Easter Baskets and a pile of rocks to teach our kids the real meaning of Easter. Easter is my favorite holiday. There is no greater joy than knowing that our Lord and Savior is ALIVE forevermore! But the[…]
Fermented Salsa with Green Tomatoes and Peppers Fermented Salsa is so easy and delicious! This is the perfect recipe for using up all those last garden odds and ends as the harvest season winds down and the first fall frost approaches. For us, that’s likely to be sometime[…]
Thanks & Confessions The Simple Lunchtime Liturgy That Changes Everything Sometimes it’s the tiniest changes that make the biggest impact on our homeschool days. Our mornings are usually peaceful. We have routine. We have a fresh start. We have the sunrise and the morning dew… but by lunchtime[…]
Super Easy Blown Eggs Tutorial for Making Watercolor Easter Eggs Once upon a time, I was a mama who was totally new to this whole natural living gig. I took each challenge as it came, barely keeping my head above water. One of those challenges came in[…]
Egg Preservation How we Save our Summer Eggs for Winter Despite the cold, wet, dreary days, we KNOW that spring is coming. Because ~ look! Eggs, eggs, and more eggs! The Winter Egg Famine As the daylight hours decrease in late fall, the number of eggs that[…]
What happened to the Nourishing Goodness Blog? Twins! That’s what happened. And boy did they knock us off our feet! I began this blog in 2017, mostly because it was heavy on my heart to share Our Eczema Story… the story of how our daughter’s severe eczema sent[…]
Food sensitivities are notoriously difficult to identify. We wasted years running from one specialist to another, seeking help for our daughter’s severe eczema. Most of the doctors we saw completely dismissed the topic of food sensitivities all together. “No such thing,” they’d say – or – “Don’t worry. […]
Shopping for Real Food In order to make real food an affordable option for your family, you’ve got to know where to shop. Whole Foods and other health food stores are convenient for quick stops and sometimes have the best price on a specific item (or great sales),[…]
Money Saving Tips From Our Family to Yours Transitioning to a real food diet can come as quite a shock to the pocketbook. And while you may be fully convinced that making the switch is necessary for the health of your family (and indeed it is), figuring out[…]