Composting is using decomposed organic material like leaves, loose grass and produce scraps. Cardboard can be included too ! It provides a lot of important nutrients for plant growth and is often used as fertilizer. Compost improves the soil for your plants because the soil can easily hold the correct amount of moisture, nutrients and air with it. Photo … Continue reading Composting
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Transplanting Outside
A lot of love indoor plants but would really prefer to be outside with our babies. Winter months don't make that possible. One option you have is to take your indoor plants and transplant them outside. When transplanting, however, there are a few things to keep in mind ! Transplanting Compatibility Most potted plants will … Continue reading Transplanting Outside
4 Amazing Indoor Gardening Tips
In the winter months most of us have our outside gardens closed down and begin to focus on indoor gardening ! So this month we'll be introducing our Indoor Gardening Kit and we have 4 awesome tips on how to care for your plant babies ! Photo by Huy Phan Indoor Garden Care Not every … Continue reading 4 Amazing Indoor Gardening Tips
Gardening and Child Development
Gardening helps younger children with their development and provides them with the skills needed to navigate the world efficiently. Gardening helps the kiddos practice locomotor, management, and object control skills as they haul materials back and forth to put the garden together and to water it. They also learn balance and hand-eye coordination. Fine motor … Continue reading Gardening and Child Development
Adoption Facts
Adoption isn't one of the things we're thinking about too much this time of year but it's when it's most important. Photo by Any Lane Adoption In Numbers In the United States, according to the Adoption Network, there are 428,000 children waiting in foster care. Only about 135,000 children get Into a family each year. … Continue reading Adoption Facts
Children and Dieting
As parents, we just want whatever is best for our kids. When you notice that your child is overweight or shows other negative, diet related signs that they’re unhealthy of course you want to do something about it. Along with exercising more, you may think about putting your kiddo on a diet. But is dieting the … Continue reading Children and Dieting
Children and Meditation
One of the unfortunate disparities between impoverished children and other children is that the underserved don’t readily have available the tools needed to cope with stress. This can end up being completely devastating since high, ongoing stress is one of the most dominant byproducts of poverty. That's where meditation comes into play. Photo by Brett … Continue reading Children and Meditation