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What Does Homeschool Preschool Look Like?

Homeschooling for preschoolers should be simple, fun, and engaging. Our main focus is on play, and finding a learning style that engages your child without overwhelming them is crucial. This is a deeply personal decision. The child’s learning style, age, and interests are all factors to consider, as well as your family values. I think…

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How To Incorporate Essential Oils Into Your Homeschool

Learning how to incorporate essential oils into your homeschool is a wonderful way to create a healthier learning environment and promote focus, as well as explore the senses. Essential Oils for Immune Support One of the most obvious ways to use essential oils for children is immune support. If you don’t homeschool, you may be…

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My Homeschool Curriculum Choices for 4th Grade

Homeschool curriculum choices are a deeply personal decision. The child’s learning style, age, and interests are all factors to consider, as well as your family values. I feel the need to add the disclaimer that this is my plan as of August. However, I know myself at this point. I am endlessly optimistic about the…

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The Best Essential Oil Diffuser Blends for Back to School

Using these essential oil diffuser blends for back-to-school is the perfect way to create a peaceful and healthy learning environment. Immunity Diffuser Blend Essential oils are a wonderful addition to a healthy lifestyle for supporting the immune system. On Guard is dōTERRA’s Immune Support blend, and it’s one of their best sellers. It’s a blend…

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How to Harvest Potatoes and Cure Them for Storage

Learning how to harvest and cure potatoes for storage is super simple, and actually one of my very favorite garden tasks. How to Tell When Potatoes Are Ready to Harvest If you’ve been around for any amount of time, you know how much I love harvesting root vegetables. Onions, potatoes, beets, carrots. There’s just something…

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Homemade Blackberry Ice Cream with Lemon and Buttermilk

This homemade blackberry ice cream is so delicious that it will soon become a favorite summer treat! The lemon gives it a burst of freshness, and the buttermilk adds a nice zing that makes it the perfect way to cool off. A Delicious Summer Recipe to Slow Down and Enjoy Y’all. This summer has been…

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What Are Tomato Suckers? And How To Prune Them.

Pruning tomato plant suckers is a great way to promote healthy plant growth and an abundant harvest. Tomato plant suckers were completely unknown to me when I first began gardening. We were newly married and living in an old farmhouse on a tobacco farm in eastern NC and had a lot to learn. Looking back…

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Simple and Delicious Compound Butter with Garlic Scapes and Lemon Zest in 5 Minutes

Garlic scape compound butter is so easy to make, and adds an incredible mild garlic flavor to any dish. What is a Garlic Scape? Garlic scapes are the edible stem and flower head that grows on hard-neck garlic varieties that can be cut and enjoyed a couple of weeks before the garlic is harvested. They…

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From the Garden

How to Harvest Potatoes and Cure Them for Storage

What Are Tomato Suckers? And How To Prune Them.

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How to Grow, Harvest, and Enjoy Garlic Scapes

Home Cooking

Homemade Blackberry Ice Cream with Lemon and Buttermilk

butter with garlic scapes and lemon

Simple and Delicious Compound Butter with Garlic Scapes and Lemon Zest in 5 Minutes

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How to Grow, Harvest, and Enjoy Garlic Scapes

Natural Living

How To Incorporate Essential Oils Into Your Homeschool

The Best Essential Oil Diffuser Blends for Back to School

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Natural Earache Relief at Home

Homemaking

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What Does Homeschool Preschool Look Like?

How To Incorporate Essential Oils Into Your Homeschool

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My Homeschool Curriculum Choices for 4th Grade

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