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Lifestyle

Hammock Sleeping: 7 Reasons You Should Ditch Your Bed For a Hammock

March 13, 2017

The gentle swing of a hammock is part of the bliss of a summer vacation, but does it have to be limited to summer nap times? A growing body of evidence says no. In fact, recent studies show hammocks might be perfect for giving you the kind of quality night’s sleep you wish you could […]

Gardening & Farming

The Importance of Microclimates to Landscape Design

March 10, 2017

The climate you live in largely determines what you can grow and when you can grow it. Most of us have heard of the United States Department of Agriculture climate zones. Those numbers that come on the packets of every seed packet serve to remind us we’ll be hard-pressed to grow peaches in Michigan or […]

Lifestyle

Castor Oil: The Natural Benefits and 12 Ways To Use It

March 9, 2017

Does old-fashioned medicine make you cringe? Control your gag reflex if you must, because it turns out our ancestors knew what they were doing when it came to home remedies. Old timey medical solutions might be out of favor now, but the benefits many of them can provide for your body are hard to overstate. […]

Gardening & Farming

Terra Preta: Black Gold in the Amazon Rain Forest Soil

March 8, 2017

Most people believe that the Amazon Rainforest is nothing but a virgin paradise of untouched wilderness. Recent studies have shown, however, that much of the Amazon might very well have been a landscape designed by the patient persistence of indigenous cultures who interacted with the land and the local ecosystems. What if the Amazon Rainforest […]

Green Living

blue natural plaster wall in a livingroom

Natural Plasters: A Simple Way to Beautify Your Home

March 7, 2017

Most home interiors these days are constructed with commercially made drywall. The days when plastering was a dignified occupation of skilled workers who passed down their art from master to apprentice have long since passed. Drywall, aside from being rather simple and unattractive, can also be filled with enormous amounts of dangerous chemicals. Natural plasters […]

Green Living

Living a Zero Waste Lifestyle: Top Tips For Starting

March 6, 2017

How much trash do you REALLY create in a day? It’s probably more than you think. The average American makes over 4.5 pounds of trash every day, most of which ends up rotting in landfills for hundreds, even thousands of years. This might not sound like much, but all that trash really adds up. Not […]

Gardening & Farming

permaculture garden planning for sustainability

Permaculture Ethics for a More Sustainable World

March 3, 2017

In recent years, permaculture has influenced thousands of people to begin to search for more sustainable ways to live in harmony and community with the natural world and the community of people around them. More than just a simple collection of organic farming tools and methods, the permaculture movement rests on three main ethics that […]

Lifestyle

The Best Natural Hair Care Ideas For Curly Hair

March 2, 2017

Living a natural lifestyle means being intentional about several different aspects of your life, including your diet, physical fitness and even clothes. But have you given much thought to the ways you take care of your hair? Specifically, curly hair can be a challenge for anyone to maintain, and turning towards natural options eliminates plenty […]

Gardening & Farming

LED grow lights for indoor cannabis plant.

LED Grow Lights: The Right Choice for Your Indoor Cannabis Plants

March 1, 2017

Several states in the USA such as Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Nevada, Massachusetts and the federal district of Washington D.C. allow personal cannabis cultivation for recreational growers and medical patients. In certain states such as California, recreational cultivation is limited to indoor growing.

For some cannabis growers, the main goal is to maximize the […]

Lifestyle

A Beginners Guide to Understanding Essential Oils

March 1, 2017

Plants are more powerful than we know. Unlike animals, plants don’t have the power to run away when threatened, which has caused them to slowly evolve with arsenals of powerful defenses against would-be eaters. These chemicals are antioxidants and have as many benefits for us as they do for plants. For this reason, people have […]