Talkin' 'bout trash... Back in February, I shared a video to portray the amount of trash we had accumulated in 8 months—it was less than a 13 gal bag. People have been going crazy over this video even though I had logged out of Instagram shortly after posting it. A few weeks ago I signed back into my account and was shocked to see the response. One question I received was, "How does it not smell?" The secret? We don't put any food in our trash. It all gets composted! For the most part, we are...

Are you ready? Clearly, they are not. My sweet mother recommended more discussions about in my email newsletters so let's do it! I love talking about composting. Using something that would otherwise go to the landfill to turn back into soil, amazing. What you need to remember about the process is to have more browns (carbon) than greens (nitrogen). What are sources of carbon? 💚shredded paper💚toilet paper and paper towel tubes💚wood chips💚dried leaves💚newspaper💚cardboard💚eggshells What are...

Where's the balance? It's snow magical My weekly email habits have fallen off the deep end and are no where to be found. In this season of managing a full time job and having time for anything else, I've sacrificed a lot. The other day, I had the realization that I can't expect myself to do all the things I was doing before I had a full time job. I simply don't have the same amount of time. And that's okay! The morning go by quickly as we rush to get out the door. The evenings are filled with...