How to Get Your Child Excited About Gardening

Now that the weather is warming up, it is time to start your garden. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get your children involved in the gardening process? It’s much easier than you may think and it’s a great activity that your family can do together, bonding at the same time. Regardless of age, there is something for everyone when it comes to gardening, we promise your kids will love digging, planting, and tending the garden, too. You can learn my favorite ways to incorporate gardening into your family’s daily lifestyle and how to grow something much better than a garden as well – your family bond.

HOW TO: Make a Hide and Seek Game in a Recycled Tin

Eben loves to play hide and seek. The only problem; he is an only child and trying to find places that I can actually hide is tough. After several, “Mom, I see you hiding in the curtains – again!” we came up with a hide and seek game played with miniature toys. We would collect a handful of miniature toys and hide them throughout the house. However, once the toys were hidden, neither one of us could remember what we had hidden or where. So, I came up with a fun way to store our hide and seek pieces that also includes a “key” to show you what is hidden. The best part everything that you need you to make your own hide and seek game can be found in your child’s bedroom and the garage recycling bin.

Moving Day

Hello, Friends. How are you enjoying June? Is your weather starting to warm up? Yesterday was Eben’s last day of school. How time flies! Today, we are moving into our new space – so we are busy, busy, busy! I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

When I am finished unpacking, I want to snuggle down with Eben and a couple of delicious oranges. How are you spending your Thursday?

6 Eco-Friendly Ways to Keep Kids Safe in the Bathtub

For babies and kids, rub-a-dubbing in the bathtub is a fun way to get clean. However, bathtub injuries happen each year when children slip in the tub or on the bathroom floor, hit their head, and even drown. With this in mind, it’s critical to protect your child from bath tub dangers. You can learn my six simple steps to keep your children safe during bath time

Recycling 101: How Do I Recycle that?

Recycling is a simple way for consumers to help the environment by taking a product that has reached the end of it’s useful life and transforming it into another product. Recycling helps to preserve valuable resources and is essential for the health of our environment and communities.

Many of you probably are already utilizing curbside recycling bins for household paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic recycling. However, recycling goes well beyond the curb — there are recycling services available for an array of other common household products from electronics and prescriptions to automotive parts and hazardous waste.

This month at Cascadian Farm, learn how to find recycling facilities in your area for products that have reached their end of life and that you aren’t sure how to dispose of properly.

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