Guest Post | Urban Gardening in Small Spaces

By: Jolien Carter Our first tomatoes have tiny fruit on them. The promise of great reward for patience and tender care. This is when we really start seeing the “fruits of our labour”. When Megan asked me to write, my automatic thought is, “Where do I start?” But maybe that’s a part of it. When

Guest Post | Gardening in the Suburbs

By: Kristy Onclin Growing up in rural southwestern Ontario, my parents always had a giant garden. They grew all types of vegetables. Radishes, beans, tomatoes and more. Rows upon rows of perfectly parallel mounds of dirt yearning for the rain and the sun to nurture the seeds within. The harvest was always plentiful, and a

5 Ways to Help the Planet While Stuck at Home…

Are you going crazy yet? If you’re stuck at home (for a GOOD reason), and potentially loosing your mind, you are in good company. I miss people. I miss the option of going out. I miss hand washing being optional (obviously kidding). But staying home is giving some time to get things done around the

Set Your Waste Less Goals

Biodegradable shampoo. That was my very first waste less goal. If you’ve read my “About” section you know that when I first started my journey to be more environmentally friendly I got quickly overwhelmed and just gave up. There is so much hurting our planet, and there are a lot of different areas you can

12 Action Steps to Get Started…

So, with 2020 being a new year, a time to consider different ways of living, will you join me in implementing some small changes this year to reduce your waste? Here are 12 simple things you can start doing this year. Why 12? One for each month of 2020: 1. Switch to reusable grocery bags