What exactly is environmental wellness in homeschool? That was your first question, wasn't it? When you think about environmental wellness, what do you think of? Most people will likely think more about "green living" and how our environment affects our lives. So environmental wellness in homeschool is going to be how our environment affects us in our day to day lives as we are homeschooling. … [Read more...] about An Introduction to Environmental Wellness in Homeschool
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31 Bags in 31 Days
Years ago I did a challenge called 31 Bags in 31 Days. The premise was a simple one, get rid of one bag of junk from my home each day for the month of March. The challenge worked out great for me, and I was able to get rid of a lot of stuff that we no longer needed, clothes that could be donated or handed to a friend, toys that were either broken or were no longer age appropriate for … [Read more...] about 31 Bags in 31 Days
Garden Tour – Week 8
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links I may receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! I always find it interesting to observe my garden – and others’ as well. There are weeks where there doesn’t seem to be much growth at all, and then other weeks where it seems like there is a ton of … [Read more...] about Garden Tour – Week 8
Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
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A Garden Tour – Week Ten
We are going into the final stretch for my garden, it doesn’t seem possible, but that is where we are. I hope that you are enjoying reading the garden tours as much as I am enjoying writing about them! This week there is a lot of green coming into the house. The kale continues to grow prolifically. Honestly, it has spread and taken over most of my “greens” … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Ten
A Garden Tour – Week Nine
Here we are, the first day of August, and week nine of my garden tours this summer. I am really excited about this month because it is when the garden tends to explode with produce (I’m thinking of tomatoes here!). We are at a point in the summer when I am bringing in handfuls of cherry tomatoes and green beans. I have picked a few little pickling cucumbers – which I cut up … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Nine