Confessions of an Overworked Mom
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Making homemade suet for birds is one way that you can encourage birds to visit your yard. We love watching the birds outside so we make sure to offer them food, water, and shelter. In the hotter months, we offer birdseed for food. During the winter and early spring, it’s very cold in Vermont. Birds… read more »
Learning how to clean a woodstove was one of the first things I had to do when we purchased our home. While we have an oil fired furnace, we heat primarily with wood because it does a better job heating our home. We have a chimney sweep come in every other year to clean the… read more »
This post about Lilac Ridge Farm Life on a Family Farm is made possible by a screener provided to me. All opinions are mine and mine alone. Just how sustainable can farming be? I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories of huge factory farms buying up little farms and turning them into a part of… read more »
This Do It Yourself Project Ideas post has been sponsored by Home Depot. All opinions are mine and mine alone. Now that spring has finally arrived in rural Vermont, I can start to get working on some of the do it yourself project ideas I’ve been thinking about all winter. We have two acres of… read more »
This post about My Blog Reimagined was created in partnership with MSN. Find out more about the all new MSN experience at allnew.msn.com or see it in action on Windows 8, Android, or on iOS at msn.com When I first began my blog almost five years ago, my goal was to write about our journey… read more »
Some information in this Preparing For Disasters – Volcanoes post is being shared thanks to a review copy provided at no charge. All opinions are mine and mine alone. Preparing for disasters is something that my husband and I believe in strongly. Since no one knows when a disaster will happen, it is important to… read more »
This post on planting your garden in the city was made possible by a review copy. All opinions are mine and mine alone. Planting your garden in the city is a lot different than planting your garden in the suburbs or the country. People in the city have much less space to plant their gardens.… read more »
Home emergency preparedness is something that my husband and I believe strongly in. You never know when an emergency or disaster is going to strike. You cannot wait until the emergency or disaster to prepare your home and your family. You need to begin your home emergency preparedness preparations now when you don’t need them.… read more »
Home security tips aren’t something I thought I would need a lot of in rural Vermont. After all, we know our neighbors. We live in a small town and are far away from big cities. I have always thought that crime wasn’t really something that we needed to worry about. Sadly, we are seeing an… read more »
Family emergency preparedness is something my husband and I have been working on for quite a while. Living in Vermont, we have severe winter storms regularly that make it impossible or hazardous to drive to the store, pick up prescriptions, or take care of other regular errands. If we didn’t practice family emergency preparedness, we… read more »
Hi! I'm Ellen, a 45 year old busy mom of two teenagers (15 & 20). Follow along as I try to become more self sufficient and live a greener lifestyle in rural Vermont.
