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When people become parents for the first time, they often wonder how they will instill values and passion in their children. [...]

Come Sail Away. Come Sail Away With Me! In my neck of the woods boating, sailing, kite boarding, water sports and just water play is the norm! The Great Lakes and many small inland lakes and ponds surround me. It’s majestic and I feel very fortunate but when it comes to the environment [...]

Around Memorial Day I wrote about the book, Backyard Betty and how I really considered myself a “hotel” kinda girl. I like a toilet and shower and rainwater and digging my own hole, just don’t cut it.  Backyard Betty gave me a new look on camping but would I consider giving it a try but [...]

Have you heard of CowPots? I had no idea what a CowPot was but when I thought of the two words put together, I took a guess…where a cow takes a poop? Funny enough, that’s exactly it…a biodegradable, environmentally friendly way to garden with cow manure!. Farmers have cow manure and need to do something [...]