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Introducing Scoria World’s Ethically Made & Sustainable Meditation Cushions
|Ad| Small businesses are something we love, so seeing small businesses grow and evolve is always an exciting thing for us. We recently learned about Scoria World’s newest product line–their ethically made and sustainable meditation cushions–and are so happy to support them in introducing these to you! Who is Scoria World? Scoria World is a small Canadian business that was founded in 2017 by Yara Kamal after she went on a journey of self-discovery and began researching ways “to reconnect again with childlike behaviours of being playful, having an active imagination, and appreciation for storytelling as a grown-up.” When sharing about Haumana Energy Bars, I mentioned how we like to…
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Gardening While Renting: How My Balcony Garden Is Growing
I’m in love with my balcony garden! It has brought me so much joy this spring as I’ve been watching my plants grow–even though I’ve been making all sorts of gardening mistakes as I attempt to grow over 10 different types of plants. While I haven’t had any big harvests of veggies yet, I wanted to share the progress (and my excitement!) of my little balcony garden with you. 2022 Balcony Garden Planting Update Gardening mistakes are par for the course, and even with all of them, I’ve been having a lot of fun with my variety of plants. It is so satisfying to see the seeds sprout and then…
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3 Ways to Preserve Fresh and Local Food this Summer
Why Preserve Food? This year Alison and I are hoping to produce more than in past years in our gardens though with the size of our plots, it’s unlikely we’ll need to preserve a lot of our produce. However, to take advantage of the abundant produce in the summer months, I’ve often purchased large quantities of fruit or vegetables in season as this is when produce is freshest (and cheapest) but in doing that it’s essential to have a plan to preserve it! With food prices going up, buying in-season and in large quantities is a great way to manage your budget as we go from the months of abundant…
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Plastic Free Snacking with Haumana Energy Bars
|PR| We were kindly gifted some Haumana Energy Bars in exchange for an honest review. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. Today we are looking at two of our favourite topics–food and plastic! Plastic packaging is a huge problem in our world and it is overwhelmingly present in our kitchens. But we all have to eat, so exploring plastic-free food options is something we love to do. We recently learned about Haumana Energy Bars and their mission to “create the best energy bars for our planet.” These bars are hand made and plastic free and we’re sharing our thoughts…
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Canada Greener Homes Grant: 5 Steps to a More Sustainable Home
Introduction to the Canada Greener Homes Grant If you’ve ever felt that you might like to make your home more sustainable but that the cost was out of reach, the Canada Greener Homes Grant program might be for you! This program was initiated in May 2021 and, generally speaking, if you own a home and live in it as your primary residence, then you’re eligible to enroll (check the website for specific requirements)! The Canada Greener Homes grant allows for reimbursements of portions of renovations to decrease energy usage and reduce the carbon footprint of our homes – the maximum grant value from all renovations completed in the scope of…
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10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Food Scraps
My kids eat a lot of fruits and veggies and after preparing everything for them, my compost bin is quite full of the food scraps that we take for granted should be discarded. Have you ever thought about how you could use more of the items that we pay for but regularly toss out? 10 Ideas for Using up Food Scraps (and Reducing Food Waste!) We compost our food scraps, and so do get a return on them in the form of a (hopefully) bountiful garden but I was wondering if there was any other uses for these ‘scraps’. With food prices as they currently are, I felt that it…
