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Welcome to the Growing Up Herbal Journal where you'll find information on herbal education, recipes, tutorials, natural living tips and tricks, and behind the scenes glimpses of how I live life naturally.

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Coming up with tasty, real food veggie side dishes that are pleasing to all six people in my family can be a challenge, but this Sweet & Sour Carrot Salad is one recipe that everyone will eat. Today, I’m talking about the struggle in getting my kids to eat more veggies, and I’m sharing this delicious […]

Sweet And Sour Carrot Salad | Growing Up Herbal | If you struggle with getting your kids to eat veggies, you'll love this delicious carrot salad recipe.
30-Day Blogging Challenge | Growing Up Herbal | I'm doing a 30-day blogging challenge to push myself to write and share more. I hope you'll follow along!

I think it’s good to step out of your comfort zone from time to time, and it seems like I’m doing a lot of that these days. I’m not quite sure why that is, but I do know that I have a tendency to get bored when things stay the same for too long. Maybe […]

If you’re a fan of oranges, you may find yourself with an overabundance of leftover orange peels in your home, especially when oranges are in season. If you find yourself wondering what to do with all these peels rather than throwing them in the trash, let me offer some suggestions to help you put your […]

4 Ways To Use Leftover Orange Peels | Growing Up Herbal | Have a surplus of orange peels? Don't throw them away. Instead, put your leftover orange peels to use with these four easy DIY projects!

Hi, friends! The end of May is here, and that means I’m back with another “Things I Love” post where I share 5 of my favorite things from this past month with you. It’s always hard to pick only 5 things because every month seems to be filled with many things that I love. It’s […]

“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even […]

Herbal Rosemary Memory Elixir | Growing Up Herbal | Support memory health with herbs. This rosemary memory elixir is a great, tasty way to get you started!

I’ve made my fair share of homemade toothpaste over the past several years, but let me be honest… it takes time, and that’s something I don’t always have a lot of. At some point, it never fails that we have no toothpaste in the house, and I end up ordering natural toothpaste online which costs […]

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How to Become
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