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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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In this week’s vlog, I’ll start off by taking you on the road with me as I head out of town for one of my 2-week Aldi grocery hauls. Next, we’ll chat a bit about non-toxic deodorants, and I’ll share my current favorite all-natural deodorant brand with you as well as a new one I’m […]

We’re on our first week of Summer Break here at home, and that means more time for mom (that’s me) to focus on work and get caught up on some things. However, more work is bound to bring on some extra stress! In this week’s vlog, I’m sharing what the boys are doing on their […]

Oh, those summer days — filled with warm sunshine, family memories, and the sights and scents of the season. In this week’s vlog, get a peek into our Friday night family campouts, fun times at the local drive-in theater, one of my patriotic holiday shopping hauls, an outdoor chat with me and Ezrah, picking blackberries […]

Can you believe it’s July?! Summer is in it’s prime right now! Now, I don’t know about you, but I want to make the most of these days while they’re here. Sometimes that is hard for me since we homeschool through the summer. For the most part, if the boys and I stay on track […]

I don’t know about you, but this lady is ready for summer! Don’t get me wrong. I’m being mindful of these spring days and doing all I can to make the most of them, but there’s just something about summer that I look forward to so much. On those cloudy spring days when I find […]

If I’m honest, for the majority of my life, I never really paid much attention to all those “save the earth” messages that came my way from time to time. You see, growing up in the country, most people already seem to have a connection with the earth to some extent. People farm, they hunt, […]

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