In America we are truly blessed. Today’s grocery stores offer a huge selection to choose from. We can choose from junk filled products that make our taste buds tingle, products that are non GMO certified, products that are USDA Certified organic and just about everything else in between. USDA Certified Organic has a big draw to families who wish to eat healthy. (The downside of course is the price). With all these choices, many are scratching their heads and asking, Is Certified […]
Pallet Planter for Butterflies ~ Shop Monrovia
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.Something about spring makes me want to grow things. I don’t know if it’s the siren-smell of coming-to-life dirt, or what it is. But spring is the one time I like to dig my hands down into the earth and plant gardens and flower beds. It’s also when my creative juices like sap, flow fast and free. Bubbling up and out into amazing ideas. Like my pallet planter for butterflies. Because just having pretty flowers this year wasn’t good […]
Saving Money on Organic Foods
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.I don’t know about you, but I like to feed my family organic or at the very least, non-gmo foods. However I don’t like buying organic foods. Why? Have you seen the prices?!?!?! lol Saving money on organic foods sounds like a good idea and I wanted to find some ways to do so. Below I’ve listed some ideas I’ve found and stores who have started selling their own brand of organics that are often cheaper than the big names. […]
Growing Herb Gardens ~The Herbs I grow
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.As you are planting your garden this spring you may want to consider growing herb gardens too. Consider the herbs you use in cooking and try planting them. Or maybe you use certain herbs for health reasons, try planting them. I don’t have one garden designated to herbs. Instead they are in many different places around our house. When it comes to growing herb gardens, I plant herbs where they will grow well. Another thing to consider is that some […]
Creating a 3 Dimensional Planter
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.So on Tuesday I offered a little teaser to today’s post. It focuses on garden planters. Have you not seen my 3 dimensional planter yet? If you are a fan of A Proverbs 31 Wife on Facebook, you would have seen this picture. What!? You’re not a fan yet? Well you can fix that problem by going right here! I asked my fans to guess what this post would be about, and the best answer was a guess that the […]
Seedlings
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.So, you’re going to plant a garden, now what? Do you start plants indoors as seedlings or do you go to a garden center to buy all your plants? Is it more cost effective to start seeds indoors or buy the plants? If you want to start your own plants you will need a grow light there are some inexpensive ones you can purchase that work great, but we didn’t buy one. Like most people we have a lot of junk […]
Springtime!
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.With spring just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about the garden. Even if you only have room for a very small garden I would still recommend planting one. If you don’t want to till a garden in your backyard you can do like our neighbor and plant peppers and squash right in your front flower bed! Or if you are like a friend of mine who lives in an apartment, many plants do well in window boxes. […]