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Thanks for stopping by. This is your source for gardening tips, plant-based recipes, nature-related products, and self sufficiency articles. I have free digital downloads, including ebooks and graphics. Subscribe to my blog for stories and photos of the places I have loved to visit. Enjoy!

My Book is Available on Amazon

Nature Lover's Variety Puzzles and Games: Activity Book for Adults, with Word Searches, Cryptograms, Crosswords, Word Scrambles, Sudoku, Trivia, Coloring, and More is full of nature games and word puzzles. Are you ready for a fun diversion away from the day-to-day grind? Well now you can have a carefree, enjoyable time stimulating your brain cells and letting your imagination soar…without solving the same boring puzzles. Come into the WORLD OF NATURE with this uplifting puzzle book. Here is the direct link to Nature Lovers Variety Puzzles and Games, so you can read all about it on Amazon.

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Products From My Partners

Medicinal Garden Kit Seeds

I have partnered with this fantastic herbalist, survival skills instructor, and biologist. She created a medicial garden seed package that contains 2,409 seeds, plus a brochure on how to plant and grow them. Read all about it below.

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Plant-based Recipe Cookbook 2.0

Plant-Based Recipe Cookbook

The Plant-Based Recipe Digital Cookbook includes over 100 mouth-watering recipes for everyone to enjoy!

Eating a whole-food, plant-based vegan diet, without the consumption of meat or dairy is beneficial for our health and wellbeing.

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The Self-Sufficient Backyard

There are 75+ DIY projects for a self sustaining backyard.

  • How to make a cheap water collection system
  • 7 herbs for a medicinal garden
  • Make your own root cellar 
  • Get your own source of water
  • Make a year-round greenhouse
  • 100+ tips to save money
  • The ultimate seed collection and preservation guide
Learn more here
Getting Started in Hydroponics ebook

Getting Started in Hydroponics

Getting Started in Hydroponics giant 316 page ebook is simply the best way to get you started in hydroponics for the least amount of money. It contains pages of educational and expert tips along with multiple illustrated plans.

Just follow the step-by-step directions, and in a matter of weeks, you will have huge plants that will feed your family. Those plants will be giving you fresh produce and saving you money every month.

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Ideas4Landscaping Package

Ideas4Landscaping™ is a design package suitable for beginners & professionals which allows you to begin designing your dream home landscape immediately WITHOUT the hassles and costs.

Includes designs for your front yard, backyard, and garden — so you can easily create landscaping plans for anywhere around your house.

It is everything you’ll need to get started in creating the perfect outdoor living experience.

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Home Doctor Book

The Home Doctor — Practical Medicine for Every Household — is a 304 page doctor-written and approved guide for the layman on how to manage most health situations when help is not on the way and how to manage common ailments that don’t require seeing a doctor. Many are home remedies from plants found in your own backyard. Here’s just a few of the subjects covered:

  • 10 medical supplies to have in your house
  • At-home protocol for the flu and other respiratory issues
  • Care of toothaches and mouth infections
  • 4 antibiotics people need
  • Best natural painkiller that grows in your backyard
Learn more here
  • October Cruise to Monhegan Island, Maine

    October Cruise to Monhegan Island, Maine

    On a sunny and brisk October day I drove to the fishing village of Port Clyde, Maine at the tip of the St. George Peninsula. It’s there I booked a...

    October Cruise to Monhegan Island, Maine

    On a sunny and brisk October day I drove to the fishing village of Port Clyde, Maine at the tip of the St. George Peninsula. It’s there I booked a...

  • Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine

    Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine

    When I arrived at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine in September, it was a radiant 72 degree afternoon. As the largest botanical garden in New England, Coastal...

    Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine

    When I arrived at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine in September, it was a radiant 72 degree afternoon. As the largest botanical garden in New England, Coastal...

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