I got plants! I don't have the greenest thumb so I usually avoid getting house plants or potted plants. However, one day I was sitting on my couch looking across the room at one of my fake house plants and was overwhelmed with a wish that they were real... Seems like a weird thing to… Continue reading DIY Hanging Planters
Author: Melissa Paratore
Nontoxic Bug Repellent
Have you checked the ingredients? That's the first thing I do now! The most popular active ingredients in bug repellant have been linked to neurotoxicity, memory loss, headaches and even seizures? I don't want to spray any of those chemicals onto my body, do you?
Building the Coop (pt 1)
More chickens meant needing a bigger coop... and a second one. Our first coop would only house up to 5 chickens and now, since we got the chicks, we have 7. We needed a coop that would house all 7 chickens while keeping our first coop as a transition coop for new chicks and to… Continue reading Building the Coop (pt 1)
Dish Soap DIY Recipe
Real quick, this post contains affiliate links! If you click on and buy from any of the provided links, I will get a commission from that purchase with no additional cost to you! Y'all know my love for all things nontoxic by now. When I started switching my toxic home products to nontoxic I couldn't… Continue reading Dish Soap DIY Recipe
DIY Farmhouse Sign
I decided to use some of the leftovers of our chicken coop project, and some leftover cedar from another project to make a farmhouse style sign for over our bed.
Healthy Cookware
Xtrema® Cookware is 100% ceramic, all-natural, non-toxic, inorganic and nonreactive! Good stuff all around and it doesn't change the taste or integrity of my food! https://shrsl.com/2azk4
Moving baby Chicks Outside
Baby chicks should be inside with a heat source for the first 5-6 weeks, or until they are fully feathered. At 5 weeks I turned off my chicks heat source to let them get used to regulating their own temperatures. They were mostly fully feathered at this point and it wasn't too cold in the… Continue reading Moving baby Chicks Outside
Super Easy Cushion Covers
I always have an eye out for furniture being thrown away. We furnished our first apartment with free stuff on the side of the road or stuff we built. Recently I found this really cool bench that would work in the breezeway of our house. Excuse the mess around the bench, we are working on… Continue reading Super Easy Cushion Covers
Detoxing Our Home
A HUGE part of being and staying healthy is using all natural and nontoxic products in the home. Recent studies have shown that cleaning your home with harsh chemical cleaners can be as dangerous to your health and lungs as smoking a pack a day! Obviously these effects will vary depending on how often you… Continue reading Detoxing Our Home
Meet the Ladies
We bought our first house in November 2019 and my most favorite part about it are the chickens. Yes, our house came with chickens! We were going to get chickens anyway, it was just a bonus that this house came with them! There were 4 chickens, we named them Alma, Mary-Lou, Sookie, and Doris. Alma… Continue reading Meet the Ladies