Healthy eating is a hot topic. All of us can improve in this area, but what should our goals be? My food goals are to eat 2 cups of veggies, 2 cups of fresh fruit and avoid sugar. So how many veggies should we try to eat a day? The government recommendation is 2.5 cups for…
Category: Gardening
Your Beautiful Bouquet
I feel like a giddy child who just received an unexpected gift from a favorite aunt! I’ll pass it along to you if you love flowers, and you’ll be as thrilled as me. Years ago I tore out a page from a magazine now long forgotten. In an organizing mood about a year ago, I…
Gardening Tips
It’s raining. I’m at the library getting children’s books to occupy a young granddaughter. All innocent enough. Suddenly I feel a powerful force drawing me to a book display of gardening books. Never mind that I don’t have a garden this Spring. Never mind that I don’t have a yard yet. I leave with an…
Just for Mom
Mother’s Day is quickly approaching as I write this. But the following suggestions could be helpful for any gift giving occasion. I compiled these for giving to women, but many are appropriate for men, too. (Think Father’s Day or expensive gifts might be a Mother’s/Father’s Day combined gift.) A practical question must be asked first,…
Gardening Lesson
Perhaps next year I will try again to be a vegetable gardener. We have moved to a place with more fertile soil, less summer humidity, and just maybe fewer biting bugs. We will see.
Spring Flowers
Just a few simple ways to display Spring blooms. [pdf-embedder url=”https://heartmindsoulandstrength.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/garden-1.pdf”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://heartmindsoulandstrength.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/garden-1b.pdf”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://heartmindsoulandstrength.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/garden-2.pdf”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://heartmindsoulandstrength.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/garden-3.pdf”]