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About Erica Mueller

Erica Mueller is a full time mom and part time web developer. Her specialties include cooking, baking, organization, homeschooling and Wordpress manipulation. In her spare time Erica takes pictures with her Canon DSLR, grows a garden and goes for walks with her husband and two little boys.

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Homesteading Ebook Bundle just $12.97

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Welcome to the monthly eBooks Bundle featuring eBooks authored by members of the Nourished Living Network. Each month, we feature a themed bundle of informative eBooks at a reduced price. We’re so excited about this Homesteading Ebook Bundle deal! 5 great books for just $12.97! All links in this post are affiliate links, meaning a [...]

How to Grow Sprouts

How to Make Sprouts

There are kits for growing sprouts. There are places that sell nothing but seeds for sprouts. You’ll find so many varieties to try! But, did you know that not all seeds sprout? Or that they may need different conditions to sprout? I’ve gathered up some of the most awesome how-to make sprouts posts I could [...]

Repurposed Crafts for Earth Day

12 Repurposed Crafts for Earth Day

Tomorrow is Earth Day so we thought we’d celebrate by gathering up some posts about making crafts from re-purposed materials. From simple Earth Day crafts for kids to some pretty awesome bowls made from magazine pages, you’ll find you can make lots of re-purposed crafts for your home or for gifts! Re-purposing Toilet Paper Tubes [...]

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Composting: Methods and Myths

Composting Myths and Methods

Since we’ve been gardening on our little city lot, we haven’t had a compost bin. Growing up, we composted everything. We had two large bins that we turned and rotated and it’s been killing me throwing out all these kitchen scraps that I know would make good compost. So, last week we ordered a nice [...]

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Tips for Creating a Garden Journal

Tips for Creating the Perfect Garden Journal

Keeping a garden journal can seem like an extra unnecessary step and the time we tell ourselves it will take keeps most of us from starting one. The truth is, keeping a garden journal can be more than helpful; it can be fun! Creating a garden journal that is beautiful and inspires you as a [...]

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Homemade Granola Bar Recipe – Healthy and Delicious!

Homemade Healthy Granola Bar Recipe

My children and I are snackers. We have our regular three meals a day, but we snack in-between them and we try to keep our snacks healthy. For years I thought granola bars were a good healthy snack. Till I started reading the ingredients and finding most of them are filled with sugars, HFCS and [...]