Nourish and Protect: Tips to Keep Your Skin Looking and Feeling Its Best This Winter

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Nourish and Protect: Tips to Keep Your Skin Looking and Feeling Its Best This Winter

Step outside on a crisp autumn or winter day, and you can practically feel the moisture leaving your skin. As the days grow colder and the air becomes drier, you may notice patches of flakiness, along with redness, dullness, and even breakouts. While we love getting warm and cozy indoors, the constant shifts between chilly outdoor air and heated indoor spaces can wreak havoc on our skin.

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The Versatility of Winter Squash: A Seasonal Delight

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The Versatility of Winter Squash: A Seasonal Delight

Ah, winter squash season—the time of year when these hearty, colourful beauties flood the market, bringing both flavour and festivity to your home. Whether you're into cooking up comforting meals or just love decorating for fall, winter squash is here to bring a little joy into your life. From acorn to butternut, delicata to spaghetti squash, the varieties seem endless, each with its own unique charm.

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Saving Seeds From Your Garden

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Saving Seeds From Your Garden

Saving seeds from your favourite herbs, flowers, and veggies is a wonderful way to continue enjoying the plants you love year after year. Not only does it save money, but it also allows you to cultivate plants that are adapted to your local climate and soil conditions. Over time, the seeds you save will produce stronger, more resilient plants that thrive in your garden's specific environment. Want to learn how? Let’s dig in! 🌱

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Top Tips for Natural Summer Hair Protection

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Top Tips for Natural Summer Hair Protection

Summer is a time for fun in the sun, but it can take a toll on our hair. Just like our skin, our hair needs protection too! It can suffer from the harmful effects of UV rays, leading to dryness, breakage, and colour fading. Additionally, chlorine from pools and saltwater can strip away natural oils, leaving hair brittle and damaged. However, with a few simple practices, you can keep your locks healthy and vibrant all summer long.

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Upcycled Container Gardening Inspiration

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Upcycled Container Gardening Inspiration

Spring cleaning and gardening go hand in hand with these ingenious tips for repurposing unused mugs, pots, and containers into delightful plant vessels, saving money and decluttering in the process. Whether you have a sprawling garden or a modest windowsill, embrace the chance to unleash your creativity through DIY upcycling while nurturing your green companions.

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Natural DIY Decor To Cozy Up Your Home For Fall

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Natural DIY Decor To Cozy Up Your Home For Fall

Whether you were a little sad about putting away the t-shirts and sandals, or are SO ready for fluffy sweaters and boots, bringing the seasonal transition into your home with some nature-based decorating is a really nice way to feel grounded and in tune with the natural world. It can be a really fun, easy and inexpensive process that involves spending a bit of valuable time outdoors appreciating the plants around you!

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Homemade Healthy Snacks for Cozy Nights

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Homemade Healthy Snacks for Cozy Nights

The best thing to go with a "Can't-Put-It-Down" book or an "I-Swear-Just-One-More-Episode" series is an equally addictive snack. Snack foods are often seen as a guilty pleasure but the truth is you don’t have to choose between healthiness and tastiness. We've got tons of ready to go snack options in our aisles that fit the natural nutrition bill, and we've also got tons of ingredients you can use to get creative in your kitchen and make your own! Roasted chickpeas, popcorn, and popcorn cauliflower are three of our favourite 'base' snacks that offer nutritional benefits and can be easily prepared and creatively seasoned to suit your mood!

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All About Scobies, The Mothers of Kombucha

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All About Scobies, The Mothers of Kombucha

We're getting more and more questions from people who are interested in trying their hand at brewing their own kombucha, or who just want to know a bit more about this now almost ubiquitous and wildly popular drink. So in honour of Mother's Day we thought it would be fun to share some info about the source of all kombucha magic, the scoby—otherwise known as the mother. 

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