Better Living At GreenGroveBlog

I never thought I would be writing articles like this when I as a young farm kid back in the 80’s here in small town Missouri. Gardening in those days was a fairly simple process that required knowledge and a “little folklore” passed down from generation to generation, without much variation in the natural rhythms established long ago by our ancestors. Then again, that was last century and most of us were not really focused on the impact we were causing our environment with our seemingly...Read Full Story

0points We now have a Wikizine at Zimbio.com called "Better Living At GreenGroveBlog." This is exciting, because each step of the process on creating this site with all members of GGB, has been a wonderful learning experience. If you get promoted to the frontpage of GreenGroveBlog with one of your excellent blogs, your material is automatically sent to our Wikizine and other promotional sites. This allows the GGB Members to use their voice for a better global community. So check out "Better...Read Full Story

1point Just wanted to congratulate our new Co-Administrator, Stkittprincess/Kitt on the new position here at GreenGroveBlog. We could not find anyone more capable, organized and articulate to have as a leader of our wonderful site. Please join in the congratulations by adding a comment to this blog. Take care and have fun creating dear Kitt :) Photo Courtesy Of Meredith Haley Sonson http://www.haleysonson.com/ Beautiful Tranquility WEB.JPGRead Full Story

Part II: “There Is No Time Like Quality Time” “Personal example carries more weight than preaching.” Chinese Proverb So now that we have the “basics” out of the way [refer to the blog post "How to Instill 'Good' (no wait...'Great') Character in Your Teen or Tween" Part I: The Basics], we can move on to the value of spending quality time together. Many teens and tweens are seeing their parents less and less these days. Whether you are a single parent or a household blessed to have BOTH...Read Full Story

It is that time of year again when the days are getting shorter and winter blues have a tendency to set in. These winter blues is known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and the primary cause of this of this disorder is lack of light. That is why Seasonal Affective is more prevalent in the northern parts of the country due to the extremely long periods of darkness. For some, this type of depression can be incapacitating due to severe depression, feelings of hopelessness, anxiety, and...Read Full Story