Welcome everyone to our seasonal celebration! We invite you to share your crafts, recipes, tutorials and thought provoking posts, with us and the readership here at Natural Mothers Network. This week I am choosing the most clicked, followed by my personal favourite! Here are our featured posts this week: How to Turn any Juice into [...]
Dark, rich and divinely moist, this chocolate brownie recipe is healthy too! You are probably wondering just how a chocolate brownie recipe could be healthy- given that brownies are synonymous with all that is unhealthy, and loaded with the wrong kind of fat and far too much sugar. This brownie recipe gets its healthy credentials from [...]
Sustainable Gardening: organic vegetable garden planner May May is one of the craziest months in a kitchen garden. The soil has warmed up, there is ample rainfall and warm sunshine to help the plants grow well. Of course that includes the plants you don’t want in your garden too, and weeding is high on this [...]
Baby massage, it’s easier than you think Baby Massage.. relieves colic and helps reduce crying encourages an atmosphere of calm and promotes sleep is thought to boost baby’s immune system Baby massage - start Ensure the room is warm, and you have chosen a draft-free place to place baby on a nice, soft towel [...]
A-Z Guide to Stain Removal-part 1 Stain removal is the bane of every natural mother’s life! Whether they are grass stains, blood stains or grease stains, here are some home solutions to make those stains vanish without a trace! Berry stains-Place fabric under running water to remove any excess berry juice, then launder as usual. [...]
Natural Mothers Homemade Lotion Bar Recipe Tutorial This lotion bar recipe acts a s a perfect base from which you can design your own variation according to skin type -these lotion bars make a great gift too! Base Lotion Bar Recipe What you need 1 part coconut oil 1 part beeswax 1 part sweet almond [...]
Lemon Risotto Lemon Risotto is one of my favourite recipes and risotto is probably the most versatile of all Italian dishes, as you’ll find there are so many ways to enjoy it throughout the seasons! However in my experience learning the art of risotto making hasn’t been easy, and it’s taken many attempts to make [...]
Allergy-proof your home: Expert tips to get you breathing easily Asthma, a serious condition that can restrict your ability to breathe, or hay fever associated with itchy eyes and congestion, are the reality for many millions of people who suffer the misery of allergies, both in the UK and the US. Whether it’s the [...]
Best Herbs to Grow Series: How to Grow Calendula officinalis Even if your not a herbalist, planting, nurturing and harvesting your own herbs and using them for medicinal purposes is one of the most satisfying things you can do! We have been growing our own herbs for over 20 years and some of the [...]
Intentional Living- a gloriously imperfect woman’s guide to living mindfully A mindful woman will take care of her own needs before taking care of others. A mindful woman is quietly attuned to her own needs, so that she remain strong and centred. She takes decisive action to nourish herself and ensure her [...]
An awesome round-up of tutorials from some of our favourite creatives related to sharing the love on Valentine’s Day. Feel free to add your own romantic recipes, heart shaped banners, craft ideas for kids etc. in the comments box below! Pallet Love -The ultimate in up cycled gift ideas, this Valentine craft is for someone who [...]
Increasingly, we are reading reports of girls as young as seven or eight experiencing early breast development. It’s bound to cause feelings of confusion, embarrassment and even isolation in young children. So why is this happening, and what can you do, to prevent this from happening to your daughter? An interesting point to note, [...]
With Halloween fast approaching, I have plucked out some of the best baby and kid’s DIY Halloween costumes currently out there in blog land! Whether or not you can sew, there is a costume below for your little sweetheart! Here are my 10 favourites: Moose Suit: This super-cute baby suit is cleverly re-purposed from a [...]
Rainy Day Activities.. ..that make staying indoors memorable and fun! It’s howling a gale outside, the rain is lashing against the window panes and the weather is just too awful to even contemplate dancing in the rain! It’s got me thinking what is a family to do faced with bored teens and restless parents. The [...]
An awesome round-up of tutorials from some of our favourite creatives related to sharing the love on Valentine’s Day. Feel free to add your own romantic recipes, heart shaped banners, craft ideas for kids etc. in the comments box below! Pallet Love -The ultimate in up cycled gift ideas, this Valentine craft is for someone who [...]
There’s a way to feel better about the large pile of wrapping paper strewn across the floor on Christmas morning and that’s to try using upcycled, reusable and recycled wrapping papers, toppers and gift tags. These gift wrapping ideas offer a guilt-free, inventive and creative solution to wrapping your Birthday, Anniversary and Christmas presents. Go [...]
The celebration of Advent has always been one of my personal favourites. As a child, it was the run up to Christmas that I loved, as I knew that December was a time of family, warmth and friendship. With Advent just around the corner, we take a look at some really beautiful ways to make a homemade [...]
The Advent wreath is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks running up to Christmas Eve. However, the circle of evergreens we now call the Advent wreath, was in fact used symbolically well before Christianity arrived in northern Europe. Symbolising the eternal cycle of the seasons with four candles signifying the [...]
This sophisticated thanksgiving dessert recipe brings together two autumn favourites of mine: pumpkin and apple! With the divinely inspired addition of fresh ginger, black pepper and allspice; this tart offers a spectacular twist to the traditional pumpkin pie and I promise you it tastes as good as it looks! Thanksgiving Dessert Recipe- Tarte aux Pommes [...]
The pumpkin is an incredibly versatile vegetable, epitomising autumn with its gorgeous orange colour and sweet taste. So it’s all the more surprising that we so often relegate pumpkin purée to breads and pies alone, when there are so many creative ways to bring the pumpkin love into your life. From hummus to hot chocolate, body [...]
The voluptuous pumpkin epitomises the autumn season and is a harvest crop bursting with the goodness of warm summer sunshine. So as the nights draw in and the temperature drops, what better way to celebrate our pumpkin harvest, than with a potpourri of pumpkin recipes to help you put the pumpkin love back in your [...]
Fig, Prosciutto and Goat’s Cheese Pizza Recipe “To eat figs off the tree in the very early morning, when they have been barely touched by the sun, is one of the exquisite pleasures of the Mediterranean.” ― Elizabeth David “Yipee”- figs are in season and it’s time to make the best tasting sweet and tangy pizza ever [...]
Increasingly, we are reading reports of girls as young as seven or eight experiencing early breast development. It’s bound to cause feelings of confusion, embarrassment and even isolation in young children. So why is this happening, and what can you do, to prevent this from happening to your daughter? An interesting point to note, [...]
If you are fed up with slapping a cocktail of questionable chemicals on your face, then you’ve come to the right place. At Natural Mothers we feel passionately about helping you to make your own chemical-free products. This homemade makeup remover is completely natural, is kind to the skin and will take off the most [...]
Natural antibiotics for your family first aid kit Your family physician may have very good reason for prescribing a round of antibiotics. Antibiotics kill off all bacteria in the body, so when you take them for a serious infection they should, rid your body of the illness. If we misuse or overuse prescription antibiotics, it [...]
Natural Mothers Homemade Lotion Bar Recipe Tutorial This lotion bar recipe acts a s a perfect base from which you can design your own variation according to skin type -these lotion bars make a great gift too! Base Lotion Bar Recipe What you need 1 part coconut oil 1 part beeswax 1 part sweet almond [...]
Best Herbs to Grow Series: How to Grow: Lavender officinalis Even if your not a herbalist, planting, nurturing and harvesting your own herbs and using them for medicinal purposes is one of the most satisfying things you can do! We have been growing our own herbs for over 20 years and some of the best herbs [...]
A-Z Guide to Stain Removal-part 2 Stain removal is an ongoing battle for all mothers! Children attract stains like magnets, whether they are mud stains, ketchup stains, grass stains or egg stains. Fighting stains can get a little tiresome, but it’s an inevitability that comes with the territory of motherhood. Thankfully, there are plenty of [...]
Sustainable Gardening: organic vegetable garden planner May May is one of the craziest months in a kitchen garden. The soil has warmed up, there is ample rainfall and warm sunshine to help the plants grow well. Of course that includes the plants you don’t want in your garden too, and weeding is high on this [...]
Square foot gardening: a frugal, space-saving alternative Square foot gardening is the easy way to grow a cheap, compact and productive garden that meets your needs and is enormous fun to put together. Start your frugal, gardening plan with this great step-by-step graphic guide from Frugal Dad! Have you got a valuable tip to share [...]
A thought, quote or poem that inspires, motivates and gives us strength Being a Mother We are sitting at lunch when my daughter casually mentions that she and her husband are thinking of starting a family. “It will change your life” I say, carefully keeping my tone neutral. “I know,” she says, “no more sleeping [...]
A thought, quote or poem that inspires, motivates and gives us strength The Wild Cherry Tree Why does the wild cherry tree blooming on the Hudson make everything more so more itself? So the green of the elm is greener than when it stands alone, the sky bluer. So you are one of [...]
What is Friendship? by Michele Willmott Friends generally come in all shapes and sizes. They fulfil different purposes and take on different roles in our lives. Some friends make us laugh until the tears role down our faces, some are a shoulder to cry on and great in a crisis. Others encourage and motivate [...]
A thought, quote or poem that inspires, motivates and gives us strength Mother’s Smile There never was a fonder smile than mother’s smile, no softer touch than mother’s touch. So sleep awhile and know she loves you more than “much.” So more than “much,” much more than “all.” Though tender words, these do not speak [...]
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