
I heard a robin singing last week. Not only that, little green stinging nettle plants and brave daffodil shoots are peeking out through the mud. And the raspberry plants have fresh new buds emerging from the dry,
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Suzanne’s last day at Earth Mama Angel Baby was last week and we’re happy about it. Not because we’re happy she’s leaving, but because we’re happy she is leaving to have a baby.
She came to work at Earth
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I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I prefer to take periodic pauses to take stock, reflect and evaluate. Four times a year at the beginning of each new season, I try to
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It’s winter time, and the perennial herbs lie dormant, gathering their strength to burst forth in all their glory come spring. Lady’s Mantle is one of those herbs, collecting itself to dependably reappear, to be
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I have never met any person who has not been touched by baby loss. Women who have been pregnant and have lost a baby are most often tended to only as grieving women. But their bodies
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Spending time in the garden feels like a vacation to me. One would reasonably think, however, that in November the gardens are in hibernation mode. But while Oregon has been inundated with rain for the past
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Not everyone thinks dandelions are swell like I do. In fact, I’d wager most people consider them another lawn weed to eradicate, one determined, single-minded way or another. In truth, most medicinal herbs are common
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I’ve mentioned before how extraordinarily lucky I was to spend three years outside, working in the garden to learn what would become the Earth Mama Angel Baby product line. Those three years were bliss. Each
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Ask anybody here. The one subject that is guaranteed to hoist me up on my soap box is untruths (a very nice way of saying deliberately misleading information) in product packaging.
I’m a manufacturer, but I’m
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I’d like to preface the following comments by acknowledging that people’s fears are real and worthy of respectful consideration. There. That’s out of the way. Now I want to tell you about what happened last
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