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Create Your Own Earth-Friendly Vegetable Garden DIY | Step-by-Step Tutorial with KLB

Rural Mom is pleased to welcome guest KLB, avid organic gardener and member of the award-winning husband-and-wife reggae/world/hip-hop band, Deedub and KLB.  KLB shares her step-by-step tips below for creating an earth-friendly vegetable garden: 1. Pick a nice spot that is sunny year round. This is especially important if you have trees near your proposed […]

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Fun Facts: How Glass Is Made From Sand

Glass is everywhere. It makes up the windows and mirrors in your home as well as those soda pop bottles you drink out of. It’s such an everyday item that most people don’t give too much thought about them. However, there is an intricate process that goes into the making of glass. Before the process […]

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Beauty Health

6 Essential Tips for Winter Skincare

D A cold front has swept through the nation and temps are below freezing here in Kentucky.  This certainly doesn’t deter my children from playing outside in the fluffy white stuff, but During the winter, dry indoor heat and low humidity outdoors can combine to cause itchy, dry skin. Needless to say, skincare during winter […]

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ENTERTAIN

Expressing Our #DisneySide in the Kitchen!

There are no shortage of volunteer opportunities in our little Appalachian area, but funds for supporting programs are often scarce.  So when Disney offered the chance to host a #DisneySide party again this year, my thoughts went directly to gifting our local 4H cooking club with a fun celebration.  This program teaches Middle School-age children […]

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Books ENTERTAIN

The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence | Exclusive Interview with Stuart Moore, Andie Tong and Nachie Marsham

Like many comic book, fantasy and sci-fi fans before me, Stan Lee influenced a great deal of my childhood.  As did Disney.  Which certainly makes it “super” fun to see them joining together for the new Zodiac Legacy series.  Now my sons, who are the perfect age for this type of novel (12 and 14) […]

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Animals

It’s Doggy Valentine’s Day! How Will You Treat Your Pup? #ValentinesForDogs

Today is Doggy Valentine’s Day! This special holiday on Feb. 13 is similar to the traditional human Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, but is specifically for our canine friends! I know on our farm, our dogs are more than companions and friends, they are family, helping us to keep all the other animals safe and our […]

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Activity Sheets ENTERTAIN Movies

Valentine’s Day Survival Kit for Mom | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Movie Review

Ever get gum in your hair as a child?  I don’t recall if I did, but I’ve certainly cut a fair share out of my children’s hair!  For all of us, it was a very bad, no good experience. Multiply that situation ten-fold and you’ll have an inkling of what transpires in Disney’s ALEXANDER AND THE […]

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EXPLORE Travel Tips

5 Easy Ways to Avoid Vacation Belly Bloat #Travel

Sticking with a daily exercise routine can go a long way towards helping reduce the dreaded vacation belly bloat! Traveling is so much fun…  until you get so bloated you can’t fit into your swimsuit! It happens to the best of us. Some of it is from things that can’t be avoided. Different environments tend […]

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ENTERTAIN Recipes

Effortless Tricks for Creating Oscar-Worthy Movie Night Snack Mixes

We’re gearing up for some Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Night fun thanks to Cost Plus World Market. This is a sponsored post, but as always, all thoughts, opinions, recipes and general affection for GOTG are my own. Honestly, we could host a Guardians of the Galaxy movie night for a week straight and still […]

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