Many residents of Southern California have orange trees in their yards.  They are as common as Maple trees in Vermont.  Our oranges are usually ready to pick in December.  After picking our oranges, we soaked them in vinegar water in the sink and scrubbed them with a sponge.  Since we harvested...

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A new Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families report summarizes data linking common chemicals to the rising incidence of serious chronic diseases and disorders such as: * Leukemia, brain and other childhood cancers increased more than 20% since 1975 * Breast cancer went up by 40% from 1973 to 1998 ...

We love to do everything in a natural way at Raising California.  For the longest time, we have searched for paint made from natural, plant based pigments!  Well, we have finally found it and it is being offered by The Souls of Boys, our sister site and store dedicated to nurturing the souls of boys. ...

Has anyone noticed that the market is saturated with products that only target “natural childbirth”?  At some point, all of this starts to make some new mothers feel guilty that they weren’t able to give birth to their child naturally.  I know that I felt this way after my first...

We recently ran out of our eco-friendly, store bought shower cleaner. I wasn’t able to run to the store to buy more and noticed that the soap scum built up in a matter of a couple of days. I remembered that shower cleaner can be made at home with one part water and one part vinegar. It is so...

Here are some updated pics of the bush bean, squash and pumpkin seeds that we planted on August 11th. These pictures were taken a couple of days ago and reflect the growth of our seeds at day 50. They still have a long way to go, as you can see. Bush Beans. These beans are supposed to be yellow, so...

The squash, pumpkin and bean seeds that we planted on 8.11.09 (read about it HERE) peeked out of the soil FIVE days after planting. These pictures were taken this morning, SEVEN days after planting. Aren’t they so cute?! Squash Pumpkins Bush Beans

The boys wanted to grow an autumn harvest, so we chose mini pumpkins, squash and yellow bush beans. We are especially excited about growing pumpkins. It is a little late to start growing them, but since we live in sunny Southern California, we thought that we would take a chance. The pumpkin seeds...

When I heard about the report about organic food being no better than conventional food, I knew right away that it either had to be flawed or that it was funded by an entity that had ulterior motives. One example that I can remember to illustrate this common practice is when I read a report that stated...