Image by Howard Walsh from Pixabay Years ago I took an Envisioning Workshop hosted by a friend. It was the first time I had seriously sat down to plan out a big project, and I instantly saw how it was a far superior way than I had experienced in professional ‘strategic planning’ workshops that my employers had paid … Read more
by Marianne Graff Originally published on Substack https://mariannable.substack.com/p/10-no-cost-ways-to-get-free-child While I was between homes recently, I stayed with a friend who has 3 kids. We both teach English online, so we started coordinating our schedules so one of us could teach while the other looked after the kids for 2-4 hours at a time. And so … Read more
by Marianne Graff, Published in April 30,2025 Photo credit: gardeningnoob.com Wool Recycling in Ways you Never Thought of Before Here’s a way to use your old wool blankets, wool stuffing from something, wool sweaters and wool socks with holes in them that I bet you never thought of: fertilize your garden! I saw this video … Read more
by Marianne Graff, Published Tuesday April 9,2025 This catchy word describes an old concept of single Moms banding together to buy or rent a house to share for financial and emotional support reasons What is a Mommune? Mommunes are not a new idea, but they have been given this new name recently, a combination of … Read more
Find out how to easily start growing food in your own backyard without fancy equipment or a lot of training beforehand. If she can do it, you can too! This video about a woman named Asia, a single mother of two, has captivated my imagination because she is a lot like me, and her garden … Read more
By Marianne Graff Published on December 30,2024 I recently talked to Line Madore about a community group she is involved with in the Montreal area of the province of Quebec in Canada that is a sociable, fun and easy way to cut her grocery budget in half and get some tasty home made food. The … Read more
Owen Chase started Just for Fun Farms while in College by growing Microgreens under his college dorm bed.
Microgreens Offer an Excellent Alternative to Lettuce and Spinach Visions of vivid green, and Spinach crisp and juicy microgreens sprang to mind last week after I noticed there was no lettuce or greens except avocados in the stores in Mexico where I live. Again. It has been a particularly wet, cool and long rainy season … Read more
