Water: The Most Important Nutrient

~Since we were young we've been told how important water is to the Earth as well as the human body. The Earth is covered by 71% water. Our bodies are composed of approximately 72% water, with the brain over 75%. That's a lot of water! Even in vet tech school, one of my instructors drilled…

Return to VeggieFest: 2017 edition

~Last year I discovered VeggieFest, a unique lifestyle festival honoring those who have the courage to refrain from meat. This time around I wanted to take my boyfriend with me to share in the experience. Truth be told, it didn't go as well as I had imagined. The ran fell on our proverbial  parade (it…

Pitch the Plastic

** Some of the images in this post may be disturbing to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised** ~I was originally planning to post this on Earth Day, but something of this magnitude shouldn't be reserved for just one day. It's astonishing how reliant we've become on plastic, so much so that Americans throw out…

Bluestem Earth Festival 2017

~Yesterday I attended a rather interesting and informative festival of sorts. The Bluestem Earth Festival celebrates and brings attention to various environmental issues & topics such as recycling, water conservation, fair trade and endangered species. One group that I had a particular interest in was Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE). They had various flyers…

One Year Blogiversary!

~May marks the spot as being the first anniversary of The Garden Goddess! I can't believe it! 😃 To go from a novel idea to a noble passion, I've really learned a lot along the way. Not only about food and the environment, but about myself as well. I've also met some incredible people along…

Behind the Scenes at Drover’s Trail

~A couple of weeks ago I had the awesome opportunity to travel to the farm of one of my favorite market vendors: Drover's Trail Natural Farms. They are a family run business operating on a 100+ year old farm rich in history and delicious vegetables. One of the owners, Koren Finnestad, took me on a…

Garden Gathering

~I, like most of you I'm sure, have come down with a case of spring fever. Last week I was accepted into 2 different gardening groups on Facebook, Chicagoland Gardening and Self Sufficiency and Garden Obsession (check them out in the links below!). Upon acceptance into the groups my spring fever reached a fever pitch.…

Makes Frankinsence to Me

~Let me take you through another episode of my essential oils adventure with my guide, Misty! Since that fateful day after we first met Misty and I have been keeping in regular contact. About 2 weeks ago, we had a delightful phone conversation where we spoke of work, the blog, and of course essential oils. She…

And then there was light…therapy

~I suffer from anxiety and depression. While it's manageable for the most part, I have my days where I feel more anxious/down than usual. For the past few visits, my doctor's been pushing for me to get a light box to help with my depression. I have been putting it off mostly because I couldn't…

Research material

~Yesterday the bf and I ventured to Barnes and Noble so I could use my 15% off coupon. I didn't have a set idea of what I would get, but the bargain book section was a good start. There I found a book on self-meditation, herbal medicine, and a book filled with Earth friendly projects…