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About Mimic Nature

Hello everyone! I’m so glad to see you! I’m Jana, I’m an eccentric wife and mother; I work 2 jobs and homeschool my kids. With all this going on in my life, I want to focus my attention on the things that make me happy, and the one thing that has made me happy ever since I was a little kid is nature. As my life progressed and changed through my teen years and my early married life, I lost my connection to it. Life took over and here I am living disconnected from nature because of work, bills, and every day events that keep me away. So the next chapter of my life will be dedicated, at least in some small part, to reconnecting to nature; I still have a mortgage, work, and a family to take care of, but now, I will be more aware of nature and my place within it. Each day, I will find some small way to not harm nature. Not long ago I was introduced to something called permaculture and I fell in love with it. Basically, it’s building a small ecosystem in your own backyard that is based off of what nature would do naturally. In turn your backyard helps you, and you help your backyard…with minimal work!! At first it may take more work, but over time, your backyard will become self-sustaining and you won’t have to work as hard…other than harvesting. I love the life lessons that I learn from nature, so what I promise to do is share a lesson that I’ve learned from nature each week, share what I’m learning about permaculture, and share my own personal progress in changing my homestead into a permaculture Garden of Eden. And since it’s hard to make any changes in life, I want to have some free giveaways once in awhile…all nature themed of course, to help all of us remember our ‘green’ family. Read a few articles, see if you like what is there, if you do, go ahead and subscribe. If you don’t like what you see, that’s ok, I’m honored that you took the time to get to know me a little and see my vision for my blog and my life.

Another Way To Boost The Plants Around Your Home Naturally Without Added Work

One thing about nature is that the laws that govern it, govern our lives as well, and what is the one thing that makes a lot of our lives bearable? Companions. Living out the rest of my life with my … Continue reading

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5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Demonize Weeds

Have you ever wondered why weeds were considered bad? Here are 5 reasons why we shouldn’t demonize weeds. Continue reading

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What You May Not Know About Failure

Ever wondered what failure truly meant? Many of us know it but we seem to follow the definition given by society or by what we’ve learned from our childhood. Here is a glimpse at what true failure is. Continue reading

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What I didn’t know about apple trees and grafting.

  I woke up this morning and wanted to watch a documentary so I found one called “The Botany of Desire”, the main point of the video was that maybe plants manipulate us to do what they want, instead of … Continue reading

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One odd way to enhance the growth of your plants.

What do we take advantage of every day? Do we overlook the seemingly small details in our lives and forget they have value as well? Everything has value and worth and needs to be treated with respect. Continue reading

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Growing the right trees

When it comes to trees (and life), you must figure out whether you want fast growing trees or steady growing trees. Choose wisely though, as it will effect the rest of your garden in a big way. Steady growing trees have deep root systems and grow proportionately to its roots, a fast growing tree grows disproportionate to its roots and can easily be blown over during times of strong winds. Continue reading

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Being there for each other

Have you ever went above and beyond the help you’ve given someone? For example, have you ever helped someone and then stayed with them awhile until they were back on their feet mentally as well? Continue reading

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Instant gratification

Instant gratification or allowing life to ripen over time? Continue reading

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What are you passionate about?

I have finally found my focus and my passion for this blog, nature and our relationship with it. Continue reading

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My all-time favorite movie

A review and insight into one of my favorite books/movies The Princess Bride. Continue reading

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