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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.

The Constitution

I have decided that I want to learn more about our constitution and what our rights really are. I don’t remember learning about the Constitution beyond the preamble but since I want my kids to understand this piece of paper … Continue reading

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Hitler’s Youth and The Modern Family

  I was reading a book today that was talking about Hitler and how he truly believed that youth were very important in passing on ideas. He made an entire program aimed at tearing down the family unit while filling … Continue reading

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Camp Nanowrimo

I have finally discovered something about writing, it should have been obvious to me but it really helps connect the dots when you experience it in your personal life. In November when nanowrimo was in full swing, I found myself … Continue reading

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New Adventure

In a few days I embark on a new journey, one that will define whether I have the commitment and determination to finish what I am starting. I love to try new things, see new places, or venture in areas … Continue reading

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Health and Aromatherapy

My mom and I are getting into oils and aromatherapy so here is what I bought today, it is an essential oils diffuser. I never really thought much about our sense of smell until I used this for the first … Continue reading

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Getting Started

To be honest I procrastinated in buying my seeds but I have purchased some, I found some nice perennial flower mixes that I plan on planting. One thing I have found is that perennials are much easier to deal with … Continue reading

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A Look Outside My Window

Yesterday turned out to be such a beautiful day! The temp was up around 65 and the breeze was light and warm. The warm temps have stirred a fire within, can’t wait to start planting! What a beautiful sunset to … Continue reading

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Dogs and Energy

I was looking for something to watch on Netflix the other day and I found a certain person I used to love watching on Animal Planet, his name is Cesar Milan. For years Cesar studied the way wolves act and … Continue reading

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How Important is Rest?

Another vital step to anything you undertake is rest. Rest is defined as a period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep in order to become refreshed. The National Sleep Foundation did studies and showed that 40 million Americans suffer from some … Continue reading

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Quiet and Beautiful

Tonight I went outside and stood in the gently falling snow. How beautiful and peaceful that moment was. It reminded me of the snow globes that many buy of wintry scenes and when you shake it the snow swirls and … Continue reading

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