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3w ago
What if you could be free of debilitating fatigue, keep your heart in great shape, conquer cancer naturally, and clear away brain fog to experience renewed clarity and focus? Zeolite. Imagine being able to sleep soundly at night, recall facts and figures easily from memory, and look years younger to boot. Zeolite. If this sounds... View Article
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3w ago
The average American woman applies 80 cosmetic-related chemicals before breakfast! Detox YOUR personal care regime with these 8 DIY recipes for toothpaste, shampoo, and more.
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1M ago
Acorns are a traditional Native American food -- and for those who are willing, they're still an abundant food source today. Here are three ways to process them, plus four recipes that will let you take advantage of their hearty goodness.
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5M ago
My earliest memory of cattails (Typha genus) is from watching that old Disney cartoon version of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The cattails were blowing in the wind on an eerie night and thumping against a log, conjuring the sounds of horse hooves galloping up to catch poor Ichabod. This made quite an impression on my younger self, and to this day I associate cattails with spooky things. But have no fear, dear reader. I’ll take the creepy out of cattails, and show you how to use this prolific plant for food and fun.
Location & Identification
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6M ago
The Soil Detox Project will determine if specially developed soil microbes can clean up heavy metals, glyphosates, and other nasty chemicals from your soil.
We hope to provide a new way to counter chemtrails and pesticide drift from contaminating your backyard farm that is easy to apply and has proven results.
Marjory be creating video updates on the progress of the project.
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6M ago
Many parts of fruits and veggies are edible, yet folks have been unknowingly throwing them in the garbage or into the compost pile!
For example, many people are familiar with using the peels of veggies (such as carrots, potatoes, and parsnips) to make stock, but did you know that orange and lemon peels can be used to make candy? And did you know that avocado pits are not only edible but are a good source of antioxidants? Or how about pineapple cores that can be used in juices and smoothies for their proteolytic enzyme, bromelain?
Read on, ladies and gents, and see which of these “waste” items ..read more
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8M ago
Redbud Blooms: A Sign of Spring to Come
I did a hopeful thing today; as the outside temperature registered just above freezing, I collected a small basket full of redbud flowers. Redbud (Cercis spp.) promises the inevitable arrival of spring for those of faltering faith in late winter. The deep magenta buds, born precociously on bare branches before any leaves form, waste no time attracting the first eager pollinators of the season. Redbuds are among the first to bloom in late winter, and as their blossoms open, magenta softens to rosy pink, and the banner and keel petals of ..read more
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9M ago
This post was originally published on March 26, 2015.
Written by Kate Grimes
Confession: I haven’t mowed the front lawn in a while, and with the warm days of late winter, it’s starting to get a bit “shaggy.” The front yard had become a nagging and guilt-inducing chore when its sad brownish hue burst into a soft pink glow just the other day.
It was the Henbit (Lamium ssp.), rosy pink and everywhere. The Henbit convinced me to take a closer look, and upon inspection, I found an incredible diversity of plant species in what before had been a green blur.
The grasses were just c ..read more
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9M ago
This article is part of a series on weed gardens and identifying and using the plants you’ll often find there. For other articles in the series, please click here.
How long does it take for weeds to invade a garden? Not long. But in a weed garden, that’s a good thing!
Checking back in on the weed garden, we find that it’s mostly still a patch of bare soil.
But upon closer inspection, we can see several guests starting to invite themselves in. It’s a bit too early to tell what they are at this stage, though I expect the larger leaves to be pokeweed.
Plant Identification
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9M ago
I’ve talked to so many people who tried the “herbal medicine” thing and went quickly back to pharmaceuticals because the herbal remedies “didn’t work.”
And I understand why that happened. We’ve been conditioned to assume medicine works instantly—that they get rid of our headaches, cure our sinus infections, or get rid of our yeast infections as soon as the pill, cream, or spray reaches our skin or blood.
When an antibiotic doesn’t work the first time, we’ve been taught to get a second one to knock out the infection. If one round doesn’t work, we throw more at it. Which makes sense … oh wait—no ..read more