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Show 42: The Basswood/Lime and Violet Families, and why not to freak out!
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How do you store your dehydrated chili peppers....
How do you store your dehydrated peppers? Do you vacuum seal? Freeze? What's your tried and true method. And how do you reconstitute them? Do you dry roast and soak? Thanks!
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Green Beans (Greek)
I have to admit...I'm not Greek. But, I LOVE Greek food! Well, what do you do when you have a ton of green beans, potatoes, onions, garlic, and tomatoes?! YOU MAKE GREEK GREEN BEANS, OF COURSE! If you know me, you know I don't follow recipes. However, my method is always the same. I'm pretty sure I sauteed onions and…
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Compression/arthritis gloves
After having shoulder surgery, I found the hand attached to that shoulder was a bit stiff and achey, from not getting much exercise (6 weeks in a sling) and my other hand, because it was getting all the use, flared up, especially my thumb and meaty palmy bit. Arthritis I’m afraid. So got to thinking about ways to help…
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What have you been Harvesting?
Although a garden seemed impossible this year, I was able to find a spot of 11 inches by 10 feet. I planted spinach, curly kale, swiss chard and lettuce around the middle of June. Now about six weeks later I am harvesting some leaves from the kale and swiss chard. The lettuce and spinach didn't grow at all. I did a second…
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Eastern Australian Whipbird
Most days I walk on my property. This morning I took this short video of a Whipbird. You can’t see it but you can certainly hear it. So just a little about the Whipbird. Known as Eastern Australian Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus) is an insectivorous passerine bird, native to the east coast of Australia. It’s whip crack song…
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Anti-Viral Herbs & Supplements
Here's a free video I did going over more than 20 anti-viral herbs and supplements, some of which are good to keep on hand in case you come down with something. Some of them include: bromelain, olive leaf extract, andrographis, astragalus, and more.
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ID this plant: Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
I am at a friends place and wondered what this plant is!
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Bee Behavior?
So I went out this morning to hand pollinate my Canadian crookneck winter squash and found a curiosity in a female blossom. There were about 6 bees in the one blossom and they seemed to in a kind of a knot of bees. They eventually left that blossom and kind of flew/stumbled into another blossom near by. Anyone know what…
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Asian and other fast growing greens for a fall garden
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Easy homemade moonshine
Just something to put out there, not that I am advocating someone become a bootlegger. But....alcohol is barterable.
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Seasonal eating
I feed quite a few articles to the media assistant for the CSA that I have a subscription to. These are two that I just sent her on Seasonal Eating. Thought some of you might be interested. This second one includes lots of charts. Plus information regarding seasonal eating from Chinese Traditional Medicine and Native…
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Food scrap uses
In the vein of "waste not, want not", found this article about using food scraps. And this 2nd article follows right along.
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Herbal Medicine 101, Lesson 26: Bee Balm/Bergamot
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Story Time instead of weekly update 2021 08 03 from Marjory
As I mentioned last week, I'm in a heavy travel situation and probably not going to get you a proper update. But I recorded this story - its a true life story! that happened for my birthday which was last January. It's way more personal that I normally do... and my videography really does suck (it's because my eyes are not…
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herbal distillation
Just found this site. Looks very interesting and in the past quite a few of us have had this discussion about some of the 'hows'. Too pricey for me at this moment in time, but very interesting and lots of stuff to glean even if just shopping around her site. Enjoy
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TOE Jam & Other Unusual Jams & Jellies
You can make TOE jam. I think that would be a perfect family gift at Christmas. https://www.diynatural.com/unusual-jam-recipes/?awt_a=5vkt&awt_l=PMPOU&awt_m=3bE1aUha81tFQkt
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Have you ever had Haymaker's Punch?
I love switchel. This blog tell you all about it...
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Herbal Academy Entrepreneurial Giveaway
Do you have a dream? Well, if you want to start your in herbal business, you can't miss out on this fantastic opportunity. https://theherbalacademy.com/herbal-business-start-up-giveaway/?awt_a=5cXw&awt_l=DIwX9&awt_m=3j5S2yD6bJG43Xw
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Farmers & diet
It is not just about time. It is also about management and choices. Seeding & harvest is usually non-stop, but contrary to what these folks claim, you can still farm and eat well. I wonder if farmers have got so far away from traditional farming (needing to farm more than they should be doing to try to pay spray & new…
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Need to Relax? 17 hammock plans
With "Heck" week (aka Annual Physical Inventory) over, and this year was really bad; I need to relax. Here's 17 hammock plans that just might be helpful.
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Its Baby Chain Saw time
I got tired of waiting for someone to cut my brush or trees a few years back and the cost of a tree trimmer is quite high so I learned to run a baby chain saw - one with an electric cord. I feel it's some what safer and its smaller so I don't tackle the really big trees. I tend to live on the edge and think I am wonder…
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Got hit hard today, in a good way.
I was wandering down a back road in South Carolina, near Dillion. If you know the area, you know it can be pretty rough. It is right on I-95 and kind of a mecca for crime. I passed a little house just out in the country. It had a big, decades old sign that read something along the lines of, "At God's table all are welcome.…
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Incidental Income
This isn't a discussion about how to make a lot of money. Instead I want to share how we can quickly change our perspective and make a little bit of money with what would otherwise be waste. I've had a season [in life] that has seen some parts of the garden less attended to than others. That was recently the situation with…
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Herbal Medicine 101, Lesson 25: Ragweed
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Sometimes things just don't go as planned
I planted some what were supposed to be bush beans in a perfect space except they turned out to be pole beans. Then I planted some edible flowers that were supposed to get 6-12 inches tall along my front walkway. They got really happy and grew to about 4 feet tall. I had to tie them back so people are able to walk up my…
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Sicilian Honey Lily
This company offers a variety of bulbs.
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Speakers needed for this upcoming free flower summit
There is lots of talent here in our group..Don't be shy.
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Free Course, Tiny House Building
This just turned up on my email from Wild Abundance--looks like something to set dreams in motion.....
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Calming Nerves after UV exposure
I was wondering if anyone is sensitive to UV? And if so, do you get the nerve-y tingle on your skin? And if you do, what have you found to help with that? Recently, I was working out in the yard with my long sleeved UV shirt on and a giant fisherman's hat and got burned THROUGH THE SHIRT (which was really quite new). I…