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Tomatoes with yellowing leaves
My tomatoes aren't growing as robustly as I would expect given the heat. Some stems and leaves seem to be dying back, and the leaves are more yellow that usual. My first thought is lack of nitrogen, so I put some 10-10-10 in water and sprinkled a little on. (Usually my garden is organic, but I'm not fanatical about it.) My…
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Have fish in an aquarium or aquaponics? Make them tea!
Tannins in Indian almond leaves are helpful in keeping the pH of the water low & adding antifungal & antibacterial qualities info the water. It also gives hiding spaces for fry & a place to lay eggs for some types of fish. It is a great water conditioner. However, a carbon filter will remove all its goodness...…
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Coffee, Mango, Guava, Avocado leaf health benefits as tea
There are some entrepreneurs in BC selling coffee leaf tea. Supposedly, it has all sorts of benefits (insulin resistance, lower cholesterol, lower inflammation, etc.) and has very little caffeine. They cite more studies than this one on their blog.…
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Edible Tea: Burmese Laphet
This dish can be done with various tree leaves. https://nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2017/03/making-tea-edible-laphet-from-local-plants-in-three-ways/
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Hawthorn flowers & leaves & course offered
Rosalee has a video available that covers the medicinal use of hawthorn flowers and leaves. A course is offered as well on this same page. https://www.herbalremediesadvice.org/benefits-of-hawthorn-flowers.html My question is, can these be dried/tinctured/preserved on some way and still retain their medicinal qualities for…
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Foraging Tree & Berry Leaves for Tea (ZONES 1-4A)
This is piggybacking off another thread about the show, "Alone". @torey I would like to know what berry & tree leaves are good for tea? I am being a bit selfish here, thinking of zone 1 through 4a, both cultivated & wild. Can you give basic benefits for each and basic prep? I don't remember if I'd heard of using birch…
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Any good in lemon leaves?
Boy is my little (indoor) lemon tree suddenly a happy little thing, growing like I've never seen before! I fed it a bit of wriggler castings & I think that was the magic touch. I was pruning it of a crossed branch today, since it just can't stay, and was wondering if lemon leaves are useful in anything? Can I use them in…
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Dandelion Cook Book
The Ultimate Dandelion Cookbook: 148 recipes for dandelion leaves, flowers, buds, stems, & roots... I found this on Amazon while looking for something else lol...
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Natural Fertilizer: brown leaves