Other unrelated plants that exhibit this same behavior are also sometimes called tumbleweeds. Tumbleweeds are iconic symbols of the American West. We've all seen the old Western movies and television shows.
It is a fact that the tea extracted from pine needles is very high in vitamin C, helped keep the early settlers alive through their first winter in America, and to this day, is regularly used by natives, hunters, and explorers in nearly every region around...
Many cultivated plants can trace their roots to common roadside wildflowers and gardeners often assume that the wild or native form is simply an escapee from someone's garden. Wildflowers are beloved little treasures that have inspired poets, artists...
Many cultivated plants can trace their roots to common roadside wildflowers and gardeners often assume that the wild or native form is simply an escapee from someone's garden. Like most wildflowers, ordinary garden soil is sufficient when it comes to...
Add half as much tobacco as herb mix in jar "2," and then halve the tobacco one more time for jar "3." Jar "4" should not have any tobacco at all.Start your first set of cigarettes using your quit-smoking mix from the first jar.
The high anti-viral, antibiotic, antifungal, and antimicrobial properties of some herbal tinctures can be used with other homemade creations, such as: creams, lotions, soaps, balms, salves, and ointments.
However, I did find there were common basic components: solid oil, liquid oil, binder (emulsifier), and water. Why aren't you making hand cream for those rough, scratched, and aching gardening hands?
It undoubtedly has something to do with growing older. I believe I just better go on back home, don't you reckon?" And Aunt Bett got up and kept on walking. She told the mother that boiling the water purified it, and that babies should only drink purified...
It is a readily available antiseptic for cuts, burns and bruises. I never used to nap during the afternoon. Funnel shaped flowers are borne in pairs from the leaf axils. Just in case it ever happens.And too, I could always sprinkle it in my garden if...
The potent powder is best fried in butter (ghee) to dissipate the smell before adding the remaining ingredients to the pot. The test results found multiple strong antiviral constituents and additional properties much more potent than the costly manufactured...
We hope this spotlight on some of our members' favorites is a nice change of pace for your Saturday morning. Every society and culture since before written records existed used plants for medicinal and culinary purposes.
Rodale's Encyclopedia of Natural Home Remedies. 19 Dec 2008.The results of the Cornell University tested spices were stated by Stephen H. Pale, grayish brown, herbs should be thrown out and your stock replenished.
Some studies have shown that overconsumption of black licorice can cause high blood pressure and deplete the body of potassium. It is easy to make this or similar candies by cooking a strong herbal tea down together with sugar.
I know hunters who note where ginseng seeds are maturing and will come back in the fall to pick them and plant near the ‘mother plant'. The settlers then and now had a hardscrabble life on land too steep to cultivate except for small home gardens, a...
Actually we called it dog briar in those days. It ranks right up there with persimmons and pawpaws in my book.I have searched and searched for my grandmother's rose hip jelly recipe.
Fairs and harvest celebrations are a part of every culture and are as much a part of modern life as they were at the dawn of recorded history. It is an interesting journey into the past, and now you know the 'rest of the story'.
Drying enhances the sweet vanilla taste. If I want to turn it into a high energy drink, I add a few drops of honey while it is still hot. A long time later I found that he was right.
Prior to the 20th century, few people outside of South Africa had ever tasted or even heard of rooibos tea. Their formation of fair trade tea cooperatives is described in a July 2010 article in the British newspaper “The Guardian." Instead of growing...
It was a favorite of ancient beekeepers, who rubbed its fresh leaves on beehives to encourage bees to return to the hives and bring others with them. "Would you like to drop the balm in the lemonade?" she asked me.
It made my bag smell so good.I sat near one of the long tall open windows inside the red brick church building, the only church in many miles that had a steeple. I did not always memorize things I needed to know, but I always memorized those things I...
Of course it could have been that they were only ten years old at the time. But they have not confirmed it as a love potion. The simple fact was, there were no girls my age living nearby.
I was family so I could do that. When we are very young and not yet wise in the ways of adults, we tend to see only what is in front of us. Sometimes I was told to roll the leaf into long skinny pencil-like shapes and string it on cotton twine .
"The Pasta Machine Cookbook". George Mateljan Foundation.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=84 . Bristol Publishing.World's Healthiest Foods(WHFoods): Omega-3 fatty Acids.
Ricin irritates the intestines and causes, for lack of a more gentile term, rapid purging. There is so much to remember about plants, is it worth it to have these hidden dangers in our gardens?
If a productive garden is just as important to you as a beautiful garden, why not add tea herbs to your inventory? Chamomile is naturally caffeine-free and has a distinctively apple-like flavor.
It is an erect perennial with woolly whitish gray square stems up to about 3 feet high. After it steeped for about 30 minutes, we strained it into a heavy saucepan, pressing with a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid.
Wash your fruit, but it isn't necessary to peel it. Choose healthy shoots and young leaves for the best results. Mints are a logical choice, (and easy to grow) but savory herbs such and rosemary, basil, thyme and sage are surprisingly refreshing too.
