Simple Herbal Tonics: Brews for Beginners
So you read my last article Herbs Made Easy: The Art of Simpling, and you’re ready to plunge in and make an herbal tonic? All that’s left is picking an herb and making an infusion. Remember the...
View ArticleDandelions are Super Foods
It’s almost spring, which means some people are stocking up on Round Up and Weed-B-Gon to prepare themselves for battle against my favorite flower – the humble dandelion. If you’re not as big a fan as...
View ArticleSimplify Your Medicine Cabinet
So maybe you read this post and simplified your personal care? Now how about your medicine cabinet? The other day I realized that I haven’t taken any kind of medication in three years, because I was...
View ArticleDo-It-Yourself Health Care
My family has watched our health insurance deductible go from $100 per person two years ago to $1500 per person this year. We pay more out-of -pocket each month and get less coverage than we used to....
View Article5 Winter Immunity Boosters
Most adults catch between two and four colds a year and the average infant or child catches from six to ten colds a year. That means, in our lifetimes, most of us will have a cold or flu for between...
View ArticleDandelion Season
It’s spring again … the perfect time to rerun this post from last March… It’s spring, which means some people are stocking up on Round Up and Weed-B-Gon to prepare themselves for battle against my...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Trees
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. ~Hal Borland Cough, cough, cough. Cough, cough, cough. That’s how our household sounds this week. So it was with interest that I...
View ArticleMarch Seeds Bring April Greens
It’s gardening time again! It feels like it was the shortest winter in history (although I perhaps would not have said that mid-January). I planted a few of our beds a couple of weeks ago. It’s our...
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