May 2009
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Strawberry Leaf Tea
In my area, strawberries, both wild and home/farm grown, are at their peak. We all know the sweet red fruit well,
Strawberry Plant
and all the pies and shortcakes made with it. But did you know the leaves are edible also and can be used to make herbal tea?
Strawberry plant leaves can be harvested all summer. It [...]
Is It Really Better to Read Labels on Pet Food?
I say a resounding yes. I was dismayed last year when I ran across a couple of articles on pet food and discovered most commercial pet food is full of filler ingredients, like wheat, that our pets wouldn’t normally eat outside in the wild. Corn is used to fatten animals up fast for slaughter, and [...]
Simple Facial Mask
Using a facial mask doesn’t need to involve using a lot of chemicals on your face. For a very simple mask, you only need one ingredient – clay.
Clay can be found in your local health food store and is sold as French green, Bentonite, or red clay. The French green is really good for pulling [...]
Insect Bite Relief
It’s that time of year again — trees are filling out with leaves, flowers are blooming, and bugs are out preying on any human they can get their jaws on. I’ve personally become a tick magnet, and as they’re already out in force on our wooded lot, I had to find some way to knock [...]
Ginger Tea for Congested Sinuses
Tired of dealing with the side effects of sinus medicine? Just fix a cup of hot ginger root tea. Ginger root is fairly cheap and easy to find in your local grocery store. It can also be cut up into slices and frozen so you will always have some handy when sinus congestion hits. The [...]
Tea Tree Oil for Hives Relief
Tea tree oil is a great remedy for hives. I recently had a particularly bad set of hives which would not go away with anything — no allergy medicine, none of the steroid creams my allergist had given me in the past, nothing. I have used tea tree oil for a long time for other [...]
