Body Brushing.
You might not realize this, but unless you’ve been eating a perfectly healthy diet your whole life, your body is filled with negative toxins. Every thing you eat is absorbed by your body. Usually the toxins of the foods you eat are expelled through your bowels, but what if you don’t have bowel movements after every meal? That’s [...]
CSA share.
tx All the heavy rains and lack of sunshine have prolonged our early Spring crops and the CSA this weeks was again full of lettuce and greens. I was excited to finally get some garlic scapes, which I’ve been eyeing eagerly in the markets. I received: 1 head Napa Cabbage – transitional – [...]
Cast Iron Skillet.
As soon as the doctor told me that Bean’s iron levels were borderline, I knew the reason. At ten months of age she wasn’t eating massive amounts of greens. And I rarely cook red meat. So I started using a cast iron skillet so whatever I cooked would leach some of the iron out of [...]
Citronella Plant.
A few weeks ago, I put some Citronella Geranium Plants in the yard to keep the bugs away. They really have been helping. Making Olive and Bean’s swingset sessions bug free.
Pick a berry. Eat a berry.
This year, I planted two tomato bushes, two blueberry bushes, basil, and garlic chives. Well, Olive gets full credit for the garlic chives and the basil. I just transplanted them from her little Green Toys Gardening Kit to a small bed out back. AND, I have already counted 21 actual tomatoes growing and [...]
Basil from the Garden.
Benefits of Basil – has anti-inflamatory effects, blocks the same enzymes as Aspirin – high in vitamin A, which prevents free radicals from adding cholesterol into the bloodstream – has flavonoids that prevents chromosomal and cellular damage ( from radiation and oxygen) Pesto Recipe In my mini chopper, I put the following ingredients until [...]
CSA share.
This week my CSA share had lots of greens. Living proof that the combination of the summer heat and latest wet weather is just what the Farmers needed to harvest an abundance of greens.
Corn Gluten Fertilizer.
A girlfriend of mine introduced me to WOW fertilizer which is completely safe, all natural, and eco-friendly. Her and her husband have been using it for years and really like it. It is 100% organic material and made from the by product of cornstarch. What a fantastic alternative to all the other chemical filled fertilizers [...]
Bookshelves.
One of our go to sites for interior decorating inspiration is apartment therapy. These bookshelves are made from recycled wooden stairs and some plumbing equipment. Love, love, love.
