You know you’re ready when the plants start calling to you. There’s a voice in your head and a feeling in your heart that there has to be a better way than running to the doctor for every little thing, and being given a prescription with side effects that may cause more damage than good. […]
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Many of us either struggle ourselves, or know someone who struggles with some type of addiction. This could be anything from gambling, caffeine, alcohol, gaming, or processed foods (and maybe buying books you know you won’t have time to read, but don’t tell anyone!). Webster defines an addiction as, “a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological
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Many of us are familiar with the wisdom of eating seasonally: eating cooling foods when it’s hot in summer, and eating warming foods when it’s cold in winter. Watermelon when there’s snow on the ground just isn’t the same as watermelon when it’s so hot just the thought of cooking something makes you swoon. Likewise,
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(Get it? As in, “meets the eye with a stinging burn that makes you dance and cry.”) Onions are one of the cheapest, most underestimated, and best medicines you can have in your home medicine kit. They are gentler in action than their cousin garlic, but share many of the same medicinal properties. Onions and
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(Disclaimer: The following information is for educational purposes only, and is not meant to treat, diagnose, or cure any disease) Our Plague Doctor Syrup is based on a formula developed by Dr. John R. Christopher, called Anti Plague. This formula was created to deal with the actual plague, as well as being an all-purpose antiviral/antiparasitic/antimicrobial.
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Dear Friends, This Christmas, why not gift your loved ones with something that just might spark a lifetime of the joy of nature? The following are a few ideas to help get your creative juices going, and when given with an investment of your time and enthusiasm, they will surely become treasures! This post contains
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Hello, friends! Sorry for being missing in action for so long- We’re still trying to work the bugs out of the website! Summer is almost over, after months of heat and humidity. This year has been unusually dry for Missouri, so much of our time was spent keeping the gardens and animals watered. We did
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It is late March in the Ozarks of Missouri. Many birds have returned from their winter migration, and it is lovely to hear their springtime songs. The spring peepers sing loudly in all the ponds, while the temperature goes up and down on the thermometer.
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Welcome, my friends, to my new home on the internet! I blogged for many years at sweetefelicity.blogspot.com, and my old posts can still be viewed there. This blog will feature herbal remedies, health tips, plant profiles, and seasonal offerings from our Blossom and Birdsong product line. God bless you and yours, and I hope you
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