Anthrax. Smallpox. Plague. Diseases that can kill. Diseases that are now in the hands of terrorists. What if these diseases were released in your hometown, or the place where you work? What could you do if vaccines and treatments were in short supply or unavailable? Is there anything you can do now to prepare yourself [...]
Yearly Archives: 2011
How to Boost Your Immune System | Prevent Colds and Flu
Winter is when we are most likely to catch a cold or the flu. With Susun Weed’s help, you can prepare yourself with herbs and home remedies to avoid infection and boost your immune system. Ms. Weed prefers safe antibacterial herbs such as echinacea, usnea, or poke root, which not only kill infection, but also [...]
Stories of Ravens
A large black bird flies past my window in the near distance, just above the tops of the trees beyond the field behind my house. Between twenty-two and twenty-seven inches long, with a wedge-shaped tail and steady wing beats, I hardly need look at it to know that it is one of the ravens that [...]
Bird Language eCourse
7 Days to Understand the Language of the Birds Birdwatching is one of the most popular sports in the world. Yet most birdwatchers aren’t listening at all to the real drama going on all around them in the voices of the birds. You can quickly learn about the Language of the Birds and know whether [...]
Plant Identification Quiz #9
Have you noticed the position of the sun lately? Have you noticed the way the shadows are getting just a little bit longer, the afternoons a little lazier and the evenings are starting to cool off a bit. Not a lot, just enough to remind us that summer is winding down. This month, the Fall [...]
Herbal Home Remedies: Herbal Vinegars – Part 2
Aromatic Delights from your Garden Part One of this article explained herbal vinegars’ many potent qualities as herbal home remedies, and reviewed the basic tools and simple process of making herbal vinegars. A journey into the author’s garden illustrated how we can reap nature’s rewards and harvest numerous herbs for herbal vinegars. Now, we get [...]
How to Read a Compass
Navigation by way of compass may seem daunting at first to a beginner, but this trepidation shouldn’t stand in the way of learning to use one. In fact, once the basics are down, a compass will be a valued friend in the back-country — one you can always count on to help guide your steps. [...]
Herbal Home Remedies: Herbal Vinegars – Part 1
Aromatic Delights from your Garden A pantry full of herbal vinegars is a constant delight. Preserving fresh herbs and roots in vinegar is an easy way to capture their nourishing goodness. It’s easy too. You don’t even have to have an herb garden. BASIC HERBAL VINEGAR Takes 5 minutes plus 6 weeks to prepare. You [...]
Plant Identification Quiz #8
Ahhh, summer. A time for camping. In the Northwest, June tends to be a rainy month. At least our greenness stays till August due to the rains. And for some reason, people get married more in this month than any other month. Some very interesting things happen in June. I have many favorite plants, as [...]
Yellow Jacket Stings
Yellow Jacket Stings. These words are enough to make the average American recall memories of checkered tablecloths and picnics, swarmed by black and yellow bodies. Most people view this insect as a pest. While they can be dangerous, they are also incredibly beneficial for your garden, and are a source of food for skunks, bears [...]
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