20 Weird But Amazing Uses For Honey Please Share This Page: Google + stumbleupon tumblr reddit If you are a first-time visitor, please be sure to like us on Facebook and receive our exciting and innovative tutorials on herbs and natural health topics! Image – © dusk – Fotolia.com #27730350 As those of you who have been following our blog will know, we’re very fond of honey – especially the high-grade raw stuff, to which we dedicated a full-length post recently. However we only really discussed the nutritional benefits of eating good quality honey. The original list of 20 Unusual Uses For Honey that we found and planned to share with you contains some good ideas, but we also thought to be honest that they were stretching it a little to come up with 20 – and that some of them were simply different honey recipes – atypical perhaps but not really all that strange! Here then are both lists – the original list of 20 and then the “bonus 15″ weird but amazing uses of honey. 20 Uses For Honey You Never Thought Of
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Natural Tonic: Richard Schulze The Master Tonic - A Natural Antibiotic by Richard Schulze, University of Natural Healing Based on a tonic by John Christopher Raw Unfiltered Unbleached Non-distilled Apple Cider Vinegar 1 part fresh chopped garlic cloves 1 part fresh chopped White Onion (or hottest onions) 1 part fresh grated Ginger Root 1 part fresh grated Horseradish Root 1 part fresh chopped Cayenne Peppers or the hottest peppers available, i.e. habanero, African Bird, or Scotch Bonnets, etc. Fill a glass jar 3/4 of the way full w/equal parts by volume (i.e. a cupful each) of the above fresh chopped and grated herbs. Shake at least once a day for two weeks, then filter the mixture through a clean piece of cotton (old T-shirt, etc.), bottle and label. This tonic is extremely powerful because all the ingredients are fresh. The dosage is 1/2 to 1 ounce, two or more times daily (1- 2 Tbs.). For ordinary infections, 1 dropper full taken 5-6 times a day will deal with most conditions. Ingredient properties: Dr.
Off Grid Info - Food Independence - Where To Find Raw Honey Join 9000+ Fans of Off-Grid: Share this page: StumbleUpon Google + Raw honey is honey that has not been heated, pasteurized or otherwise processed. It is widely regarded as the healthiest form of honey. Most people are now aware of the seriously alarming reports that a very considerable amount of imported / "big brand" honey may be adulterated, tainted with illegal antibiotics, heavy metals and possibly even not honey at all but a fake product made with high fructose corn syrup! Ok, here is a list we gathered of over 100 companies supplying raw honey (in the USA ) - "the real stuff"! , we are gathering them up and will add them to this page very shortly! Special thanks to Julie Anne D for compiling this giant list! All inquiries - please contact: Privacy Policy | About
hanging strawberries Build a Bat House Photos and story by Carla Brown, NWF Web Producer I love bats because mosquitoes LOVE to bite me. Pesticides mostly kill the mosquito's predators rather than mosquitoes. According to Bat Conservation International, a single bat can capture 500 to 1,000 mosquitoes in a single hour! Bats are also interesting because: In many ecosystems, they play a key role in pollinating plants. Before I share my bat house building experience, let me say that I am no carpenter. Why Build a Bat House? You might be surprised: bats don't always live in caves. Your goal is to make a bat house that mimics the space between bark and a tree trunk. You might wonder why you need to build a bat house. A bat house is also is a great way to provide cover for wildlife, as well as a place for wildlife to raise young--two components of becoming a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat site. How to Build a Bat House That was not how I had pictured a bat house. Supplies Needed to Build a Bat House
The Finished Project. It's a..... Pillow! I started with one of my old t-shirts, cutting 1 1/2 in wide strips from it. Using the longest stitch, I sewed right down the middle of each strip. I ruffled each strip by pulling the bottom thread and easing the gathering along the thread. This takes a while so I sat and watched a couple of episodes of Veronica Mars while I did it. I laid out one of my husbands old dress shirts and started laying down the ruffled strips to see how wide my pillow would be and to make sure I had enough ruffles to go all the way across the shirt. Once I had all the ruffles down, I knew how wide to cut my pillow. Using the side seam of the shirt as a guide, I started sewing the ruffles on to the back of the shirt, going down the center of each strip, right over the original basting stitch. Here it is with all the ruffles attached. Turn the shirt over and button up what is now the back, then turn the shirt inside out and sew the top and bottom of the pillow. Unbutton the shirt and turn it right side out.
Panty Tutorial: How to Sew Underwear | This tutorial will take you, step by step, through the process of making underwear that fit you perfectly and look great too. You can click on any of the photos in each step to enlarge them (which will make reading the text on some of them much easier). Please use this pattern for personal use only, and feel free to link back to this post. As always, I encourage you to Contact Me if you have any questions throughout the process, I love to hear from you!! Supplies: 1/2 yard of jersey fabric (up to 1 yard for larger sizes) – It is really hard to find cute jersey, so feel free to repurpose old t-shirts, pajamas or whatever jersey you can find! Create the Pattern: Start with your favorite pair of underwear that have seen better days, these will be referred to as the “pattern underwear”: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. You have now created your pattern! Cut Pattern from Fabric: 8. 9. 10. Construct the Panties: 11. -Front Piece, right side up -Bottom Piece, right side down 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Recycled Wine Bottle SoyWax Candles and by NuancesOfAmor DIY Beeswax Survival Candles I was surprised by the overwhelming reaction to our post on DIY Survival Candles back in February--it has become by far the most popular single post on T-Blog. I wanted to follow up with a how-to for using beeswax for candle making. A good, 100% natural, chemical-free beeswax is the highest quality wax you can get, burning brighter and hotter for longer than other waxes. Beeswax is more expensive than the soy wax that we used on the survival candles--around three to five times the cost, I've found. Because of its expense, beeswax is probably best when you really need to maximize your candle horsepower in a given size/weight package. Beeswax also has a high melting point of 144 to 147 degrees, so if you want to leave a candle in a vehicle, beeswax is your best bet. To make beeswax candles, the procedures are similar. Supplies Needed: BeeswaxWicks - square braid cotton wicks are traditionally used for beeswax candles. Again, beeswax is difficult to clean up.
The Bee Buzz Rendering Beeswax I've done a fair amount of research on rendering beeswax, and I think I've tried every method known to man. At the end of each of them, I ended up with several hours invested in figuring out how to refine the wax from the big mess I made during the process. Lucky for you, I am here to show you what I learned - minus all the mistakes I made along the way. Hopefully, you will find this useful and save yourself from the frustrations I experienced the first few times I attempted to render wax. I'm going to give you a list of items you'll need during this process, but first there is something you should know. large stainless steel pots (you want stainless steel so that nothing leaches out into your wax) Cool, clear water Empty, clean half gallon milk/juice carton with top cut off (the kind that's coated with wax inside) Knee high panty hose Wax Screen - or lots of cheesecloth Newspaper And now we're ready.
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Pectin - What it is, how it works, how to use it, the different types if pectin and where to get it! Pectin - What it is, how it works, how to use it, the different types if pectin and where to get it! This month's notes: April 2014: Spring is just around the corner. Strawberries are here in Florida, Texas and California, next in late March and April for much of the South, then in May for most of the country and June in cooler northern areas. See how easy it is to make strawberry jam or strawberry-rhubarb jam! Organic farms are identified in green! Subscribe to our: Email alerts; Follow us on Twitter Add this page to your favorites! Pectin is a naturally occurring substance (a polyscaccaride) found in berries, apples and other fruit. Your grandmother probably didn't use pectin. You can do that if you wish.. but I'll use the prepared pectin - it is completely natural and safe. Most pectin you buy at the supermarket is produced in Europe and imported to the U.S.. After the jam has been heated and starts to cool, a gel starts to form. Gelling problems Too stiff or lumpy jam Runny Jam