Oregano - One of The Most Beneficial Spices For Our Health Karen Foster, Prevent DiseaseWaking Times Oregano is widely considered as nature’s antibiotic. It is an indispensable spice in Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American and Italian cuisine, oregano is the must-have ingredient in tomato sauces and pairs well with capers and olives. It may be one reason why people who eat a Mediterranean diet tend to live longer and healthier lives. Oregano is an important culinary and medicinal herb that has been used in medicine and cooking for thousands of years – with a number of health benefits. It is one of the top five spices in the world with one of the highest ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) scores meaning it will more effectively neutralize free radicals. Oregano typically grows 50 cm tall and has purple leaves around 2 to 3 centimeters in length. The chemicals that give the herb its unique and pleasant smell are thymol, pinene, limonene, carvacrol, ocimene, and caryophyllene Oregano is a rich source of: How to Select and Store
Best Staple Crops for Building Food Self-Sufficiency To rely on your garden to feed your family, you need to grow staple crops — those foods that are the basis of the human diet. The best staple crops for building food self-sufficiency should be easy to harvest and store, return good yields, and be calorie-dense to provide the food energy from carbohydrates that you need each day. (See our Crop Yield and Calorie Density chart for a comparison of the staple crops discussed in this article.) In her book The Resilient Gardener, homesteader and seed breeder Carol Deppe provides in-depth information about staple crops, and names potatoes, corn, beans, squash and eggs as the “five crops you need to survive and thrive.” Food storage and preservation qualities are key aspects to consider when selecting staple crops to increase your household’s food security. Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes Potatoes (along with grain corn) will give you the most calories for the least space. Learn More: Go to All About Growing Potatoes for a potato growing guide.
Fennel It is a highly aromatic and flavorful herb with culinary and medicinal uses and, along with the similar-tasting anise, is one of the primary ingredients of absinthe. Florence fennel or finocchio is a selection with a swollen, bulb-like stem base that is used as a vegetable. Fennel is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the mouse moth and the anise swallowtail. Etymology and names[edit] The word "fennel" developed from the Middle English fenel or fenyl. Cultural references[edit] Fennel, from Koehler's Medicinal-plants (1887) As Old English finule, fennel is one of the nine plants invoked in the pagan Anglo-Saxon Nine Herbs Charm, recorded in the 10th century.[2] The Greek name for fennel is marathon (μάραθον) or marathos (μάραθος),[3] and the place of the famous battle of Marathon (whence Marathon, the subsequent sports event), literally means a plain with fennels.[4] The word is first attested in Mycenaean Linear B form as ma-ra-tu-wo.[5] ...
This Is The Cannabis Oil Recipe Rick Simpson Used To Heal His Cancer And Recommends To Others - Waking Times Media In 2003, Rick Simpson healed himself of skin cancer using cannabis oil. This is the recipe he perfected and recommends to others seeking to heal holistically. Amanda Froehlich, True ActivistWaking Times Media Someday, everyone will know the name ‘Rick Simpson’. Getting desperate, Rick decided to do something drastic – at least in the eyes of the mainstream. Rick remembered that thirty years prior, the University of Virginia discovered that cannabinoid in cannabis THC could kill cancer in mice. He figured that if the oil didn’t help within four days, he would give up the practice. Simpson’s success inspired others to give cannabis oil a try as an alternative treatment for cancer. In fact, even the U.S. Because of such, the public’s perception of the herb as a medicine has changed drastically in recent years. Which means, if you or someone you know is suffering from cancer, it might be the time you try out Rick Simpson’s personal cannabis oil recipe. Homemade Medicinal Cannabis Oil
The Top 5 Health Benefits Of Dark Chocolate Almost everybody likes chocolate. It is usually thought of as a sinful decadence, something we eat when we are choosing to indulge. Chocolate is also synonymous with happiness; do you ever notice people who are eating chocolate always seem happy to be doing so? Here are the top five benefits of dark chocolate. 1. Did you know that chocolate has one of the highest levels of antioxidants of any other food in the world? 2. As mentioned above, dark chocolate helps to increase levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as an antidepressant and can lower levels of stress. 3. The cocoa in dark chocolate has been shown to reduce the “bad” cholesterol (LDL) levels in the blood – which can clog up the veins and inner walls of arteries – allowing for proper arterial function. There has also been evidence to suggest that dark chocolate can increase the “good” cholesterol (HDL) levels in your body. 4. 5. Have you ever had 99% cocoa chocolate? Enjoy, much love! Check out the film for FREE!
Outdoor Concrete Pots - The Wood Grain Cottage Well, we’ve had a few days without the wind. I’m not sure how I’ve survived! I mean, we can actually walk outside without being blown away. I might have had one or two good hair days… And now that I’ve said that, I’m sure it will have to make its appearance. Let’s just pretend I didn’t say anything… I’ve been so anxious to start adding flowers and pots and outdoor pretties, that I couldn’t help myself from making a new pair of outdoor concrete pots. They’re unique and I love the way they look with flowers! Here’s how I made them… I started with basic black plastic pots, you know, the kind that your plants come in when you buy them… Then I started mixing my ingredients… Portland Cement, Perlite and Sphagnum Peat Moss. I’ve found that adding equal amounts of the concrete, peat moss and perlite works ok, but if you add another part of concrete to the mix, the concrete looks better when it’s dry… I added just enough water to make the mixture wet and “cottage cheese” like… P.S. P.S.S.
The Ultimate Guide to Aloe Vera and its Many, Often Unknown, Uses Aloe Harvesting and Production Before aloe gel and juice can hit store shelves, it has to be properly harvested and undergo a highly-sanitized production process. Aloe farms can be found throughout the world. Africa, Australia, Asia, Central America, South America and the Caribbean are all popular locations for growing aloe for commercial use. Cultivation To grow strong aloe plants, farms need good irrigation systems, fertilization and the proper climate. Did you know? Harvesting While cutting and gathering aloe leaves may seem like a simple task, there’s a science behind it. How aloe is cut: The leaf is pulled away from the stalk and cut at the white base of the plant. Upon harvesting, the leaves are gathered and delivered to a highly-regulated and sanitized processing facility. Did you know? Processing Processing must be done carefully to prevent the outer rind from being punctured which can cause contamination. The first step in processing is washing the leaves using various machines.
Volkswagen just re-released everyone’s favorite hippy-van…but now it’s electric. posted Categories: Mobility By David Webster With rumors about the return of the surfers craze, the hippie love machine might just be coming back! The Herbie-like purr of the motor coming down the drive will be replaced by an electric engine that can be charged at home. If you live under solar panels, this will be a move in a very green direction. Since its launch in the early 1950s, the Volkswagen Westfalia Camper has been an enduring classic, an icon of cross-country adventures and the traveling lifestyle. As of the posting of this article, the below van was for sale in Florida for $4,000 Neusser revealed that the Camper concept design features a small electric motor to power the front wheels, with battery packs stored under the floor. VW has teased a couple of different, new Campers in recent years—in 2001 they debuted a Microbus concept, and in 2011, the Bulli. Is this too good to be true? Sources and credits to The Plaid Zebra, Autocar, Inhabitat Related articles in Mobility
Cheap Patio idea - Sunset Mobile An outdoor "area rug" of stained concrete pavers replaced a tired lawn in the back of our 1930s bungalow in Santa Monica. And it solved a major, if temporary, problem. Because the back entrance of our house leads to a home office, lots of foot traffic had trampled the lawn. And our dog, Stella, regularly tracked grass and mud into the house. We needed a level, durable patio that would blend with the surrounding garden. Concrete pavers seemed to be the answer ― they are readily available and inexpensive (less than $1 each) at home improvement stores ― but their color range is limited to gray and ruddy brown. Then my experience as a scenery artist led me to the idea of turning the raw 12-inch-square pavers into a colorful mosaic. After removing the lawn and about 3 inches of soil beneath it (the 2-inch-deep pavers needed to sit flush against an adjacent driveway), we framed the patio with 2-by-4s and put down a 1-inch-thick layer of washed sand. Next: Project tips Project tips Make a plan.