Douglas Fir Tip Tea Douglas fir tree tips are edible. And believe or not they actually are quite yummy. We have a huge Douglas fir tree in our back yard and I get so excited when I see those lime green new growths showing. Each year the tree will shoot out new growths on the end of each branch. When…
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How Your Gut Microbiome Affects Your Mood It’s hard to believe but did you know that your gut microbiome can impact your mood? Yup it sure can. We, humans, have trillions of bacteria cells (flora) in our gut. Mostly in our colon. We have good bacteria and some bad bacteria. Ideally, there is a balance between them. But sometimes there…
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10 Best Herbs for Coughs Horehound (Marrubium vulgare L. ) Has a long history of relieving coughs. In fact, it is the main ingredient in natural cough drops like Ricola. Horehound is a herb belonging to the mint family. It is an expectorant herb, which means it helps loosen and expel mucus from the lungs. Horehound contains many different compounds. One…
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Free Home Decor Printables When you first move out on your own you generally don’t have much money to purchase artwork or home decor. For most of us, we hit the Goodwill or garage sales, and if we are lucky our parents or grandparents give us their old hammy-down decor and couches which is usually from two decades prior. Thanks…
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Old Mans Beard-Natures Antibiotic Chances are you have seen Old Mans Beard growing in a forest near you, or even on a tree in your own back yard. Old Mans Beard is called Usnea. Usnea is natures antibiotic, or that’s what I like to call it. Usnea looks like a green or pale green hairy beard hanging from branches and…
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