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Starting this out, here. Got the garlic in, finally, a couple of weeks later than my usual late planting time. The weather's been really mild, I think we are okay. I refurbished the garlic beds - dug out the paths between them and placed that nice, organic-matter-rich material on top of the...

There are a few statements there that would be difficult to dispute!

Welcome, Tuco! Sometimes I forget there are people in the world with so much in common with me. While my musical preference is, stereotypically, bluegrass, old timey:welcome and gospel, I do play an autoharp and enjoy jams with my friends. I have owned a few motorcycles and enjoyed riding...

When we had ducklings, all I could get for starter was turkey-waterfowl, 27% protein. I did some arithmetic, and based on Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks, added chopped rolled oats - not instant, and I would not feed it to littles without chopping it up - one part oats to 4 parts crumbles...

Hi, Lawana, I enjoy making salves, also, and continue to learn more about plants and their abilities to help us out. Comfrey is one of my favorites. I know people and animals who keep getting various bumps and breaks, and a nice comfrey salve (and poultice) is good for that as well as good for...

I have bought indoor mushroom kits from them in the past and was very happy with the results. They also sell spawn you can sprinkle on the mulch in your vegetable garden, so you can get a harvest of both veg and mushrooms, and the mycelium of the mushrooms helps the vegetables grow stronger.

A couple of thoughts - lemon balm is a nervine, helps soothe anxiety. There is a Bach's for fighting fear (rock rose, I think). On a different tack, I used to have a dentist phobia. Long personal story, but it was intense. I am okay now. Part of that was talking it out with someone who knew...

The wetting process looks . . . cumbersome. But then again, having high quality nutrition for only four hours a week doesn't sound like such a bad tradeoff.

I wish I had a ready answer for you, but I do have a few thoughts that I hope might help. I know it's been a week. I am up to my ears in projects, so I don't get on here much. Okay. I think the water could help, because my feeling is that it could be a circulatory problem with the plants -...

Greetings, I have enjoyed using a few indoor mushroom kits, and am looking to expand on that. Seems I ought to be able to establish some mushroom growing structures outdoors in the woods. I have seen photo's of inoculated wood, stacked something like a log house. Ideas? Thoughts...

I find that activated charcoal and ground up horsetail herb are good additions to toothpaste or powder. If you burn clean hardwood in a wood stove there is a free source of charcoal. It needs to be finely ground.

Sweet dreams, all.

I need to turn in soon. Please keep us posted. Your instincts are going to be better than mine on this - - my nightmare is dismissing something that turns out to be more trouble than expected. I think I am not the only one who feels that way. But on the plus side, she has no fever, is that...

I might put a drop of tea tree oil in a teaspoon of coconut oil and dab a tiny bit on there. Yeasts are s l o w to get rid of as you know. Although I did well a few years ago - fasted from all sugar and starch (yup, even fruit), and in five days or so, a rash (that I reckoned was yeast)...

Do you suppose it could be a little yeast infection, like an opportunistic secondary infection? Coconut oil is supposed to be effective against yeast, and I think tea tree oil and oil of oregano. It would not foam with H2O2.

I think you are right - we can leave it up . . . there was a good bit of warning about it. Spoiler alert, eh? Let me think - the edges - are they raised, with the pale colored stuff a little lower? Or is the whole light colored center higher than the skin around it?

Kids generally can figure these things out pretty quickly. Once I have seen it, we can take it out of the post

Well at the risk of causing someone reading this to get the vapors, could you take a photo of just the problem area and upload it? Or, to preserve the faint of heart, I could find a link to a photo of an ulcer like I have. Maybe a link would be better, then no one would be blind-sided by a...

Had no kids of our own, but between us, (siblings on both sides) we have 54 nieces, nephews, grands and great-grands. And have had a hand raising a good number of them. Tears at my heart for any of them to hurt or be ill. So, sending love and prayers. Keep up the good work!

Well, I always hesitate to suggest whether it is time to see the doctor - - especially since I am not right there. I think you are approaching this in the right way, and a nurse's advice is quite valuable - I feel that most nurses have seen more than many doctors. Are you dealing with a...