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Amen to adding lemon balm (potted perhaps to avoid garden take-overs). As a nanny, I'm out walking the neighborhood for hours each day, and I've seen a lot of escaped lemon balm growing. I started picking handfuls each day and drying it up at home to tincture. Once tinctured, it makes the...

My husband and I have just moved into an apartment in the city and while I'm longing for the quiet and space of the country, I'm keeping in touch with the green things in my "herb room". I'm lucky enough to have a utility room just off the kitchen that has a lot of cabinet space, so I've turned...

I make a salve for my eczema using chaparral and chickweed infused for several hours in olive or safflower oil, over low heat on the stove. I strain out the herbs and add beeswax, pour into containers and add lavender essential oil, stirring quick before the salve solidifies. I've been using...

I went on depo right after giving birth to my daughter at 17, as I was quite certain I didn't want TWO kids as a teenager. I was on it for about 4 years and when I went off it, it took a full year for my periods to come back. Don't know if that's normal, but that's what happened with me.

Hubby and I had one of "those" discussions about the finances last night and one of the things mentioned was our need to keep a better budget. So, being the dutiful wife that I am :lol: I went right to the web today while on break at work and set up an account with Mint.com. I figured it's...

I was just reading about the many uses of yarrow on herbalist Ryan Drum's website. Apparently, its very useful in treating deep wounds. Who knew?? Here's the link to the article: http://www.ryandrum.com/threeherbs.htm I hope this is helpful and imformative!

Thank you all for the very informative answers. I especially like the admonition: "Pooping a lot creates a flat tummy and rids the body of toxins that create zits and body odor". :) Someone clearly knows how teenage girls think. The article about biochemistry was fascinating, and a good...

My daughter is super active and does not always eat to support her healthy life-style. I'd like to get her on some vitamins to help her with energy and make sure she's getting the nutrients she needs. I'd love to hear from you folks what you would suggest. She needs iron, so that would be a...

Thanks for the link. They had a couple of ideas on there that I hadn't read before. I love the idea of the bed legs in tin cans with petroleum jelly. :lol:

I'll admit it, we're not the type of people to vacuum once a week and we don't wash bed linens weekly either. Worse yet, we don't "frontline" our indoor chihuahua. So I suppose it should come as no surprise that suddenly we are being eaten alive by something invisible that strikes fast and...

We somehow have ended up with a flea infestation at home and my poor hubby, who seems to always get the lion's share of the bites, used some of my new insect repellent lotion. It seems to be as effective in soothing the bites he already had as it is in preventing new bites. What a good deal...

Well, I've tried a regular little whisk and it didn't seem to help. Maybe if I actually get out the beaters and put it on a low setting that would work. The tecture on this batch is perfect, but it's clear that none of the essential oils or honey is mixed in. Have to work on that one.

I've been making lip balms using a recipe I found that calls for 4 tablespoons of almond oil, one tablespoon beeswax and one teaspoon of honey, plus whatever essential oils you like, added (along with the honey) once the wax has melted and the oils removed from the heat. Every time, I've had...

What a great doctor to recommend something so natural! I got it once as a teenager also and had to walk around with sticky bandages on my chin where all the gooey antibiotic cream was applied. I got it again as an adult not too long ago and used all natural treatment methods and it...

Hey big brown horse, I live in Seattle. :) So, I tried a total of five different types of homemade insect repellent this weekend. We had 13 people there for two days with LOTS of mosquitoes and only ended up with a total of 5 bites. Yay!! I was very excited with the results. We applied...

I'm amazed at how bad lice can be in schools and daycares. I worked at the YMCA on Whidbey Island for 4 years and we had to do head checks on every kid at least once a week because the lice were so epidemic. They were SO hard to get rid of. Just a note about the insect repellent mix I just...

I've made three others so far, but I wanted to be sure to record the details on this one because I really like the way it smells and feels. Don't know how it works yet for repelling bugs, but will find out tomorrow as I am heading out to camp for the weekend with the family. Perfect timing...

I just made a batch of this, reworked to be an insect repellent. I substituted safflower for the coconut that's called for, and added essential oils of the following: eucalyptus lavender citronella lemongrass juniper clove basil cedarwood geranium sage pine needle Aside from cooking the...

Weight loss on ACV?? I'm all ears! I've been taking it for about a week, mixed with honey and water (1/4 cup warm water, 1 tsp each honey and ACV) three times a day ideally. I have lost a few pounds but I thought it was due to my not eating sugar, white breads, alcohol or fruit. Can anyone...

I've had persistent dandruff, scaly, flakey, ITCHY. Rinsed with ACV mixed with rosewater and diluted with water, and wow! Just one treatment and it's almost all gone. I've had it for almost a year. Wondering why the heck I didn't do it sooner. I think next time I'll dilute it a little more...