Each night before I go to bed,I have a cup of Chamomile Tea. I was lucky enough to receive a generous bag of organic chamomile flowers from my friend Jardel and have been using them ever since. Most people are aware that chamomile is a gentle and effective sleep aid,but it has several [...]
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   | As some of you already know,when we moved our stuff out of storage and into the new house,all the foam furniture was ruined. There was inches of dirty and grime in the plastic supposedly protecting our mattresses and the couches were a total loss. In reality it was not a huge loss of money. [...] Sorry for the delay,but I have finally downloaded the pictures from the elderberry field trip and experimented with some elderberry-cherry jelly! Here are the photos from our trip to the River Ranch owned by Wildlands Inc. We pretty much caravaned down the levee picking berries as we went. Or I should say Bill (from [...] For those of you who made it to the Natural Spring Cleaning Workshop at ArtBeast,thank you for coming. I really enjoyed meeting you. For those who could not make it I decided I would provide the basic information we went over in the workshop. Basic Ingredients Baking Soda:Baking Soda is slightly alkaline. It [...] It is definitely Spring at the Stillman House. The garden has taken off,the hens are laying,and our butterflies have emerged! And with Spring comes pollen and LOTS of it. It is literally raining pollen in our yard. I came across this article in Mother Earth News that has a good summary of allergy triggers [...] So it is mandarin season here in California and Placer County is famous for their mandarins. Ross LOVES them and eats 2-4 per day. I love them because they are seedless,easy to peel and separate,and easy to take to go. The common health benefits of mandarins are like oranges:vitamins C,calcium,and [...] Elderflower and Elderberry I have been getting a lot of questions about elderberry over the last few weeks,and came across this great article in The Herb Companion magazine. It provides good information on the historic medical use,how to grow them,and some fun recipes for elderflower. I really don’t have much to add [...] Many of you may have read a recent study written up in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that ”scientists from the world famous Karolinska Institute report that multivitamin supplements had no effect on the incidence of asthma,allergic rhinitis,eczema,or atopic sensitization in 2,423 eight-year olds. However,when the scientists limited their analysis to children [...] Well,the kids are just getting over their first cold of the rainy season. Every time the weather changes significantly my kids get sick. So basically that means Fall (about the time for Feast of Tabernacles or Halloween) and Spring (in time for Passover and Easter). They had very typical symptoms of stuffy nose,low [...] |  
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