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Elderberries!!! Come with me to the Harvest!

I am so excited! Thanks to the wonderful people at Wildlands Inc. I have arranged for 10 lucky people to attend an elderberry harvesting field trip on one of their mitigation sites. “Wildlands is a habitat development, land management, and environmental planning company with projects throughout the Western and Southeastern United States. Established in 1991, Wildlands [...]

Alternative for Persistent Cough

I have heard A LOT of people complaining lately of lingering cough after this last (and very nasty) virus that went through the western US. If you know me, you know I will say: have you taken you elderberry syrup? But truthfully, I wouldn’t expect elderberry syrup to give instant cough relief after the virus has [...]

Chocolate Cough Syrup?

So Claire has had a persistent cough for over a week now. It started dry and shallow and now is wet and deep. She also still has a low grade fever. I took her to the doctor yesterday and he said there is no infection and her lungs are clear so keep doing what your doing. [...]

Natural Remedies: Cold and Flu Season is Upon Us

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 grade [...]