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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 [...]

Natural Alternatives for Allergy and Asthma

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 and [...]

Naturally Fighting Ear Infections

Claire is finally getting better, but still not “well.” On Tuesday night she woke up with an ear ache. I took her to the Dr. Wed. morning and her said her inner ear was pink, but there was no fluid and no fever. Since Claire does not react well to antibiotics, I asked if there was [...]

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. [...]