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Sprouting Health

by mama May 26, 2010 DIY Herbal Goodies

My new/old favorite nearly instantly gratifying food trick is making sprouts. I say old, because back in the day when we were wearing tie dye and bellbottoms for the first time and before we realized the nutritional value of sprouts, I used to make sprouts all the time. At the time when I was first [Read more...]

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Non-Toxic Waste Dump

by mama April 1, 2010 Earth Mama HQ

The good news about having a certified organic manufacturing facility is that the industrial waste is disposed of sustainably. Non-toxic herbal industrial waste = organic compost. Now that’s some good garbage. [Read more...]

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Yarrow To The Rescue

by mama March 29, 2010 My Garden

While washing dishes a few nights ago I accidentally bounced my best Rachel Ray knife off my index finger. Since my hands were warm from the dishwater, the cut bled like I’d just opened the valve to Old Faithful. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Like all cooks busy hacking and chopping, I’ve [Read more...]

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Cream of Green Soup

by mama March 4, 2010 My Garden

What better way to say I Love You than with a fresh stinging nettle soup, right? I thought so too. My husband had a cold and was a little off his game, so this past Valentine’s day I decided to harvest the first crop of spring nettles, spinach and kale and make him a steaming bowl of Cream Of [Read more...]

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Drooling Over Seed Catalogs

by mama February 1, 2010 My Garden

I heard a robin singing last week. Not only that, little green stinging nettle plants and brave daffodil shoots are peeking out through the mud. And the raspberry plants have fresh new buds emerging from the dry, brown canes. That means two things that make my wee heart leap: It’s almost spring, and it’s seed catalog time! [Read more...]

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Carson Mineral Hot Springs: A Resolutionary Experience

by mama January 8, 2010 My Garden

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I prefer to take periodic pauses to take stock, reflect and evaluate. Four times a year at the beginning of each new season, I try to make my way just over the state line to “take the waters” at Carson Mineral Hot Springs & Spa. On [Read more...]

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