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WILDCRAFTING #5: MEDICINAL AND NUTRITIOUS LAMBS QUARTERS AND CHICKWEED

Posted in community, nature, plant identification, sustainability, tagged , , , on March 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »

This is just a lovely little bush in my neighborhood I am trying to ID. So, it’s a  Psoralea pinnata, called the Grape Kool-aid plant because that is what it smells like.  Cool. Sorry this is about 2 weeks behind schedule folks. The Japanese tsunami and nuclear meltdown really got me thinking about a disaster [...]

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DYNAMITE spring tonic – BUT FIRST, DO THIS RIGHT NOW YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.

Posted in announcement, community, sustainability, water, tagged , , , on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It only happens once a year, in the Spring and only for a very short time. Spring tonics are the magic elixir Mother Nature puts out there to get the life forces moving. Spring tonics were what I was going talk about but because of recent events in Japan and the devastating 9.0 earthquake and [...]

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WILDCRAFTING #4 : The CAT’S MEOW A REAL HERO

Posted in community, diy, nature, plant identification, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »

This is a Cattail A Cattail is regarded as one of the Fantastic 4.  One of 4 plants that could save your life. Know what the other three are? Here are the parts of the Cattail that we are going to be talking about starting with the roots and rhizomes. Rhizomes are underground stems. They [...]

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Wildcrafting: #3 Dandelions, Curly Dock, Jewelweed & Making flower essences.

Posted in community, nature, plant identification, sustainability, tagged , , , , , , on August 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Find it – Dandelion – Id it Know it The name dandelion is a corruption of the French dent de lion meaning lions tooth which refers to the shape of the leaves. Dandelions are  little power houses.  You can use all parts, flowers, leaves, roots even the seed heads, which automatically prompts you to make [...]

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Wildcrafting #1 Starter guide

Posted in community, health & beauty, nature, plant identification, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged , , , , , , , on August 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Wildcrafting #1: Starter guide Introduction Wildcrafting is the ancient art of taking care of yourself by taking care of Mother Nature.  A tried and true method of not only survival and sustainability, but also a way of promoting abundance, diversity and showing gratitude to dear old MOM who is always looking to shower us with [...]

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I Smell Gas

Posted in community, diy, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I have been smelling gas in the house.  Not all the time just occasionally and just faintly.  No it’s not Major. Or the cabbage. I was not really worried but it was annoying.  I decided to call the gas company and have them check for leaks. I needed the telephone number to call.  I thought [...]

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How to start a Movement. Just Do It.

Posted in community, diy, GE, Genetically Modified Organism, GM, gmo, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged on April 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Ring-a-ling, Ring-a- ling, Hello? Just Pick up the phone and dial the number. Send that email. Just do it.  The rest will  happen. Had my 3-way conference call Friday with Shannon Biggs co-author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots. Shannon Biggs directs the Local Economy project at Global Exchange. As [...]

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The Cobbler Methodology

Posted in sustainability, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

When I first got to Washington to start my new job, I had to look all freshly scrubbed and nicely attired. And I was…except for my shoes. I walk with purpose, and my shoes look like I walk with purpose. To the outside observer they might also looked old and scuffed. But these were nice [...]

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A Short Intermission from the GMO Story with an Update on Samson & Fam

Posted in announcement, community, health & beauty, local businesses, money, nature, organic, organic gardening, politics, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Samson was scheduled to do this week’s blog but he is up to his eyeballs in moving and getting settled.  So, this is kind of an intermission.   The intermission is a trailer for the award winning documentary Food, Inc.  This comes with a warning.  If you can’t stand the truth or you are not ready [...]

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GMO Story Continued: Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will be done on earth… part 3 of 5

Posted in community, health & beauty, site updates, sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »

A plant cell is different from an animal cell. Different because the genes in  a plant cell are programmed to make roots, stems and leaves not bones, tissues, organs.  KISs. Keeping it Simple simon.  Simply,  plant cells will separate just like the animal cells. That’s the organism part, but with very different results because of [...]

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