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Sources of Plants and Seeds
Perennial vegetables can be hard to find. The nurseries and seed companies that stock them are usually small and run by highly dedicated enthusiasts. In some cases only one or two companies in North America offer the species you are looking for. Be prepared for some quirky or technical catalogs – but ones that are chock-full of fascinating plants.
Someday more perennial vegetables may be available through mainstream companies. While this will help many more people grow them, please don’t forget the pioneering companies and organizations that first made these crops available to you.
During the course of writing Perennial Vegetables, two of the finest perennial vegetable nurseries – Oregon Exotics and Future Foods - went out of business. This should be a lesson to us all not to hold back on ordering something rare, because it may be very difficult to find again if a company goes under.
Several books and organizations can help you track down rare plants and seeds. Check out:
Andersen Horticultural Library Plant Information Online.
Free online subscription service, helping you find sources for 88,000 species from over 700 sources. Online at http://plantinfo.umn.edu.
Cornucopia: A Sourcebook of Edible Plants. Steven Facciola.
Listing of 3,000 species and thousands more varieties of edible plants, cross-linked to over 1,300 companies and institutions that offer them. BUY THIS BOOK
Garden Seed Inventory: An Inventory of Seed Catalogs Listing All Nonhybrid Vegetable Seeds Available in the United States and Canada
Listing of commercially available vegetable cultivars, compiled by Seed Saver’s Exchange. Sixth edition features 8,500 varieties and over 250 seed companies and nurseries. BUY THIS BOOK
The Seed Search. Karen Platt.
Book and online resource with sources for over 43,000 species and varieties. BUY THIS BOOK
North American Sources
AgroHaitai Ltd.
www.agrohaitai.com
Asian vegetables including fragrant spring tree, water spinach, and winged bean.
J.D. Andersen Nursery
www.jdandersen.com
Tremendous banana selection for California.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
www.rareseeds.com
Many perennial vegetables including such rarities as daylength-neutral winged beans, green hyacinth beans, and goldenberry.
Bamboo Garden Nursery
www.bamboogarden.com
Hardy bamboos.
Bamboo Headquarters
www.bambooheadquarters.com
Excellent selection of bamboos for California.
The Banana Tree
www.banana-tree.com
Specializing in unusual tropical plants including many banana varieties as well as air potato.
Edible Plant Project
www.edibleplantproject.com
Volunteer-run nursery propagating useful perennials adapted to northern Florida. Sales through Gainesville farmers market.
Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO)
www.echonet.org
ECHO is one of the best sources for tropical perennial vegetables. Their seed company ships anywhere, but unfortunately to get plants from their nursery you need to go there in person. ECHO has a wider selection of rare useful plants that are shipped free to development projects in developing countries, but are not available elsewhere due to limited seed availability.
Evergreen YH Enterprises
www.evergreenseeds.com
Asian vegetable seeds including many perennials.
Fedco Seeds
www.fedcoseeds.com
Sunchokes, shallots, good king Henry, and more.
Florida Bamboo Company
www.floridabamboo.com
Clumping bamboos for tropical and subtropical Florida. Not mail-order.
Heronswood Nursery
www.heronswood.com
Fascinating collection, including udo and fuki.
J.L. Hudson
www.jlhudsonseeds.net
“Native plants from around the world,” including chufa and others. Authors of Invasion Biology: Critique of a Psuedoscience.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
www.johnnyseeds.com
Wide range of vegetables, including many perennials.
Lilypons Water Gardens
www.lilypons.com
Aquatic vegetables like water celery and arrowhead.
Moore Water Gardens
www.moorewatergardens.com
Fine selection of edible aquatic plants.
Mountain Gardens
www.mountaingardensherbs.com
Large collection of useful plants.
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
www.oaec.org
Many species adapted to California, including tree collards and Andean root crops. On-site sales only.
Perennial Pleasures
www.perennialpleasures.net
Hardy perennials, including a superior skirret clone.
Peters Seed and Research
www.psrseed.com
Breed their own unique varieties. Perennial grains and brassicas.
Plant Delights Nursery
www.plantdelights.com
“Tropicalesque” hardy plants for colder climates.
Pond Plants and More
www.Pondsplantsandmore.com
Aquatic vegetables including water mimosa and water chestnut.
Richters Herbs
www.richters.com
Fantastic catalog offering many perennial vegetables.
Rivenrock Gardens
www.rivenrock.com
Specializing in spineless nopale cactus varieties.
Sand Hill Preservation Center
www.sandhillpreservation.com
Many neat crops, including incredible diversity of sweet potato varieties.
Seeds of Diversity Canada
www.seeds.ca
Sea kale, skirret, groundnut, and more.
Seed Savers Exchange
www.seedsavers.org
Grassroots network of seed savers, who share seeds and plants by mail. The “Miscellaneous” section of their annual yearbook includes many rare perennial vegetables. Joining SSE is highly recommended! SSE also has a much more limited commercial catalog of seed varieties for sale, don’t confuse this with their full listing of thousands of varieties which is only available to members. Listing an astounding 11,848 varieties in 2006.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
www.southernexposure.com
Collection of varieties adapted to the hot, humid South, including multiplier onions.
Sow Organic Seed
www.organicseed.com
Andean tubers and more.
Taro and Ti
www.taroandti.com
Specializing in edible taro varieties, including low-oxalate “luau leaf” types needing only minimal cooking.
Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
www.monticello.org/shop
Crops grown by Jefferson, including edible hibiscus and heirloom lima and scarlet runner varieties.
Tripple Brook Farm
www.tripplebrookfarm.com
Great selection of cold-hardy useful plants, many perennial vegetables.
Underwood Gardens
www.underwoodgardens.com
Many interesting plants, including cranberry hibiscus.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
www.ars-grin.gov
National collection of plant materials for hundreds of crops and thousands of wild crop relatives. Free seeds and plants available for research purposes (including backyard research). Includes rarities like saltbush and earthnut pea.
Van Bourgondien
www.dutchbulbs.com
Source for the daylength-neutral mashua cultivar ‘Ken Aslett’.
Van Engelen Inc.
www.vanengelen.com
Bulk bulb purchases; excellent camass prices.
HAWAIIAN SOURCES
Agrinom LLC
www.agrinom.com
Authors of the excellent Tropical Perennial Vegetable series (see Bibliography). On-site sales only.
Gaia Yoga Nursery
www.gaiayoga.org/nursery
Breadfruit, bamboos, perennial leaf crops, and more.
La’Akea Gardens
www.permaculture-hawaii.com
Permaculture nursery featuring many perennial vegetables.
OVERSEAS SOURCES
Agroforestry Research Trust
www.agroforestry.co.uk
Research center with nursery and seed company featuring useful plants for cool temperate climates.
B & T World Seeds
www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com
Unbelievable seed company offering 35,000 listings. If no one else has it, B&T usually does, though it may take them a while to track it down.
Chiltern Seeds
www.chilternseeds.co.uk
Many species including good king Henry and sea kale.
Doubleday Research
www.gardenorganic.uk.org
Rare seeds available to members, including branching bush kales like ‘Dorbentons.’
Earthcare Enterprises
www.earthcare.com.au
Great bamboos, achira, taro, cassava, water chestnut, and more.
Herb Garden and Historical Plants Nursery
www.historicalplants.co.uk
Many interesting plants, including saltbush and wild cabbage.
Poyntzfield Herb Nursery
www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk
Offerings include sea kale, oca, mashua.
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http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/homemade-natural-hair-care-shampoo-recipe.html
Here is our list:
- Shampoo (recipe below) - A combination of Dr. Bronner’s soap and other mainly edible ingredients this recipe not only works great as a shampoo but also has apple cider vinegar in it, which is a natural detangler, thus serving the purpose of a conditioner. We use a spray bottle to apply it and it also can be used in replacement of a traditional bar of soap to clean the rest of your body as well as a shaving cream (My husband Aaron still uses a men’s cream as he has been a little nervous to shave with it himself, but I know that other men have done so successfully). One spray bottle serves all those needs!
Homemade Shampoo
1 c. Dr. Bronner’s organic castile liquid soap (we use Baby Mild for its versatility -works for baby and us!)
2 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
3/4 Tbs. tea tree & Vit. E oil (or just one oil only, etc.)
1/4 c. water
1 (16 oz) spray bottle or other container for application
Combine together and store in a spray bottle. You can also add various fragrances to your desire, such as lavender, euycaliptus, etc. This shampoo will be more liquidy than your standard shampoo, but sprays on really well. Rubbing through your hair first works well to activate the suds and than scrubbing into scalp. Your hair will feel slightly more greasy than normal, but that is actually more natural anyway. Most modern shampoos actually dry out your hair, removing the natural oils. Plus it is two in one - shampoo & conditioner!
- Conditioner/Hair Gel - Coconut oil works splendidly as a natural gel/defrizzer in small quantities as well as a great leave in conditioner. I use it to scrunch my curly hair to hold and manage the curls. Aaron uses it as basic hair gel as well.
We use coconut oil also as a body lotion, and in combination with other ingredients for deodorant.
Read more tips for simplifying in the bathroom & the wonderful health benefits of coconut oil!
That’s my frugal tip for the day - simplify and make it yourself!
Find the best price on coconut oil here at Mountain Rose Herbs!
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http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/12/natural-insomnia-help.html
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insomniaPraise the Lord I have been able to sleep well the last two nights, thanks to some helpful tips from some of my readers and my midwife. These are helpful suggestions for those who deal with insomnia in or outside of pregnancy. The top two suggestions are what I have been doing primarily and seeing a vast improvement!
1. Calcium/Magnesium - regulate relaxation, especially with muscle tension and physical restlessness. Take approximately 2000 mg of calcium and 1000 mg of magnesium before going to bed (they are usually balanced properly in a cal/mag supplement). Best in a liquid combination form. If you take in tablets you will have to drink a large glass of water to swallow that many pills which results in an increased amount of times having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (at least for the pregnant ladies).
Foods rich in magnesium include: legumes and seeds, dark leafy green vegetables, wheat bran, almonds, cashews, blackstrap molasses, brewer’s yeast, and whole grains. Food rich in calcium include: dairy products, canned fish with bones, nuts, fruits, vegetables, dried beans, rice beverages, molasses, and some leafy greens.
2. Chamomile tea - a wonderful relaxing tea to take before night time. Aaron picked me up some Traditional Medicinals Organic Nighty Night Tea which has a combination of chamomile, passionflower, and linden flower. It even has a bit of the hops herb described below. It is a delicious tea that promotes nighttime relaxation. Take 1/2 hour before bed. Chamomile is a particularly good choice for younger children whose insomnia may be related to gastrointestinal upset.
3. Hops - a herb that is actually added to beer as a relaxant. This is debate over the safety of consuming hops herb during pregnancy, but my midwife recommended it, although I have not tried it yet. Dose: Tea, 1 cup 2-3 x daily; Tincture, 30-40 drops 2-3 x daily.
4. Honey - Honey is said to have sleep inducing properties. Dark honey contains more antioxidants than light-colored honey. It can be used in herbal teas or mixed into warm milk.
Milk and Honey Sleep Remedy
1 glass warm milk
1 drop vanilla extract
1 teaspoon honey
Use this just before going to bed. Mix, then drink while it is still warm.
Recipe found here.
5. Take a relaxing bath with a bit of lavender oil. The oil is calming and can be helpful in some cases of insomnia. Oil may be inhaled, massaged into the skin (use 10 drops essential oil per ounce of vegetable oil), or added to baths (3-10 drops).
6. Lack of exercise can contribute to poor sleep, although avoid exercising at night, as it can increase adrenaline levels. Limit exercise to the first portion of your day. Read more about exercise and insomnia here.
7. Avoid eating within an hour or two of bedtime, if possible. If necessary, eat a light snack (for the pregnant ladies).
Practical Tips
1. Write down your thoughts! I have found that I can often lose sleep because I am distracted with my to-do list for the next day. Plan for your next day by writing it all down before you go to bed. This helps get your mind at ease and undistracted.
2. Pray! - I have so greatly appreciated the prayers of my husband for me before going to bed. This has helped me greatly in just relaxing and focusing in on trusting the Lord for the gift of sleep. What a blessing! Don’t be afraid to ask someone to pray for you before bedtime and if you do wake up in the night, use it has an opportunity to pray for others.
3. Cover the clock! This was very helpful for me! It just increased my worry and anxiety about lost sleep as I stared at the hours ticking by …2am…4:30am…etc.
I pray these ideas might help assist anyone else going through this struggle!
Sources & Further Reading
Insomnia during Pregnancy
Natural Sleep Aids
Herbs and Natural Remedies for Insomnia
33 Secrets to a Good Nights Sleep by Dr. Mercola
As always, these suggestions shared are purely from my research and for educational purposes. Always consult your personal naturopath or midwife before making any changes or additions to your diet.
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http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/06/hay-fever-tonic.html
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A reader recommended this tonic for hay fever/allergies awhile back after my request for natural remedies. I tried the honey alone without too much success. With the sun coming out this past weekend, we were hit with allergies pretty hard, and this little recipe came to the rescue!
1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1 Tbsp Honey
8 oz water
Take 2-3 times per day. Once in the morning and once in the evening seems to be working pretty well for us! We formally have used smaller quantities for a daily immune boaster and for all the other wonderful benefits of ACV, but now I am seeing it as greatly beneficial for allergies!
Thanks Kate for the recipe!
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Michele says:
June 16, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Wow- I’ll have to try this! :) Thanks!
Does it have to be raw honey, or can it just be “regular” honey?
Michele
http://www.frugalgranola.blogspot.com
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Lindsay says:
June 16, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Raw is always better, but I am not sure if that would make a difference or not. The honey is supposed to help build your immunity to pollen, as I understand.
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Mrs. M says:
June 17, 2008 at 9:12 am
We are going to try this. My husband has allergies, also reflux and indigestion often. In my research I read that it helps with both the later two things as well. I also read that it can help with blood sugar levels. I had no idea.
Thanks!
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Kate says:
June 29, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Glad it works for you! I don’t know how I missed this!
A few things I learned this morning:
I heard on GMA (Good Morning America) this morning that honey is also good for cuts and scraps. It’s a natural anti-biotic. It also moistures the area, most ointments dry the area out.
Baking soda paste is good to use on bug bites, takes the itch out. make the paste, and put on the bites. It air dries.
Whole milk for sunburns. Soak a towel (big or small depending on area) in teh whole milk, (whole milk is thicker, than skim, 1 or 2%, I’m assuming raw milk is good too, and is best to use for sunburns)
Or add 2 cups (whole milk) to lukewarm bath water for a soothing bath for sunburn.
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Jessica says:
November 25, 2008 at 12:59 pm
I really enjoy your website and check it often. I wanted to interject that local honey (within 50 miles of your home) is the best for helping your body build immunity to allergens. THis way you are eating allergens around you rather than ones in Argentina!
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Did you know that Americans spend more each year on over-the-counter remedies for coughs and colds than the combined costs of running the governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador?
We were up quite a bit last night nursing my sweet feverish Karis (at 101 degrees). This was the first fever I have experienced with her, so questions of whether or not it was serious were continually going through my head. I have always been hesitant to pay the doctor a visit, primarily because of our lack of health insurance, and secondarily because they often only tell me what I already now and want to just load us up with antibiotics.
To settle my fears, I dug out my two handy little natural health manuals which are simply wonderful, especially for the first time mommy! I can’t recommend these two books more highly for every mommy desiring to prepare and preserve a natural home without all the added antibiotics that can do more harm than good.
How to Raise a Healthy Child…In Spite of Your Doctor by Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. - I love Dr. Mendelsohn’s book, due to it’s thorough coverage of topics such as circumcision, vaccinations, birth, and various childhood illnesses. I will never visit the doctor before referring to this book! He explains all you need to know as to how to evaluate the seriousness of any sickness and simple natural remedies from home. He says: “Common colds and influenza do not require medical treatment, and the medications often used to treat them, will merely relieve symptoms. The effects of doing this may be counterproductive, because they interfere with the body’s efforts to cure itself.”
Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch, CNC - this is a huge reference guide covering everything from A-to-Z, with all drug free remedies using vitamins, minerals, herbs and food supplements. This covers every concern for adults and children.
I was assured to discover that the two best remedies for both cold and fever symptoms were the two H’s for both children and adults:
1) Hydration - keep drinking lots of liquids to replace the loss of fluids in your body through runny nose, cough, perspiring, etc. Try to drink 8 ounces every hour in whatever form they can be taken.
2) Humidifier - the use of a humidifier will greatly assist in maintaining a moist humid environment to assist in the ability to breath easier. Great for the lungs as in alleviating congestion.
For fevers, Dr. Mendelsohn assured me that I should only be concerned if her temperature rises above 106 degrees and there is presence of other symptoms, such as vomiting, diarrhea, chills, etc. Otherwise, just let it run it’s course. There is even no need for antibiotics, as they tend to slow down the process and cause other issues as well.
Save yourself a doctor bill, which is usually around $175 for us, by picking up these two books!
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http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/soup-for-sickness.html
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My friend, Scarlett, passed this recipe on to me. Looks like a wonderful natural soup for those lovely colds!
She said:
I thought I’d share this recipe that my step Mom, Mimi, gave me for when you have a cold or are sick. Cobe and I had some tonight and it actually tasted good.
Garlic Soup
8 cups chicken broth
25 cloves of garlic (peeled)
1 TBSP ginger
1 TBSP paprika
pinch of red pepper
1/2 cup lemon juice
Place in pot and cook until garlic is soft and then eat it all.
Thanks Scarlett! This will be excellent to have in the repertoire for the next illness! Always good to be prepared in advance!
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joan says:
November 6, 2008 at 6:05 am
Another traditional indian recipe for a cold is 3 flakes of garlic smashed thrown in to 1.5 cups of milk. Add 1/2 tspn of organic tumeric or 1/2 tbspn of fresh tumeric juice(indian stores have fresh tumeric).Boil milk down to one cup and drink as hot as possible. Honey can be added as an option but the milk does get sweeter due to te higher lactose content when boiled down.twice a day for 3-4 days should be sufficient.
Added information, this is especially good when you are one of the types who just cannot cough out your phlegm and spit it out!! The stuff is passed out through the intestines.
http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/04/lotion-aftershave-natural-alternatives.html
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There is one product that meets all of these needs without doing a thing, except rubbing it on! Can you guess what it is? This product is fabulous for you health both on the outside and the inside. It feels wonderful, without being too greasy or messy. It is all natural! When purchased in bulk and used for other things (listed below), it can be quite reasonable!
What is it?
Coconut Oil!
Lotion/Moisturizer - a little dab will do you! Scoop out and rub on your skin. Sweet fragrance as well. I have replaced all my miscellaneous lotions with this one product!
Aftershave - I told my husband he just had to try it as an aftershave, and low and behold it worked. I love using it as well after shaving those sensitive areas. Calms and refreshes.
For Married Women -It also works well for that special hubby and wife time.
Other uses I have had success with:Deodorant
Cooking uses:
stir-frying
replacing oil/butter/shortening in baked goods
melting and adding to smoothies
greasing pans with it
any other ideas?
I am a huge fan of coconut oil (if you haven’t noticed already)! The more products I can cover with just this simple natural alternative, the more I save and the more I rejoice! I just found a recipe for toothpaste that uses it as well. Can’t wait to try it and share the results (if successful)! The way I am going, pretty soon this will be the only product in the bathroom! ;)
Buy it here at:
Mountain Rose Herbs
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http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2009/02/sausage-potato-and-squash-soup.html
It was time to start thinking about dinner. I didn’t have any definite plans, but I had plenty of chicken stock, vegetables and a pound of delicious turkey sausage in the fridge. With very little time and effort they became a hearty, frugal soup. A definite winner in this household!
I mostly relied on my turkey sausage, which was slightly spicy and seasoned with sage to give the most oomph to my soup, and it did! The squash and carrots give sweetness, the potatoes give a mild filler, and what’s a soup without celery, onions and garlic? I like this soup with everything chopped small. But feel free to play around with what you include in your soup. Many vegetables would work well in it and what sausage you include will change the dynamics of the soup. Using this recipe as a starting point, you could create a variety of soups!
Sausage, Potato, and Squash Soup
Makes 6-8 Servings
You could also use sausage links for this soup. Simply slice and heat through in the soup (or cook in the broth, if they are raw). I used an acorn squash, but a variety of different squash would work. You wouldn’t have to use a whole pound of sausage, though it’s much more filling that way, a 1/2 a pound will still give a meaty flavor without being as spendy
8 cups of homemade chicken broth
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
4-6 cloves garlic, crushed, peeled and finely minced
4 carrots, peeled, cut in half lengthwise, cut in half lengthwise again, chopped
4 celery, washed and chopped
4 potatoes, peeled, and cut into small dice, place in a bowl and cover with water.
1 small squash, or half of a medium sized squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into a small dice
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 pound of turkey sausage
sea salt and pepper
1-Prep are all of your veggies. If you can do two things at once and work fast, you can prep your potatoes or your squash during step two. Otherwise, having everything ready before you start will make things simple once you turn on your stovetop.
2-In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over med-high heat, until hot, but not smoking. Add the carrots, celery and onions. Lightly salt. Cook, stirring here and there, until all of the vegetables are softening (about 4-6 minutes). Then add the garlic, cook another minute or two, making sure that the garlic doesn’t brown.
3-Add the broth, potatoes and squash, and cumin. Salt a little more. Bring to a simmer and simmer until all of the vegetables are soft.
4-Meanwhile, cook your sausage in a pan (using a little oil if it’s too dry). Add this to the soup near the end of the cooking.
5-Adjust the flavors at the end with more sea salt (remember that homemade soups need more salt) and freshly ground pepper. We like to top it with a small scope of sauerkraut, but a splash of vinegar would also give a delicious tartness.
Enjoy!
http://homemakingdreams.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-my-kitchen-recently.html
Dilled Salmon Pasta Salad
Ingredients
1.5 cup tricolored spiral pasta
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped sweet red pepper
2 Tablespoons chopped onion
2 Tablespoons minced fresh dill or 2 teaspoons dill weed
7.1 oz. Chicken of the Sea® Premium Skinless & Boneless Pink Salmon Pouch
Mixed salad greens
Directions
Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, green peppers, red peppers, onions and fresh dill in a bowl. Drain and rinse pasta in cold water; add to sour cream mixture. Stir in salmon. Cover and refrigerate. Serve over salad greens.
Preparation Time: 10
1.5 cups of the pasta didn’t seem like enough to me so I used 2 and it was perfect. I think even 2.5 would work. Also, I didn’t have fresh dill, so I used the bottled dill weed, which I already had on hand. We are still getting some green pepper from our plants, so I used all green pepper. I also used light sour cream. You could also use light mayo, but we use regular old fashioned “Dukes” Mayo.
This dish was even better left over the next day and very good for you.
3. We are having just a taste of fall in our area and early Saturday morning it was cooler outside than it was inside with the AC running. It was so nice to open the window over the kitchen sink and let the fresh air and sounds from outside come inside. I even lit a fall candle that burned all day Saturday.
4. Sunday we had a delicious and easy cake. I just used a store bought carrot cake mix and store bought cream cheese icing. I threw it together after church and it was cool, frosted and ready to eat by 1:00.
Our Sunday Dinner menu was: Crock pot roast, Rice with gravy, potato salad, green beans, biscuits and carrot cake.
The potato salad was made from the last of the garden potatos from my Mama’s garden. Some of them were really tiny and should have been boiled and eaten when first dug. I didn’t let any of them go to waste however. I peeled even the bite size ones and ended up with just enough potatoe salad to feed our crowd!
5. Now that the change of seasons is taking place I plan to make more soups, stews and chillis. This weekend I hope to make a nice big pot of my homemade chilli! Can’t wait!
Have a great Tuesday and don’t forget to check out the other tips at Tammy’s Recipes!
Posted by Debbie J.
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Wondering what to do with that leftover corned beef?
I know, this is not a problem that confronts you today. Today is St. Patrick’s Day and all across America many cooks have prepared corned beef for dinner. With cabbage, potatoes, carrots or whatever accompanies the corned beef, folks are pretty much satisfied. Dinner was good. It’s tomorrow or maybe the day after, when you’re looking at the remains of that corned beef still sitting in the fridge that I’m talking about.
There are a couple of old standbys for using up corned beef. How about corned beef sandwiches, perhaps on rye with mustard? Maybe a pickle on the side or try adding sauerkraut, a mild cheese and thousand island dressing and grilling it for a minute or two if you want to make it a little more special. And there’s always corned beef hash either plain or red flannel (with beets AND potatoes). I know some people who only tolerate the initial meal of corned beef and cabbage because they know that within a day or two it will be time for hash, with or without eggs.
Believe it or not, corned beef can even make a decent pate with which to stuff a baguette. Or, if you don’t care about presentation and want to eat it now instead of waiting several hours while it chills, mix minced corned beef with mayonnaise, pickle relish and the veriest bit of mustard. Spread it on your favorite cracker or make a sandwich.
A successful potluck casserole I’ve made on more than one occasion is Lazy Day Reuben Casserole. It’s one of those layered meat, noodles, veg and sauce combos that use condensed cream of ____ soup or, my preference, a homemade alternative. Another favorite is a sandwich braid, Reuben Loaf, made by layering corned beef, cheese and sauerkraut on bread dough before baking.
There are many other ways to incorporate leftover corned beef into meals. Include a cup or so of diced corned beef in macaroni and cheese or scalloped potatoes. And if making scalloped potatoes, a layer of sliced cabbage and a 1/2 teaspoon or so of Dijon mustard mixed into the cream sauce adds to the mix. Use diced corned beef as a filling for pasties, crescent roll turnovers or empanadas. Whatever you call them, the corned beef can sub for the meat in your basic recipe. To make it individual to corned beef, I like to brush a light coating of mustard on the inside of the dough before sealing.
And there are more ideas all over — I’ve read recipes for corned beef-potato pizza, a suggestion for using the reuben sandwich ingredients to create a baked potato topping, Emeril Lagasse’s Cabbage-Potato Soup and Taste of Home’s Reuben Soup each call for corned beef in small enough amounts to qualify as a way to use up leftovers. Just don’t waste something that only today (yesterday?) you were enjoying so much.
Corned Beef Hash
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 medium green pepper, chopped - optional
1-1/2 to 2 cups cold cooked corned beef, free of all fat and gristle and finely chopped
2 to 3 cups cold cooked potatoes, coarsely chopped
5 tablespoons beef, chicken or vegetable stock
salt and pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped - optional
Cook onions and green peppers in 2 tablespoons over medium heat in a 10-inch heavy skillet for about 5 minutes or until they soften without browning. Scrape them into a large mixing bowl. Add corned beef, potatoes, stock, salt and pepper, and Worcestershire sauce to bowl. Mix gently to combine. Let hash rest for a few minutes in bowl so liquid can be absorbed.
To cook hash, heat 2 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon oil in 10-inch skillet. When the fat is hot but not sizzling, add hash, patting it down in the pan gently with a large spatula. Cook over moderate heat about 40 minutes, shaking pan every now and then to make sure hash isn’t sticking to bottom. As it cooks, the hash will inevitably produce some fat; tip the pan and skim it from the sides with a small spoon, or better still, with a bulb baster. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, to remove any extra fat, lay a double thickness of paper toweling on top like a blotter, pressing it down on the hash. Repeat this blotting procedure as often as you think necessary, being careful not to get paper toweling near flame.
To serve, turn the hash out onto large round platter. It’s best to do this by holding the platter over the skillet and up-ending the skillet to turn the hash out. If part of the crust sticks to the pan, remove it and patch it into place. Sprinkle the top with parsley and serve alone or with condiments such as mustard, pickles, horseradish, and the like.
Red Flannel Hash
1/4 pound salt pork or thick bacon, finely diced
1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
1/2 medium green pepper, finely chopped
1-1/2 to 2 cups cooked corned beef, free of all fat or gristle, and finely chopped
1-1/2 cups cooked or canned beets, diced
4 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped, divided
1-1/2 to 2 cups cold cooked potatoes, coarsely chopped
6 tablespoons heavy cream or evaporated milk
salt and pepper, to taste
Render the pork by frying it in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat. Stir almost constantly wtih a wooden spoon until the fat has dissolved, then remove the brown bits and put them aside. Pour half the fat into a dish and save it until later.
Heat remaining fat in skillet and over moderate heat, cook onions and peppers for about 5 minutes or until they soften without browning. Scrape them into a large mixing bowl. Add corned beef, beets, potatoes, 2 tablespoons parsley, salt and pepper to bowl. Moisten mixture with cream. Mix gently to combine. If you want you could add the brown pork bits left from rendering the fat. Let hash rest for a few minutes in bowl so liquid can be absorbed.
To cook hash, add remaining reserved pork fat to 10-inch skillet. When the fat is hot but not sizzling, add hash, patting it down in the pan gently with a large spatula. Cook over moderate heat about 40 minutes, shaking pan every now and then to make sure hash isn’t sticking to bottom. As it cooks, the hash will inevitably produce some fat; tip the pan and skim it from the sides with a small spoon, or better still, with a bulb baster. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, to remove any extra fat, lay a double thickness of paper toweling on top like a blotter, pressing it down on the hash. Repeat this blotting procedure as often as you think necessary, being careful not to get paper toweling near flame.
To serve, turn the hash out onto large round platter. It’s best to do this by holding the platter over the skillet and up-ending the skillet to turn the hash out. If part of the crust sticks to the pan, remove it and patch it into place. Sprinkle the top with parsley and serve alone or with condiments such as mustard, pickles, horseradish, and the like.
Of course, if you wish, you can omit rendering fat from the pork called for and substitute butter and/or oil as in regular hash recipe just above.
Pate of Corned Beef
1/4 pound butter, creamed
2 cups cooked corned beef, ground — twice, if possible
1 tablespoon onion, grated
3 tablespoons heavy cream or evaporated milk
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chives, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
loaf of French or Italian bread, about 12” long and 3-1/2” in diameter
Cream the butter in a mixing bowl by beating it with a large spoon for a few minutes until it is smooth. Then, a few tablespoons at a time, beat in the corned beef and, one after the other, the onions, cream, mustards, lemon juice, parsley, chives, salt and pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. You could use an electric mixer wtih a whisk beater or use a food processor or beat the pate by hand until it is as smooth as you can possibly get it. Just be careful not to overmix it if using the processor. Taste for seasoning, remembering that when the pate is chilled, its flavor will be considerably muted.
Slice 2 inches or so off the ends of the bread, save for another use. With your fingers and the aid of a long thin spoon, remove as much of the soft insides of the bread as possible without damaging or breaking through the crust. When the bread is a hollow tube, stand it on one end on a sheet of waxed paper and carefully fill it with the soft pate, packing it down as you proceed. If there isn’t enough pate to fill the bread, simply cut off the hollow portion.
Wrap filled bread in waxed paper and refrigerate for a few hours or until the pate is firm. Slice into 1/8- or 1/4-inch rounds with a serrated knife and serve. You may briefly heat the bread in a hot oven to crisp the crust but do this with caution as the pate will soften too much to slice if the loaf becomes too hot.
Source: Michael Field’s Culinary Classics and Improvisations (1967)
Reuben Loaf
1 batch bread dough *see note
1/4 cup thousand island salad dressing or a grainy mustard, whichever you prefer
1 to 2 cups cooked corned beef brisket, diced
4 ounces Swiss cheese or mild cheese of your choice, shredded or thinly sliced
1 cup sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
1 egg white, beaten - optional
Preheat oven to 400F.
Turn dough out onto a lightly greased (15x10-inches) baking sheet. Roll dough to a rectangle that almost fills the pan.
Spread dressing down center third of dough. Sprinkle area spread with dressing with layers of beef, cheese and sauerkraut.
Make cuts from filling to edges of dough 1 inch apart on both sides of the filling. Alternating sides, fold the strips at an angle across filling. Brush dough with egg white.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve immediately; refrigerate leftovers.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
Source: Country Woman
*Note - Use your favorite plain bread dough. Can be made by hand, in the bread machine on dough setting or use a loaf of thawed frozen dough. If making yourself, a recipe which uses 3 to 4 cups flour or will yield a 1.5-pound loaf would be about right.
Lazy Day Reuben Casserole
2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup, **see note
1-1/3 cups milk or thinned yogurt
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 tablespoons mustard
2 pounds sauerkraut, drained (and rinsed if too salty)
8 ounces egg noodles
12 ounces corned beef brisket, diced
2 cups Swiss cheese, shredded
3/4 cup rye bread crumbs, toasted
2 tablespoons margarine, melted
In bowl, mix soup, milk, onion and mustard until blended.
In greased 13”x9”x2” baking dish, spread drained sauerkraut; top with uncooked noodles. Spoon soup mixture evenly over noodles. Sprinkle with crumbled corned beef, then cheese.
In bowl, stir together rye bread crumbs and melted butter until well blended; sprinkle over top of cheese. Cover tightly with foil.
Bake in 350°F oven for 60 minutes or until noodles are tender.
I’ve had this recipe so long I don’t know exactly where it came from but I think it was in an old Progressive Farmer from the ‘70s.
**Note — I use a homemade version of cream soup most of the time. Here’s one recipe that will make several “cans” worth as you need it.
Homemade Cream Soup Substitute
2 cups instant non fat dry milk
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup chicken bouillon, instant or other preferred bouillon flavor
2 teaspoons dried onion flakes
1 teaspoon each basil and thyme - optional
2 teaspoons pepper
Combine dry milk, cornstarch, bouillon, onion flakes, basil, thyme and pepper.
To make the equivalent of one can of condensed soup, use 1/3 cup of the mix and 1-1/2 cups water and cook over moderate heat until thickened.
NOTE: Beef or vegetable bouillon may be used in place of the chicken. Mushrooms may be added to the sauce for a mushroom soup base. I like to cook a little celery in butter and add to prepared recipe when it calls for celery soup.
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You know me…I love me some fudge. This is by far the easiest fudge I have ever made. And the healthiest.
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Peanut Butter Honey Fudge
1 cup natural peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate chips are melted and blended in (about 30 seconds).
Spread fudge into an 8×8 inch pan. Refrigerate until solid. Cut into 1 inch squares.
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Now, you might be thinking…3/4 cup of honey?! That’s going to take up a lot of my honey! (Yes, Pooh Bear, you’re right.)
But you cut this fudge into little squares, and it really does go a long way. OOh, and it’s so simple and yummy! (So sorry all you peanut allergy friends out there!)
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* Strategy for forcing political change through orchestrated crisis
First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, the “Cloward-Piven Strategy” seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.
Inspired by the August 1965 riots in the black district of Watts in Los Angeles (which erupted after police had used batons to subdue a black man suspected of drunk driving), Cloward and Piven published an article titled “The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty” in the May 2, 1966 issue of The Nation. Following its publication, The Nation sold an unprecedented 30,000 reprints. Activists were abuzz over the so-called “crisis strategy” or “Cloward-Piven Strategy,” as it came to be called. Many were eager to put it into effect.
In their 1966 article, Cloward and Piven charged that the ruling classes used welfare to weaken the poor; that by providing a social safety net, the rich doused the fires of rebellion. Poor people can advance only when “the rest of society is afraid of them,” Cloward told The New York Times on September 27, 1970. Rather than placating the poor with government hand-outs, wrote Cloward and Piven, activists should work to sabotage and destroy the welfare system; the collapse of the welfare state would ignite a political and financial crisis that would rock the nation; poor people would rise in revolt; only then would “the rest of society” accept their demands.
The key to sparking this rebellion would be to expose the inadequacy of the welfare state. Cloward-Piven’s early promoters cited radical organizer Saul Alinsky as their inspiration. “Make the enemy live up to their (sic) own book of rules,” Alinsky wrote in his 1972 book Rules for Radicals. When pressed to honor every word of every law and statute, every Judaeo-Christian moral tenet, and every implicit promise of the liberal social contract, human agencies inevitably fall short. The system’s failure to “live up” to its rule book can then be used to discredit it altogether, and to replace the capitalist “rule book” with a socialist one.
The authors noted that the number of Americans subsisting on welfare — about 8 million, at the time — probably represented less than half the number who were technically eligible for full benefits. They proposed a “massive drive to recruit the poor onto the welfare rolls.” Cloward and Piven calculated that persuading even a fraction of potential welfare recipients to demand their entitlements would bankrupt the system. The result, they predicted, would be “a profound financial and political crisis” that would unleash “powerful forces … for major economic reform at the national level.”
Their article called for “cadres of aggressive organizers” to use “demonstrations to create a climate of militancy.” Intimidated by threats of black violence, politicians would appeal to the federal government for help. Carefully orchestrated media campaigns, carried out by friendly, leftwing journalists, would float the idea of “a federal program of income redistribution,” in the form of a guaranteed living income for all — working and non-working people alike. Local officials would clutch at this idea like drowning men to a lifeline. They would apply pressure on Washington to implement it. With every major city erupting into chaos, Washington would have to act.
This was an example of what are commonly called Trojan Horse movements — mass movements whose outward purpose seems to be providing material help to the downtrodden, but whose real objective is to draft poor people into service as revolutionary foot soldiers; to mobilize poor people en masse to overwhelm government agencies with a flood of demands beyond the capacity of those agencies to meet. The flood of demands was calculated to break the budget, jam the bureaucratic gears into gridlock, and bring the system crashing down. Fear, turmoil, violence and economic collapse would accompany such a breakdown — providing perfect conditions for fostering radical change. That was the theory.
Cloward and Piven recruited a militant black organizer named George Wiley to lead their new movement. In the summer of 1967, Wiley founded the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO). His tactics closely followed the recommendations set out in Cloward and Piven’s article. His followers invaded welfare offices across the United States — often violently — bullying social workers and loudly demanding every penny to which the law “entitled” them. By 1969, NWRO claimed a dues-paying membership of 22,500 families, with 523 chapters across the nation.
Regarding Wiley’s tactics, The New York Times commented on September 27, 1970, “There have been sit-ins in legislative chambers, including a United States Senate committee hearing, mass demonstrations of several thousand welfare recipients, school boycotts, picket lines, mounted police, tear gas, arrests - and, on occasion, rock-throwing, smashed glass doors, overturned desks, scattered papers and ripped-out phones.”These methods proved effective. “The flooding succeeded beyond Wiley’s wildest dreams,” writes Sol Stern in the City Journal. “From 1965 to 1974, the number of single-parent households on welfare soared from 4.3 million to 10.8 million, despite mostly flush economic times. By the early 1970s, one person was on the welfare rolls in New York City for every two working in the city’s private economy.”As a direct result of its massive welfare spending, New York City was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1975. The entire state of New York nearly went down with it. The Cloward-Piven strategy had proved its effectiveness.
The Cloward-Piven strategy depended on surprise. Once society recovered from the initial shock, the backlash began. New York’s welfare crisis horrified America, giving rise to a reform movement which culminated in “the end of welfare as we know it” — the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, which imposed time limits on federal welfare, along with strict eligibility and work requirements. Both Cloward and Piven attended the White House signing of the bill as guests of President Clinton.
Most Americans to this day have never heard of Cloward and Piven. But New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani attempted to expose them in the late 1990s. As his drive for welfare reform gained momentum, Giuliani accused the militant scholars by name, citing their 1966 manifesto as evidence that they had engaged in deliberate economic sabotage. “This wasn’t an accident,” Giuliani charged in a 1997 speech. “It wasn’t an atmospheric thing, it wasn’t supernatural. This is the result of policies and programs designed to have the maximum number of people get on welfare.”
Cloward and Piven never again revealed their intentions as candidly as they had in their 1966 article. Even so, their activism in subsequent years continued to rely on the tactic of overloading the system. When the public caught on to their welfare scheme, Cloward and Piven simply moved on, applying pressure to other sectors of the bureaucracy, wherever they detected weakness.
In 1982, partisans of the Cloward-Piven strategy founded a new “voting rights movement,” which purported to take up the unfinished work of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Like ACORN, the organization that spear-headed this campaign, the new “voting rights” movement was led by veterans of George Wiley’s welfare rights crusade. Its flagship organizations were Project Vote and Human SERVE, both founded in 1982. Project Vote is an ACORN front group, launched by former NWRO organizer and ACORN co-founder Zach Polett. Human SERVE was founded by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, along with a former NWRO organizer named Hulbert James.
All three of these organizations — ACORN, Project Vote and Human SERVE — set to work lobbying energetically for the so-called Motor-Voter law, which Bill Clinton ultimately signed in 1993. The Motor-Voter bill is largely responsible for swamping the voter rolls with “dead wood” — invalid registrations signed in the name of deceased, ineligible or non-existent people — thus opening the door to the unprecedented levels of voter fraud and “voter disenfranchisement” claims that followed in subsequent elections.
The new “voting rights” coalition combines mass voter registration drives — typically featuring high levels of fraud — with systematic intimidation of election officials in the form of frivolous lawsuits, unfounded charges of “racism” and “disenfranchisement,” and “direct action” (street protests, violent or otherwise). Just as they swamped America’s welfare offices in the 1960s, Cloward-Piven devotees now seek to overwhelm the nation’s understaffed and poorly policed electoral system. Their tactics set the stage for the Florida recount crisis of 2000, and have introduced a level of fear, tension and foreboding to U.S. elections heretofore encountered mainly in Third World countries.
Both the Living Wage and Voting Rights movements depend heavily on financial support from George Soros’s Open Society Institute and his “Shadow Party,” through whose support the Cloward-Piven strategy continues to provide a blueprint for some of the Left’s most ambitious campaigns.
Guns on a plane
After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to
carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would
unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of
aircraft and rammed them into buildings.
Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking
public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.
The Obama administration this past week diverted some $2 million from the
pilot training program to hire more supervisory staff, who will engage in
field inspections of pilots.
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US-CERT Current Activity
Adobe Releases Security Bulletin
Original release date: March 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Last revised: March 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Adobe has released security bulletin APSB09-04 to address multiple
vulnerabilities, one of which is the JBIG2 vulnerability originally
addressed in security advisory APSA09-01 and security bulletin
APSB09-03. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
US-CERT encourages users to review Adobe security bulletin APSB09-04
and apply any necessary updates. Additional information regarding the
JBIG2 vulnerability can be found in the Vulnerability Notes Database.
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Jac Smit, the Father of Urban Agriculture - His new web site
Interviews with Jac - audio files.
Jac Smit, the ‘Father of Urban Agriculture’ is the pioneer who virtually created
the concept of urban agriculture. In a 2009 interview with Franz Jaggar, Jac recounts
his first-hand experiences.
Segment #1: Jac and Urban Agriculture - The Beginnings
“Urban Agriculture” grew out of Jac’s term paper at Harvard University. Then, while
working in India for the Ford Foundation, Jac had a chance to put his ideas into
practice even while the concept of growing food in city gardens and plots was virtually
unheard of. Length 4:56.
Segment #2: From Backyard ‘Farmer’ to Harvard
Jac explains how he was ‘farming’ in third grade, and that interest drove him through
high school, service in the Korean War, and into graduate school at Harvard University.
Length 3:25.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2009
Release # 09-158
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (866) 775-8781
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Educational Craft Kits Recalled by FloraCraft Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: Solar System Kits and DNA Kits
Units: About 930,000
Manufacturer: FloraCraft Corp., of Ludington, Mich.
Hazard: The surface coating on the educational kit’s wires can contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves the “Solar System” and the “DNA” children’s educational craft kits sold under the FloraCraft and HYGLOSS brand names. The kits contain green coated wires that measure 14 ½ inches long and Styrofoam shapes. The following model numbers are included in this recall. The model number is located on the kit’s packaging.
Craft Kits and Model Numbers:
Solar System Kit SS2003, SS101, 59901, SS2003P
DNA Kit DNA2003, 59903, DNA2003P
Sold at: Wal-Mart, Michaels, Jo-Ann Stores, Hobby Lobby and other retailers nationwide from January 2003 through February 2009 for between $10 and $30.
Manufactured in: United States and China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the craft kit’s wires away from children and contact FloraCraft to obtain free replacements.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact FloraCraft Corp. toll-free at (866) 775-8781, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.floracraft.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09158.html
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2. NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2009
Release #09-159
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
CPSC Warns that 9 Out of 10 Unintentional Child Poisonings Occur in the Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Each year, unintentional poisonings from consumer products commonly found in the home kill about 30 children and prompt more than 2 million calls to the nation’s poison control centers. More than 90% of these calls involve poisonings in the home. On average, each year an estimated 80,000 children are treated in hospital emergency departments for unintentional poisonings.
This year’s 48th observance of National Poison Prevention Week, which is March 15-21, aims to help prevent those childhood poisonings. As one of the longest running public health campaigns, National Poison Prevention Week has contributed to the more than 80% reduction in the number of deaths related to poisonings (down from 216 in 1972). While there has been a significant decrease in deaths, studies show that unintentional child poisonings still remain a serious concern.
Children younger than age 5 account for the majority of the non-fatal poisonings. A recent review conducted by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission staff found that 70% of poisonings involve children 1 to 2 years of age. Oral prescription drugs, non prescription drugs and supplements were involved in more than half of the incidents.
“Awareness and action are the keys to preventing unintentional poisonings,” said CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord. “Children act fast. So do poisons. That’s why we urge parents, grandparents and caregivers to have layers of poison prevention protection in the home.”
CPSC recommends that parents and caregivers immediately take these three steps. First, keep medicines and household chemicals in their original, child-resistant containers. Second, store the potentially hazardous substances up and out of a child’s sight and reach. And lastly, keep the National toll-free poison control center telephone number, 800-222-1222, handy in case of a poison emergency.
Additional poison prevention tips to check during National Poison Prevention Week:
When hazardous products are in use, never let young children out of your sight, even if you must take them along when answering the phone or doorbell.
Keep items closed and in their original containers.
Leave the original labels on all products, and read the label before using.
Always leave the light on when giving or taking medicine so that you can see what you are taking. Check the dosage every time.
Avoid taking medicine in front of children. Refer to medicine as “medicine,” not “candy.”
Clean out the medicine cabinet periodically and safely dispose of unneeded and outdated medicines.
Do not put decorative lamps and candles that contain lamp oil where children can reach them. Lamp oil can be very toxic if ingested by young children.