Posted on 09/30/2016 7:42:32 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Thanks! We have a short gardening season up here in Canada but God willing I’d like to make a nice Garden next year!
Thanks!
LOL. It’s all good-food is medicine. I finished a book called food remedies, and another on boosting the immune system I have read several times, but can’t seem to find it.
Currently working my way through a book called Healing Spices.
Found that Ajowan has shown as good as Verapamil (Calcium Channel Blocker) to lower blood pressure, and as a bonus it was as effective as low dose morphine for pain. Never heard of it before. Sounds like a good one to make a tincture from in case of SHTF or TEOTWAWKI. Tincture from dried leaves and vodka of at least 40% would probably last 10 years.
Almonds was the main thing I know for sure I started eating more of this past month. Eating Almond Butter instead of peanut butter every day. Almonds have been proved to be very helpful for many things, including lowering the bad cholesterol, raising the good, lowering the triglycerides, and helping to keep blood sugar stable.
I also went back to eating a little sorghum molasses. My favorite snack as a kid was homemade bread, homemade butter, and sorghum molasses with a big glass of whole raw milk. I notice that it has more nutrition than honey. I don’t really add sugar or anything to tea, lemonade etc.
I do use honey with orange spiced tea for sore throat, and drink small amount of cola or ginger ail for nausea. A spoon full of molasses is a big treat at the end of the day, if I have the carbs left to do it.
I’m drying some cayenne peppers now as they turn red. I’ll use these in my bean soup this fall and winter. When I feel the sniffles coming on I take a packet of Emergen-C.
It’s mixed in water or whatever and becomes a fizzy drink. 1000mg Vitamin C and has some B Vitamins, electrolytes, and other goodness mixed in. I haven’t had a cold or flu for 4 or 5 years now. Buffalo wings seems to cure about any sinus problems I get from time to time. I like Lipton tea bags called Spiced Cinnamon Chai and often mash up a few whole clove buds to go in it. They’re in most spice sections. Started my own strength training today, went fishing this evening and caught about 20, lol. It was good to get out, I’ve been suffering all summer, surprised I made it. VA doctors, don’t get me started.
Some of the non VA doctors ain’t nothing to brag about. LOL
We have some dried bell peppers, that I think I’m going to grind up in the blender. I didn’t like the texture when I used them in chili recipe, but the flavor was good.
I do put a pinch of cayenne in my stir fry or chicken soup now and then, but I can’t take a lot of heat.
I swear by pickle juice for leg cramps, probably any muscle cramps. I wish I could buy jars of just pickle juice. Usually have Bubbies without vinegar cause DH likes that kind, but any real pickle juice will work.
I haven’t posted on the gardening thread in a long time (practically never) but what a nice gang here! I have a pathetic garden - fir forest red clay/stones dirt, 100 plus foot fir trees all around. But with a cleared area and raised beds managed some tomatoes, a few zucchinies and two bell pepper plants this year. Struggling red raspberries that produced not much, concord grapes we are only managing to keep alive.
But I just planted a lot of collards, tatsoi greens and hope to do lettuce tomorrow that likes cool weather. I’m in SW OR and usually have very mild winters, so hope pick some green things even in the cold weather, can put glass windows across the boards on the raised beds if need be.
Glad to hear from you. I have also heard that pickle juice is good to use for a marinade. I was never able to grow anything until we fixed the raised beds. Almost everything I grew produced well that first year.
Thanks for the information on the BP and cholesterol. The stuff the doctors gave me is terrible. I almost stepped on a copperhead when I was a little kid. I was livid when I found the bp medicine they gave me was derived from snake venom. I stayed at my brothers house for the night before some testing at a VA center last month. He told me last week he found a snake skin under the bed I had been sleeping in. I will kill you bro, lol.
Where do you live?
I don’t know what kind of health issues you are having? I hope they’re resolving, sounds as though you are definitely working on them - was gone from FR for a year - came back because of Trump! And have variable amounts of time.
We’re all getting older - I was just a young thing when I signed up here.... actually in 2002.
I live in the knobs of southern Ohio. Fresh air and silence, they are like beautiful breast of mother earth, haha. I figured out a long time ago it’s best to stay away from doctors. They’ll ask you how you feel, then argue with you about it. I’m pretty sure I have a blockage, they’re determined not to find it though. It is what it is. I have been a collector of beautiful poison bottles from the past. They are usually very fancy and with knurls so when you picked them up in the dark you knew what they were. The people in olden days knew they were medicine, but poison.
Anyone try new tomato varieties this year? I tried two new heirlooms this year; the Red Siberian and the Arkansas Traveler. The red Siberian looks like a small hybrid tomato but has a much richer flavor. They are made for short growing seasons and will produce early. The Arkansas Traveler is a prolific producer but does not taste much different than your run of the mill hybrid. Still love the Purple Cherokee and Black Krim varieties the best!
You need to let the stalks grow as that is where the sprouts form at the axis of each leaf. You can trim them later in the season...
I wasn’t impressed with the Purple Cherokees. I may try the Black Krim next year. My favorite tomato has always been Lemon Boys. I successfully started some things from seed this year and they survived, a major achievement for me. I dried a lot of herbs too for the winter. The pineapple sage was one of my favorites.
Built in bacon bits - I’ll bet that took some serious engineering.
Still eating home-grown tomatoes every day. Once they go going, they are going non-stop! Only two plants left and they will stay until the weather is no longer in their favor. Planted purchased red leaf lettuce last week and have already had a nice salad with those tomatoes. Added a bunch of arugula and some homegrown basil. What a treat! Roses have done very well this year and so have the curly leaf lavender. Pulling up caladiums and putting the bulbs in storage until next year. Planting pansies in the empty spaces. Hope your hubby will be ok.
Prayers for you and your hubby and thanks for always starting the thread. We keep on gardening no matter what our bodies are going through, it seems. Picked a beautiful perfect green zucchini yesterday (west Michigan). Thankfully they grow slower when the weather is cooler. Some San Marzano tomatoes left on the vine. Other tomatoes are done except for one volunteer Russian yellow. Had 6 or 7 volunteer cantalopes which I never grow. They were small but very tasty, once I figured out when to pick them. Still getting some second growth broccoli. My cilantro has turned to coriander which don’t use enough to keep so that will go on the compost today. Still have banana peppers going and those Costa Rican sweet red peppers. Even though we were not able to plant as much as normal we still had a good garden and some nice new surprises this year to enjoy. I got seed starter on sale this year too, 4 smaller bags for 50 cents a bag. It will be enough for us. The flat Dutch cabbages I have on order should be coming in 2 weeks. I like to do my kraut mid October. I don’t grow it just because I don’t have the room. Plus I have a great source. Hummingbirds are pretty much gone. Seems like it’s a couple of weeks early for them. Found some nice big pots on sale for patio planters for next year. As most of you are I am really looking forward to next year.
Cayennes dry great, my favorite way to use them. I like to take some and put in a small oil bottle with just enough sunflower or other light oil to cover them. In a few days the oil will get reddish, and a few drops adds a lot to many winter recipes and even scrambled eggs.
Looks good , those flowers were beautiful.
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