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20 Interesting Facts About The Cayenne Pepper Plant

Capsicum annuum (a.k.a. Cayenne peppers) is a digestive stimulant, a cardiovascular tonic, a first aid application for bleeding, a food, and so much more! For example, did you know that–botanically speaking–the pepper is a berry, not a vegetable?

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How To Make Beef Jerky or Even A Vegetarian Jerky

This natural beef jerky recipe is the perfect way to bring meat along when refrigeration isn’t available. It is simple, delicious, and good for you. You can also substitute your favorite veggie in place of meat, and use this recipe to make vegetarian jerky.

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Things You Should Know About Honey Bee Swarms

For years I have collected bee swarms for people. When I started, I was doing it to add to my bee-yard, but soon learned it was a great opportunity to educate on swarms and honey bees in general. Here are answers to some of the most common questions I have heard over the years.

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Learn To Keep A Great Looking Lawn, Naturally!

These natural lawn care tips will help you have a beautiful lawn without all the expensive, harmful chemicals. And don’t forget, long stretches of lawn invite bats and bluebirds, both of which are voracious mosquito and other bug eaters!

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Companion Planting: 5 Great Plants for Your Garden

The practice of companion planting–or purposefully planting things together–can enhance the beauty, health, growth, and flavor of your harvest. Scratch open a bare patch of soil, let it be for a few weeks, and you’ll see how nature intended companion planting!

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Seven Plants You Can Grow for DIY Beauty Projects

Growing lavender and these 6 other perennial plants, provides me with the ingredients to make numerous salves, lotions, soaps, and fragrances for my home. Plus, nothing beats the convenience of having these ingredients at my fingertips.

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Learn How to Make Natural Homemade Red Lipstick!

Learn how to make lipstick and take your homemade beauty skills to the next level! This red lipstick recipe has a velvety, smooth, and thick texture. It also has a rich red carmine color so you can make a bold, yet sophisticated, impression on a night out.

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Using Violets for Your Dinner Table and Medicine Cabinet

Violets (Viola odorata) are edible and medicinal flowers packed full of Vitamin C, calcium, and magnesium. We like to use the flowers to make salads, tea, syrups, infused vinegar, poultice, tincture, and even eat them candied!

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Dealing with Grief Naturally Using Herbal Remedies

Dealing with grief naturally, and using herbs for grief, are practices that have been around for thousands of years. Since I love to go to nature for whatever I need, let’s take a look and see what help nature can provide when we’re dealing with grief.

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Folk Medicine: Finding What Works & What is Fable

Folk medicine doesn’t have to be based on coincidence and strange superstition. By its very definition, it was a vast collection of what the common folk did to keep themselves alive. Let’s take a look and discover which work and which are fable.