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Category Archives: insect control
Externalizing Costs and Arsenic in Soil
Arsenic in soil is widespread and extremely toxic in part because it accumulates in our bodies. It is just one way businesses externalizes costs onto others, and is so widespread it is hard to calculate the damage. I bought acreage … Continue reading
Delphinium (Delphinium sp)
I have beautiful wild Delphiniums that I have not identified yet. Several NM species have no photographs. If any of you recognize this one, let me know. Most are gorgeous purple, but a light version showed up too. The foliage … Continue reading
Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
I went outside to sit and enjoy the early evening and listened to a nesting call of a Eurasian Collared Dove. As far as I know, they are new to my food forest. Because they are not native and are … Continue reading
Peppermint (Mentha x piperita)
Peppermint is the result of a bit of indiscretion between Spearmint and Watermint. Oops. It is a little odd and can have variable chromosome numbers, but what the heck. It makes a drop dead chocolate mint candy, pie, or cake. … Continue reading
Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, insect control, medicinal plants, perfume, permaculture, Prepper
Tagged antibacterial, circular economy, disease vectors, food forest, gardening, honey bees, lice, market economy, medicinal, Mentha x piperita, New Mexico, pain relief, Peppermint, Permaculture, prepper, respiratory
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Rescue, Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L. spp. cerulea)
Although my Blue Elderberries survived winter on the cold and windy northeast corner, the one farthest out has not sprouted any spring growth. Still alive, but it may be too stressed to get through a hot summer. I know, I … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, chicken m, Circular Economy, food forest, fruit trees, gardening, insect control, medicinal plants, perfume, permaculture, poisonous plants, Prepper, wild edibles, wildlife
Tagged Blue Elderberry, chickens, circular economy, food forest, fruiting tree, gardening, medicinal, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, Sambucus cerulea, Sambucus nigra, Santa Fe, wild edibles, wine
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Herbs, Calendula Oktoberfest (Calendula officinales)
Today I started 12 Calendula Oktoberfest seeds. This is a well known herbal that has been used for hundreds of years for skin problems by promoting healing and protection against free radicals. My main purpose for Calendula has always been … Continue reading
Reducing Lectin in Your Diet
The number one easiest way to reduce Lectin in your diet is to stop eating GMO foods that have megadoses of Lectins. The number two easiest way to reduce Lectin is to eat a more varied diet. The natural Lectin … Continue reading
You Are a Pest to Plants and Lectin Kills
Lectins are chemical warfare by plants that cannot run and hide from you. It is their defense against all of us, including insects, fungi, animals, and you, that would eat them into extinction. Eat too much of one thing and … Continue reading
Posted in Circular Economy, food forest, insect control, permaculture, Prepper
Tagged autoimmune disorders, circular economy, gmo, lectins, market economy, Monsanto, New Mexico, Permaculture, pesticides, prepper, Santa Fe
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Herbs, Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Lavender is quite hardy, my little starter plant from last year survived our cold winds, low temperatures, 40 inches of snow, and total neglect in a 6 inch pot on the back patio. I potted it up to a 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Circular Economy, food forest, fruit trees, gardening, greenhouse, insect control, medicinal plants, permaculture, plant uses, Prepper
Tagged butterflies, circular economy, food forest, gardening, herbs, hugelkultur, Lavandula angustifolia, Lavender, medicinal, Monsanto, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, raised beds, Santa Fe
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Herbs, German Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
Transferred my kitchen pot of German Thyme to the raised herb bed. This is my only thyme plant for this garden because it is one of the most cold hardy. Sadly, lemon thyme is not cold hardy enough. Even so, … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Circular Economy, food forest, gardening, insect control, medicinal plants, permaculture, Prepper
Tagged butterflies, cabbage, circular economy, companion planting, food forest, gardening, German thyme, herbal teas, insect control, market economy, New Mexico, Permaculture, prepper, raised beds, Santa Fe, Thymus vulgaris
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