Healing Teas
Nature will never follow people but people will have to follow the laws of nature. – Dioscorides Healing Teas Click Here to View Length: 4 Minutes, 48 Seconds Also see these videos Tea Remedies That Will Change Your Life, 59 seconds Top 10 Teas for a Healthy Lifestyle, 08:43 The beautiful and delicious hibiscus tea launched Succeed and Soar’s health and wellness series. Here’s the inaugural, August 22, 2022 post. A second post about the beneficial bilberry tea followed on January 14, 2023. Since those beginnings, the benefits of chocolate, watermelon, lettuce and much more have been presented each month at “Thrive.” This post reminds of many other teas that can help. Among ten healthy, herbal teas recommended by healthline are: Passionflower tea, because research has “found that passionflower tea may improve sleep and anxiety.” Peppermint tea, because it supports digestive health as well as offering antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial, and antiviral properties Sage tea, because “studies have found that sage improves cognitive function, memory, and heart health.” See the other seven. NaturalOn provides these clarifications, First, “ … one mistake many people make when steeping their tea is to leave the pot or the cup uncovered. This allows vital essential oils to escape through the steam.” Second, “… herbal tea isn’t made from tea at all. Tea comes from the leaves of a specific plant. Herbal “teas” are infusions of seeds, roots, bark, flowers, or leaves, extracted through boiling or very hot water.” Their list of fifteen beneficial beverages includes, Cardamon, because this evergreen plant’s seeds and dried flowers,, “can help with stomach pain, gas, and indigestion, along with nausea. This is a terrific tea that can help remove phlegm and fight respiratory illnesses” Elderflower, because it, “reduces mucus in the sinuses and lungs and also treats coughs, bronchitis, and asthma. Elderflowers have many immune-boosting compounds that are also great for treating winter colds, fevers, and the flu.” Lavender, because it, “is perfect for treating anxiety, coughs, colds, stress, feelings of anxiety and even insomnia.” Read more. Food Matters’ list of “10 Healing teas We Love” includes, Dandelion and chicory root, because they, “act as a blood purifier that helps both kidneys and the liver to remove impurities.” Soursop, “It purifies the blood, aids detoxification, promotes clear skin, is high in vitamin C, contains rich amounts of antioxidants to fight free radical damage, is great for the liver, and improves digestive health.” Valerian made the list because it, “helps treat chronic insomnia and sleeplessness, soothes and sedates the nervous system, helps calm hysteria and restlessness.” Discover seven more. Here are two, helpful charts, Health Benefits of Herbal Teas: 15 Herbal Teas for Every Ailment: COMMENT Succeed and Soar! Sandra Gould Ford Presenting arts experiences to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. Shop Succeed & Soar’s Mugs Details: Ceramic Dishwasher and Microwave safe Two sizes: 11 oz and 15 oz View All Mugs Thanks for shopping!
Grow Great Fruits & Veggies in Pots
STORAGE TOTE GARDENS A Raised Bed Alternative Length: 12 minutes Click here to view. NOTE Of this technique, one viewer commented: Make sure your totes have a 2 or 5 on the bottom which means they are safe to grow or store foods in. Any other numbers mean the totes are made from chemical recycles that can be absorbed into the soil which will transfer into your food plants. Consider Nature is so smart, it put the medicine inside the food. – Source Unknown Years ago, a friend invited me to her family farm. We picked, boiled and ate corn right away. Wow! Really fresh food tastes fantastic. With those flavors in mind, I’ve sat and watched beefsteak tomatoes ripen behind my garage, each day knowing how delicious they were becoming. Now that I know about soil contaminants and, since deer and groundhogs have invaded my ‘hood,’ growing from my ground won’t work. Planting in pots will! Container Gardening for Food lists these plants as great to grow and eat from apartment window boxes: Bush/Hanging Cucumbers Everbearing Strawberries Geranium edible info Hanging cherry tomatoes Lettuce Mint/Lemon Balm Nasturtiums edible info Pansies edible info Sage Spinach With a bit more space, these herbs and vegetables grow well in containers: Basil Cherry tomatoes Cilantro Eggplant Lettuce Marigold edible info Oregano Peppers Pole beans Radishes Scallions Spinach Swiss chard Tarragon Thyme The Spruce provides reminders for beginning container gardeners, including light and temperature considerations, watering and drainage, soil and more Michigan State University Extension writes, Container gardening for food is a not just a fad; growing food in creative ways is here to stay … Seed companies have kept up with this trend as they keep developing varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs that will grow in containers … Burpee Seed Company has a number of videos on growing vegetables in containers. Other trusted publications with good videos on the subject are Better Homes and Gardens, Sunset and Farmer’s Almanac. MSU notes that burlap sacks can work as planters. And, the school offers booklets like: Container gardening with vegetables and herbs Container gardening in a sunny area Container gardening in a shady area Click here for more MSU resources, including a free Email digest. In addition to exercise in fresh air and sunshine, raising fruits and vegetables on windowsills, porches and patios lets the gardener control the soil, fertilizers, chemicals and other additives as well as the types of seeds [heirloom and/or organic] from which food is grown, Video 5-GALLON CONTAINER GARDENS Length: 6 Minutes 26 Seconds. Click here to view. Also check out these short, how-to videos: How to Plant Potatoes in a Container. Length: 4 Minutes, 26 Seconds Vertical Growing [Containers with Trellises]. Length: 24 Minutes, 28 Seconds Shop Sandra’s Art on Stickers Art also available as shirts, puzzles, phone cases, ornaments, journals, blankets and more] The high quality and unique Stickers produced by Fine Art America are: Vinyl in 3 sizes: 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 6×6 Kiss-cut w 1/8” border Available with transparent or white background Adhesive back clings to smooth surfaces, easy to remove Adhesive backing with plenty of stickiness Clings to any smooth surface yet easy to remove Priced from $3.50 to $9.20 CUSTOMIZE. Use tools with item to: Enlarge, reduce size of art Change placement of art and text Buy Stickers Here View All Collections HERE. Thanks for shopping!