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Cornsilk and Its Medicinal Effect

Morgan Botanicals   -   May 18, 2009 - By Jessica_7

Corn silk ( Zea mays ) is a great herbal remedy for acute inflammation and irritation of the genito-urinary system, such as cystitis, urethritis and prostatitis. It is especially useful in treating inflammation caused by bacterial infection and its volatile...

Homemade Raviolis Not So Painful to Make, and SOOO...

Eating with the Seasons   -   May 17, 2009 - By Becky

Never one to fear challenging projects in the kitchen, I jumped at the chance to recreate the delicious looking raviolis Giada DeLaurentis made on one of her cooking shows on the Food Network last year. Armed wth fresh basil and the best lemons from Sespe...

Cannelini Bean Broth

F.A. Farm   -   May 17, 2009 - By Walter_1

Yesterday I had a hankering for some fagioli , so I pulled out a quart of my home-grown cannelinis to soak. I didn't have time to make it last night, so I left them in the refrigerator overnight. I then poured off the soaking water and added fresh water....

turnip greens big and fluffy and ready to eat

Grow And Share   -   May 17, 2009 - By Kay

We planted a row of turnips which, at the first rain, all washed to one side of the row. :-) Now we have a thick, thick patch of beautiful turnip leaves. We are thinking we will harvest some of the patch to eat as greens, and then let the rest grow. ...

Alpaca Fleeces Avialable

BelleauWood Farms Alpacas   -   May 17, 2009 - By Erin

Hi All, We are shearing 250 alpacas next weekend in Greenville, Virginia (on I 81 and I 64 between Lexington and Staunton).  We will hold out about 25 to 30 show and herdsire fleeces.  The rest of the fleeces are avialable for sale. ...

Life is Short...

Puzzle Creek Farm: Putting The Pieces Together   -   May 17, 2009 - By Corbett Family

5/13/2009 Our keets were born today...there are 15 of them. We had them in a box on the bar when Grafton was holding one, it scared him and he dropped it. It squirmed a bit and died in my hand. I started crying... totally out of control crying. I gathered...

Bees! And Farm Day.

Hurricane Farm   -   May 17, 2009 - By Chris

There was an "old-timey" Farm Day here in Scotland today and we decided a couple of weeks ago to participate in the fun.  So last night and this morning found us loading up the trucks with some fencing, some posts, our farm goods, and (of...

Two days ago, I got a call from Janet's brother Tom. He has been caring for our chickens at a nearby farm for the past month. He called to tell me that one of the chickens had died of unknown causes. I drove out to the farm to check on them. Since...

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Hanging Mountian Farms LLC   -   May 16, 2009 - By Ted and Carlene

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Detox Salad Recipe

Sharon Hubbs-Kreft, Herbalist - Amazing Grace Herbals LLC   -   May 16, 2009 - By Sharon_3

I was flipping through a great book called Detox for Women by Natalia Rose, a great nutritionist and found this wonderful salad recipe to help detox the system. It is very, very tasty!!! This salad can be made anytime as it is full of vitamins and...