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A while ago, I wrote a blog post about why we chose to use alcohol as the solvent of choice in the production of our herbal tinctures. Today, I am going to discuss the concept of herbal extraction processes for herbal tinctures. If you’ve ever made a pot of tea or cup of coffee, then…

In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of avoiding a food rut, and trying to vary the meals we serve our families each week.  This week, I wanted to share with you just a few of the recipes that feature regularly on our family’s meal rotation.  With some of these recipes, we tweak…

When you’re running a household, it’s really easy to get into a rut when it comes to meals. How often do you end up serving the same foods again and again? You find a few meal that the kids like, and end up rotating between them.  There are probably a few reasons we end up…

For anyone who keeps a garden, weed control seems to be a constant struggle–especially if you try to tackle the problem without resorting to using harmful chemicals such as Glyphosate. Yet, many of the weeds which we try so hard to eliminate can actually be used for medicinal purposes. In this post, we will look…

Just a few weeks back, my wife remarked that it had been a year since any member of our family had suffered from a cold. She remembered clearly, because she had just got over her last cold as she was preparing to travel to Perth to celebrate her niece’s birthday. That particular cold had done…

The backyard lawn of our current house is full of weeds. Red Clover, Dandelion, Plantain and many others I don’t even know the name of. It looks pretty in its own way in the summer, with all the flowers blooming. Yet, the downside is that it gets covered with bees looking for sweet nectar.  And…

Last week, we discussed the toll that the Covid lockdowns took on the mental health of many Australians. Rates of anxiety and depression skyrocketed, along with prescriptions that doctors were handing out, to help people to deal with these very conditions.  Yet, pharmaceutical drugs are not your only option, should you need some support to…

The State of Mental Health in the Covid Era:   The past year has been a tumultuous one, and has affected many people in ways they never thought possible. Worries over such things as job security, the economy, the future of the country, our health and that of our loved ones, meant that stress levels…

The Long Term Benefits of Physical Activity:    In last week’s blog post, we looked at the short term benefits that increasing our physical activity can have upon our health. This week, I would like to explore the various ways that it can help us in the long term.    Weight loss: One of the…

The Short-Term Benefits of Physical Activity:   We live in a world that is becoming increasingly sedentary. We use cars instead of walking or cycling; we use lifts and escalators instead of climbing the stairs; we spend more and more hours in front of the TV and computer, watching Netflix or playing computer games. Yet,…