Holistic Healing

I always try herbal remedies before using over the counter or prescription medications. I find one of the best ways for me to learn about all the different herbal remedies is to write about them, so I started doing a Holistic healing series on Bubblews.

So far, I've done:

Couch grass

Agrimony

Horse-chestnut

Calamus

Yarrow

Black catechu

(Just hit on the word, to be taken to the article)

Christmas Shopping!

Have you started your Christmas Shopping yet?

Please check out my PugWiggles Zazzle store for fun unique gifts!

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Foster Kittens

Last week, I volunteered to take four four week old kittens. The poor little sweethearts's mother was killed by coyotes. When they got here they were still bottle feeding and not in the best shape. Over the last five days, I've been working on weaning them off the bottle and getting them eating from a plate.

Three of the kittens are doing fantastic, but unfortunately one is not. He is smaller and weaker than the others, and won't eat the kitten food. He'll only drink milk from the bottle. I pray the little guy is going to be ok.

The kittens will be off to new homes in 3-4 weeks.

Ten Ways to Use Apples

It's apple season again! Here's ten great ways to use apples!

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Adding New Hens to an Existing Flock

Adding new hens to an existing flock needs to be done with care.

To read more, please check out my article on it:

Adding New Hens to an Existing Flock

Orpingtons, Squash and Dried Beans

It's been a busy week around my house, I've been busy busy busy harvesting and preserving. I am happy to say my garden is about 75% harvested now. I also got two new hens this week; they are Orpingtons.

These are my two new Orpingtons. They are about 6-7 months old. They lay large eggs that are a grey/greenish colour. Google tells me that they have extremely nice temperaments, right now they are a little too scared and shy for me to tell if that's true or not. They are very pretty and over the next year they will fill out and get a lot fluffier. They get big fluffy butts when they are adults.

This week, I got the last of my winter squash prepared for winter. Squash is easy to preserve, simply leave it out in the sun for ten days to harden it's shell and then wipe clean with vinegar to kill any bacteria. The squash shown in the basket below is a combination of butternut, buttercup and acorn squash. It should stay good for several months.

Belowis Romano beans. I left them on the vine to dry so I could make dried beans. I picked them all and am now finishing their drying inside. Once their pods are dried out and the beans rattle inside the pods, I will sehll them and put them in a jar for later use. 

Rice and Stuffing Filled Pumpkin Recipe

This is an excellent recipe for a harvest feast or potluck.

Read recipe: Rice and Stuffing filled Pumpkin
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