Category: Gardening
Don’t Forget about the Bees
Bees Are Behind Our Food And Natural Medicines – And They’re Disappearing Bees are dying—and at an alarming rate. Between 2023 and 2024, US beekeepers lost an estimated 55.1 percent of their colonies—the worst loss in more than a decade and nearly 15 percent higher than the previous 13-year average. Bees pollinate three-quarters of the fruits,…
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Practical Solutions: US Engineers turn Salty Seawater into Drinking Water with New Cheap Method
US engineers turn salty seawater into drinking water with new cheap method Researchers have developed carbon cloth electrodes that efficiently remove boron from seawater, potentially replacing costly chemicals in desalination. The electrodes remove boron from desalinated water by splitting molecules into ions. Hydroxide ions bind to boron, which adheres to positive electrodes, ensuring safer…
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Homesteading 101: Sassafras Tree
H/T Kensho Homestead Sassafras Tree Sassafras Sassafras albidum I’ve written several times about this tree in past posts and have been meaning to include it in the Herbal Explorations for some time. Thanks once again to Gavin Mounsey for putting a bee in my bonnet! His contributions are featured below. A quick peak at a couple of…
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Herbal Explorations: Lemon Balm
H/T Kensho Homestead Herbal Explorations: Lemon Balm I’m adding another from Gavin’s Newsletter to the Herbal Explorations pages—the very popular Lemon Balm. Gavin does such a thorough job of covering it and I’m excited to start working with it more. I grow it, like mint, mostly for the bees, but like mint, I don’t use it nearly…
Plantain: How To Identify and Use This Edible ‘Weed’
Plantain: How To Identify and Use This Edible ‘Weed’ Plantain is one of the most readily available and easily identifiable edible and medicinal weeds in the United States. It contains a lot of protein for a plant, making it a great survival food source. The Psyllium in plantain is one of the primary reasons…