This is a great way to get a fresh start in the new Year, or anytime if the year when you feel the need to cleanse and remove old energies and negativity from your home. If you are new to smudging, know that we all have the ability to cleanse and clear negativities out of…
Industrial Hemp could provide the perfect housing solution for Canadians. Have you heard about Industrial Hemp yet? Perhaps not. Until recently it has been demonized because it’s a member of the cannabis family, but it’s a distinctly different plant than the marijuana plant. This versatile plant has thousands of uses and has been used for…
By Tannis Stuckless, October 17, 2024 Rosehip Tea with Honey Rosehip tea is great for boosting your immune system when you are feeling like you are feeling under the weather. How to Make Rosehip Tea In the Fall, after the first frost, I go out and gather the rose hips off the bushes. You want…
Industrial Hemp cellulose could replace all conventional plastics currently used. All of them. And in a very environmentally friendly way. Why is plastic pollution problem an exponentially growing concern worldwide? People are recycling plastic all over the place, and using recycled plastic things, right? 1.At the moment, most conventional plastics in the world are made…
This versatile and hardy plant is the remedy for many of the environmental problems plaguing the planet. 2. Another positive impact of growing Industrial Hemp is that this would help keep the lungs of the planet, our forests, intact. Industrial Hemp plants have been used with great success to replace wood products. The woody…
It’s just after the first frost in Alberta, which is the time of year to harvest rose hips. This time of year it’s easy to walk through the fields and woods in Alberta, and spot them everywhere as you go, like early bright red Christmas lights on the bushes. The wild rose is the provincial…
With the chill of Autumn in the air and morning frosts starting to appear, it’s time to make a new dust bath for wintertime for my chickens. Here are some tips for making a dust bath chickens love, based on many years of experience. I grew up on a hobby farm, and we kept chickens…
Hemp is premium bedding for chickens. Here are some tips for using Industrial Hemp as bedding for chickens, and the benefits I have experienced when using it. I was given some leftovers from a farmer who had bailed his field two years ago, and my chickens loved it. They enjoyed scratching at the long fibers…
by Marianne Graff, Published on Sept 28,2024 About a hundred years ago, and for more than a century before that, the word ‘hemp’ used to bring visions of sail rope and sail cloth to mind. It was the material of choice since it is strong, durable, doesn’t mould and is naturally pest resistant. But in…
By Marianne Graff Published on September 10, 2024 When most people hear the phrase ‘animal healing’, they immediately think of medical treatments for pets, or wild animal rescues from danger or illness. Few think about how animals help heal humans. But animals have been helping humans heal physically, emotionally and spiritually for centuries. This article…
