Lexie Smith

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I usually treat things like this with a dual approach: I treat the ear as most have described with the addition of a tiny bit of colloidal silver added to the final drops and help my body fight the invasion with nasturtium tincture sublingually, several times a day for a day or two. If the infection is particularly bad I’d add a little poke root tincture too but I recommend extreme caution with that one. Not only is it fiercely strong but some people react strongly to it.

Always test something new by starting with a drop on your inner wrist to see if that causes any issues before trying a diluted drop orally, just to be safe.
2 days ago
You could go a long way in the attempt to feed the cow on that much acreage, depending upon the fertility of your soil and your climate but it also depends upon the dietary needs of the particular animal. Lots of people, including myself, supplement my pasture with hay I buy from a local farmer as well as alfalfa pellets I buy from Azure standard. My great aunt kept a milk cow by tethering it to a steak that she moved around as needed. “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” I guess.
1 month ago
There’s a brand of socks that we have been considering that are guaranteed for life. They are supposed to be extremely well made out of natural fibers and the company agrees to replace them when they wear out. I keep seeing their advertisements on Amazon but haven’t taken the plunge yet. At the rate my husband goes through them, I’m thinking they would make an excellent investment.
1 month ago
Pigs won’t eat them, at least our pigs are smarter than that. My trees run alongside the driveway so they dump husks all over the driveway and I just run over them with my bagging mower and then put in the compost bin or dump them out for the chickens to peck through.
3 months ago
I second the advice for bone broth! I’ve had over 20 major surgeries and I agree with all the previous advice. You do need to add in lots of good probiotics to restore the microbiome that was killed off with preventative antibiotics that all surgical procedures call for, at least all the ones this retired nurse and (seemingly) professional patient is aware of. Homemade yogurt, sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir or my own favorite, kombucha, are all (if homemade) great sources of the beneficial bacteria that nourish us and regulate our immune systems and, apparently, mental health status as well. Best of luck on the healing journey!
4 months ago
I have always thrown fresh, rinsed tomatoes in the freezer until I had enough to can and then run it through a mill (lately) or used an immersion blender to take care of the skins (for many years but I recently decided to switch to dicing and then freeze drying them so that they don’t take freezer space and I can do anything with them that I’d do with the other. I haven’t actually tried this method but it sounds reasonable and useful. Always before I just reduced it and made ketchup, spaghetti sauce, bbq sauce, tomato paste and sauce and canned it.
4 months ago
Suzette, we had the same results. It was very successful and we will definitely be doing it again.
4 months ago
Alabama has been having early and crazy hot summers in the past few years, excluding this year,( just to keep us on our toes.) I had a friend of a friend who was a popular, local gardener who was known for having corn available before everyone else. I found out that his method was to plant it in January. I wish he was still around so I could ask him about details but I’m going to try it this year and see if I can beat the heat. He told our friend that it might sprout and freeze, sometimes repeatedly, but that it would come right back as soon as the ground gets warm enough.

I realize that it’s not exactly what you asked but it might be a reasonable thing for you to try too. In any case, best of luck! Corn is my absolute favorite crop, especially to bring in warm from the garden and sit down to eat it in just a few minutes, heavenly!
We were raised up putting finger nail polish on chigger bites to “smother” the chigger but I recently read that the chigger bites and drops away almost immediately and the swelling and itching is a response to the venom in its saliva. I have been making a tincture of goldenrod blossoms and mimosa leaves in alcohol and I spray it on anything I once used Benadryl cream or ointment on and it works spectacularly well, especially if I can apply it early on. I use this stuff on all bites and stings and it does better than anything prescription or OTC that I’ve ever tried. On fire ant bites, it prevents the pustule they cause from ever forming and takes the sting out immediately. Either mimosa or goldenrod (harvested best right before bud break) will do the job, I just tried the 1:1 mixture as an experiment since they both do the same thing.
6 months ago
Oh I definitely went for a tetanus shot, thanks!
7 months ago