james neevel

A davebuilt nutcracker works excellent on acorn's I can go through a 5 gallon pail in 5_10 minutes.

Field company makes cast iron that is comparable to the good old pans.

I use garlic on deer ticks bites, I get alot of them and I've had at least 3 that the heads broke off when I pulled them out, I always slice a clove of garlic and tape it to the bite for a couple days, I've never had a problem with it getting infected or getting Lyme's disease, it will give you first degree burn though I've read that it can be prevented by putting olive oil over it first then tapeing the garlic over that. Garlic and echinacea are my favorite herbs.

I saw the blue Man on Dr. Oz, Mercury was used years ago for all kinds of ailments and it worked but down the road people suffered many side effects , I personally would not ingest any heavy metals , I already have aluminum poisoning, mercury poisoning and lead poisoning , and I know how difficult it is to get rid of these metals safely.

I'll add to this list the school of natural healing.

try taking a piece of a young leaf the size of a mouse ear put it between two pieces of bread and being carefull not to touch it on your lips chew it and swallow it , do this a couple times a week for two or three weeks. here is a link to a herbalist he has some videos on this.
thesouthernherbalist.com/poison-ivy-immunity
it an excellent site.
jim