Cindy Loos

For Fbromyalgia, I went to a Natureopath
-He had me drink 4 oz. of... the juice of 1 lemon in a quart of water every 2 hours (between meals) until gone.
every day.   (also helped balance body pH)
-Eat Gluten-free, (or bread made with sprouted grains) Lots of organic fruit & veggies
Leafy green salad with Olive Oil, Asparagus, Brussel Sprouts, Kale, Cabbage, Onions, Garlic, Sesame Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Fresh Wild Salmon, Eggs (hard or soft boiled only), Sprouted nuts & seeds
-Juice- 1 peeled Cucumber, 4 Celery Stalks, 1/2 bunch of Parsley, 1/2 to 1 Lemon, A "thumb-sized" piece of Ginger.  Drink once a day
-Magnesium, NATURAL  Vit. E (the "dl-" is made in a lab & is NOT good)
-Relaxation techniques
    I've gone from being unable to function 3-4 days a week, to hardly any symptoms in 5 years.

Water skippers (water striders) will eat mosquito larvae, but I don't think they'll eat frog eggs.
Bats, Dragonflies, Frogs & Toads will eat flying mosquitoes.

Fostering Goat kids in the house right now.

-I Had super-large stumps brought in to form a hugel hill (for noise reduction- neighbors parties).  I told them it was a hill for the goats. It also has large garbage can caves in it for goat shelters.
-I now have 2 bummer goats in the house wearing diapers.  (We were on the couch last night with Chihuahua, Cat & both kids on my lap).
-When irrigating. . . I go out in my rubber boots & stomp the poo piles to break them up to "fertilize" the pasture.
-I load-up the neighbors leaves that they left at the curb & dump them into our orchard. They drive by & look at me funny.
-I go barefoot in summer out into the pasture (& tip-toe thru the poo).

Just a question. . .
I have a lawn planted with endophyte seed.  Can I compost the grass clippings?
Or does it resist composting to a point?

Also:
If I spread the grass clippings on my veggie garden. . .
Will it help or hinder the soil & plants?

Please- a simple answer that I can understand

My daughter says her cat is a DRUG DEALER.  Then she explained... the cat gets high on these toxic mushrooms that grow in their lawn.  Lately, she's been seen leading neighbor cats to their mushrooms & teaching THEM to eat them.  They come home sometimes, to see several cats 'high' in their yard.

We live at the edge of town & have a Pyreneese.  We were concerned about the barking, so put a collar on him.  We tone him when he barks just to say "I'm here". ( a woof. . .woof).  But totally ignore alarm barking, or barking that only lasts a couple of minutes.  And NEVER shock!!   (Reserve shock only for an animal that is trying to kill your chicken or animal)  After a couple years of toning & turning on the back light, now we just turn on the light.  If it isn't that important, he stops barking.  But if he continues, we know something is right there by the fence.  The neighbors actually really like him.  He's repelled a cougar, coyote, possum, evil tom cat, & killed at least 1 possum.  My chickens, goats & I are safe.  He doesn't like strange men near me, but backs off if I tell him it's okay.  He was an adoption from a shelter.  He started out stepping on chickens & pulling out their feathers, jumping out of the fence & taking off, & knocking me down.. . a total disaster.  But now, he's probably the best LGD we've had. Oh, and the hawks don't even fly over our property anymore. . . they actually turn at our fenceline.

Very informative. Thank you.
But I DO have a question...
How do you keep squirrels from eating your hazels, or cutting & dropping the immature ones to the ground?
I have gotten NO hazels in the 10 or so years I've had the trees.  I did, however, see one on the ground.