Nova Health Synergy

03/20/2026

Happening tomorrow!

03/19/2026

Good to know!

Sorry about the ugly dirt tubes I'm building on your siding.

I know what you're thinking. Wasp nest. Colony. Stinging. Danger. None of that is true.

I'm a Mud Dauber. A solitary wasp. I don't have a colony. I don't have workers. There is one of me. I built this nest alone, and I have nothing to defend with a swarm because there is no swarm. You could stand two feet from my nest and I wouldn't care. I'm busy.

I'm building a pantry.

Each mud tube on your siding contains individual cells, and each cell is stocked with paralyzed spiders and one egg. I hunt spiders, sting them with venom that paralyzes but doesn't kill, carry them back to the tube, pack them in alive, lay an egg on the last one, and seal the cell with mud. When my larva hatches, it has fresh food waiting.

One nest means I've removed hundreds of spiders from the area around your house in a single season.

There are three types, and they don't all hunt the same prey.

The black-and-yellow mud dauber builds the classic tubes. She hunts crab spiders, orb weavers, and jumping spiders — the ones you find in and around your garden vegetation.

The organ pipe mud dauber builds parallel tubes that look like pipe organ pipes. She also hunts web-building spiders.

The blue mud dauber — metallic blue-black and iridescent — hunts black widows. She finds the widow's web, taps on the silk to mimic trapped prey, and when the widow comes out to investigate, she strikes. She paralyzes the widow and stocks it in a mud cell for her young. She specifically targets widows and their relatives. She doesn't even build her own nest — she finds an abandoned mud dauber nest, softens it with water, restocks it with paralyzed widows, and seals it back up.

🌿 How to read the nest:

- Sealed tubes with smooth mud caps — active. Larvae developing inside. Spiders still being delivered. Leave it alone
- Tubes with small round holes — the adults have emerged and left. The nest is empty. Scrape it off if it bothers you
- Open-ended tubes — still under construction. She's actively hunting and packing
- source- guardians of nature

03/13/2026

Just a few more days! Come out, get some goodies and meet our community of awesome vendors!

03/09/2026

Happy Spring 🌷. Excited to be participating in these events this month!

03/07/2026

This is so true!

02/16/2026

Herbal infused oils, ozonating black seed oil, pinetree sap, bee propolis in beeswax.

02/02/2026

My yearly Impact Report from CompostNow!

01/31/2026

01/30/2026

This is so true!

✨ Real change starts with compassion—for your mind, not just your plate. ✨

Lifestyle shifts don’t happen in survival mode. When stress, trauma, or constant pressure are running the show, willpower alone isn’t enough—and that’s not a personal failure. It’s human.

As Dr. Judy Brangman reminds us, sustainable health begins when we create space for calm, safety, and support. From there, nourishing choices—like whole, plant-based foods—become tools for healing, not coping mechanisms.

🌱 Progress doesn’t have to be perfect.
💙 Start where you are.
🧠 Care for your mental health as fiercely as your physical health.

What’s one small way you can support your well-being today?

01/29/2026

The damaging effects of excessive sugar.

01/27/2026

Walking is a simple way to regulate your nervous system.

Walking is the single most natural and simple way to regulate your nervous system. If you can, do it outside. The natural bilateral eye movement from walking will help you process stress, difficult situations, and will help you process emotional memories.

When stressful things happen to us, we need to move so our brain can process the emotions. When we sit still after stress for long periods of time, we ruminate. Rumination is playing a situation in our mind over and over again. We do this because the emotional memory is trying to be processed, but with the body in a state of stillness, it can’t happen.

Chronic rumination leads to depression.

It’s no coincidence that as we’ve been pulled into sedentary lifestyles, depression has increased. Our ancestors walked all the time. Throughout the day. Every day. “Walk it off,” is not just a saying, it’s a truth.

Add walking into your daily life whenever you can. Even small bursts of walking help.

Some ideas:

1. A simple walk around your block

2. Drive to a park or a street with shops and walk it (explore new parks or hikes you haven’t been on before)

3. Park father away every time you have a chance

4. If weather is bad, walk indoor malls or shopping centers

5. Find a walking buddy to hold you accountable

6. Ask to do therapy or coaching on the phone so you can walk

7. Get a small treadmill and a stand for your laptop so you can work and walk

Without enough natural movement and light, humans will inevitably end up depressed