The Best of Nature

09/15/2025

09/15/2025

Avoid avoid avoid

12 ingredients in processed food linked to gut inflammation:

09/13/2025

09/12/2025

That last cleanse... I messed up on it... Sugar...

Also known as...

fructose, glucose, lactose, sucrose, maltose, dextrose, and levulose....

09/04/2025

🐦 9 Plants Not To Cut in Fall: Birds Need Them for Winter

1) Coneflowers (Echinacea)
• Leave seed heads standing through winter.
• Cut back only in early spring.

2) Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia)
• Keep dark seed heads until late winter.
• Goldfinches & chickadees feed on them.

3) Sunflowers (Helianthus)
• Large seed heads = natural bird feeders.
• If stalks flop, lay them down or prop up.

4) Joe-Pye W**d (Eutrochium)
• Tall seed heads feed small birds.
• Foliage adds snow-cover shelter.

5) Goldenrod (Solidago)
• Keep stems and seeds all winter.
• Sparrows & juncos rely on them.

6) Ornamental Grasses (Miscanthus, Panicum, etc.)
• Don’t cut back until spring.
• Provide seeds, shelter, & winter interest.

7) Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
• Leave dried flower heads intact.
• Birds love seeds; adds frosty texture.

8) Asters
• Leave uncut until spring.
• Birds feed on their small seeds.

9) Native Shrubs with Berries (Viburnum, Dogwood, Elderberry)
• Keep berries for winter food.
• Only prune weak or diseased branches.

08/19/2025

People fall in love,
But here... You fall into place 🥲🥰🥲🥰😘

05/13/2025

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05/09/2025

THIS

It’s fiddlehead season! Be sure you know how to identify them, harvest them responsibly, and safely consume them.
Fiddlehead ferns are an early spring delicacy found all over the Northeast. Not all ferns are edible and some can be harmful if consume. The Ostrich fern fiddleheads are edible, and can be identified by the brown, papery scale-like covering on the uncoiled fern. Fiddleheads are approximately 1 inch in diameter, have a smooth fern stem (not fuzzy), and also a deep “U”-shaped groove on the inside of the fern stem.
Harvest the tender ostrich ferns as soon as they are an inch or two above the ground. Carefully brush off and remove the papery brown scales. Clean fiddleheads can be safely cooked using many different methods, boiling and steaming and sautéing. Fiddleheads can be boiled or steamed prior to use in other recipes that call for sauteing, stir-frying or baking.
After boiling or steaming, serve at once with optional toppings or seasonings, such as melted butter, vinegar, olive oil, salt or pepper. Cooked and rapidly chilled fiddleheads can be also served as a salad with an onion and vinegar dressing. Enjoy!

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03/20/2025

Happy Spring Equinox lovelies! 💜
I made home made date syrup! ( I realized just now I wrote it with an o! ) Sirop like in French.
Je commence cette année à écrire et parler plus en Francais.
Mes ambitions avec ceci sont bien terminer. Content avec mon produit, Il va passé le temps dans le frigo quand je n'utilise pas le sirop!
💪🏼🙏🏼
Was a bit of a chore to make but I had some dates that were hard ( I prefer soft ones to eat ) and soaking them, blending and cooking on low for like 15 mins and cheese cloth strain was enough of a job. :D It tastes great and I will use it in my tea and oatmeal!
🌱Happy new year of seasons ✨️💛