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Re: True Blessing Spring, Monson, Massachusetts

rawstrength — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:23:57 -0000

I went to this spring today and it was flowing freely. The water was cold and tasted good.

Re: Hello, Sexy! Make Your Own Unique Handmade Solid Perfume

rawstrength — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:59:46 -0000

My favorite scent by far is lime, cardamom, clove and sandalwood! Amazing!

Re: Raw Model - The Lifestyle for Beauty, Energy, and Mental Clarity: A Differing of Opinion

rawstrength — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:05:18 -0000

I love, love, love this plant. I have been feasting on it every fall for a few years now. I discovered a whole huge field of just Eleagnus umbelliferae near home depot when I was buying some mulch for the garden. The fruit does dry out your mouth. "Inside out berry" is a great name for it. If you cook it then the drying out your mouth effect goes away and the cooked fruit is great as a substitute for cranberry sauce. Also for some reason juicing the fruit takes away the "inside out mouth" effect. I've also heard of people making fruit leather out of it but I haven't tried yet.

Kevin is right, the berries ripen at different times for different bushes, and some of the bushes have fruit that is much sweeter than others.

There is so much of this stuff around . . . feel the abundance.

Re: Raw Model - The Lifestyle for Beauty, Energy, and Mental Clarity: More Planting in the Veggie Patch!!

rawstrength — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:46:10 -0000

I planted some wild lowbush blueberry seeds a few weeks ago, and they sprouted today! When it warms up in a few months I will transfer them outside.
So excited for this year of new growth!!

Re: Raw Model - The Lifestyle for Beauty, Energy, and Mental Clarity: The Gift Economy

rawstrength — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:12:43 -0000

I really like your idea of the grocery store becoming obsolete. I already have big plans on harvesting and processing a lot of acorns this fall and I will definitely gift you some!

Re: David Wolfe, Matt Monarch, and Daniel Vitalis Make a Smoothie Spoof!

rawstrength — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:31:13 -0000

Thank you so much for all that you do and I love the video. It was hilarious and it is so vitally important to laugh at ourselves and not take life too seriously. If it wasn't for you I would be still caught up in some pretty heavy dogma and have a lot more limited options so thank you for putting the message out there.

Re: Wild Food Foraging...FOR OUR CHICKENS!

rawstrength — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:18:27 -0000

"Whatever you can't eat, you can definitely feed to your animals" that is profound and I would love to get some chickens! In the meantime I will settle for feeding stuff to the vermicompost :)

Re: November Minnesota Food Forest...

rawstrength — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:31:06 -0000

Hahahaha . . . veggie fema camp . . . I've got some blueberry bushes that I planted over the summer all bundled up in chicken wire fencing, to keep the deer away. It really is a funny sight but better than everything being decimated by the deer.

Re: Building WHAT? 9-11 Truth becoming MAINSTREAM!

rawstrength — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:16:54 -0000

The truth is coming out now because the powers-that-be think that we are too feeble-minded to get angry about 9/11 being an inside job. If we the people accept 9/11, an attack on U.S. citizens, then what will we swallow next? The elite want us to believe that our lives and all human life is worthless. There are so many more mainstream 9/11 truth videos now that it's as if those who are responsible for 9/11 are admitting that they did it . . . and laughing at how many people simply don't care. I wouldn't be surprised if it was created to be exposed.

Re: Sweeteners

rawstrength — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:04:07 -0000

I'm not having much sugars right now but when I do want something sweet, I will have a baked sweet potato or some raw honey.

Re: Planting Seeds of Freedom!

rawstrength — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:00:23 -0000

This video is great! I'm totally excited for your seed collection!

Re: Waking Up About Fluoride

rawstrength — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:04:53 -0000

I found a link to the summary of the study about boron and fluoride.
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-ea...

Re: Waking Up About Fluoride

rawstrength — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:58:15 -0000

I have reduced my exposure to fluoride as best I can however it takes a lot of vigilance! There are two sources I know that some of the readers of this blog might want to watch out for. One is tea, the tea plant Camellia sinensis accumulates a lot of fluoride from the environment in its leaves. Drinking one cup of black tea has the equivalent fluoride of a quart of fluoridated water. Kombucha brewers should check out the Daniel Vitalis video in which Daniel uses St. John's wort herb instead of regular tea to make kombucha.
The other source of fluoride that many healthy eaters could be exposed to is bones used in bone broth. Bone broths are great sources of minerals but if the animals were raised on pasture irrigated with fluoridated water or if the animals drank fluoridated water then their bones will contain a ton of fluoride. I would ask your farmer what kind of water the animals drink and what kind of water irrigates the fields and if it's tap water then avoid eating the bones.
One question I have is what to do about showering? I have no choice but to shower in fluoridated water so I take short showers in cold water hoping to reduce my exposure as much as possible.
I was also reading a study about rats given fluoride. I will try to find a link to it if I have time later. Some of the rats were given neither fluoride nor boron in their water. Other rats were given fluoride alone. The third group of rats got fluoride and boron. The boron was given in the form of sodium borate, AKA borax, a widely available household product. The rats who got the fluoride and sodium borate excreted much more fluoride in their urine than the rats who got fluoride alone. At the end of the study they had much less fluoride accumulated in their bones and tissues than the rats who didn't get boron but got fluoride.
My grandmother takes a quarter teaspoon of borax in water everyday and says it helps her arthritis. It's interesting to me that borax has been banned from use in food in the United States when it has the same toxicity as regular table salt. Because we are all being exposured to fluoride at some level, no matter how much we try to reduce the exposure, it might be a good idea to order some clean borax from mountain rose herbs and take it as a supplement. I might experiment with this.

Re: Massacoe Spring, Canton, CT

rawstrength — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:24:28 -0000

I haven't been to this spring for a while because I moved. I am sad to hear that it has become "a cesspool" as Dick described it. It used to have beautifully clear and cold flowing sweet water. I hope that whatever the issue with this spring is it will be resolved.

Re: A Recipe from me

rawstrength — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:21:49 -0000

I ate peaches and cream today! Very simply good.

Re: Sedona Spring Visit

rawstrength — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:25:15 -0000

I think that a total shut-down of the electrical grid and all cell phone towers could be a great thing. I'm not afraid of an EMP attack. Last August the power was down on my college campus for four days and the profound peace, quiet and darkness was lovely. Also everyone in the dorms talked in person, played games, lent each other flashlights, built a bonfire . . . instead of texting, facebooking and ignoring each other. Have you listened to the Camilla Rees interview on one radio network about the health effects of EMFs and cell phone radiation? I have a lot of non-perishable food and bees wax candles stored away. . . Also I always have lots of spring water :)

Re: Chemtrail Vid from Phuket Thailand

rawstrength — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:22:54 -0000

It's ridiculous that the article dismisses the chemtrail as water vapor. When your warm breath heats air in winter, you can only see your breath for a few seconds before the water vapor dissipates. That chemtrail was still visible an hour later!

Re: Need More Convincing?

rawstrength — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:59:26 -0000

First Vilsack, now this. Can you please pass on the link to the original article? Thanks.

Re: Mount Shasta Samples Loaded with Aluminum

rawstrength — Sat, 22 May 2010 06:53:11 -0000

Susun Weed recommends making an infusion of the dried mullein leaves and drinking it with milk. 1 ounce of leaves, pour 1 quart boiling water over the leaves, seal the jar and let steep for 4 hours, then strain and mix with milk.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Mount Shasta Samples Loaded with Aluminum

rawstrength — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:28:36 -0000

I just noticed tons of mullein growing in my yard today. I think this herb could be a key player in defending our lungs against the assault of noxious chemtrail gunk.

Re: Mount Shasta Samples Loaded with Aluminum

rawstrength — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:50:25 -0000

It seems like a great way to sell GMO aluminum-tolerant seeds. Also a great way to sell pharmaceutical drugs to those suffering from poisoning by aluminum/barium/whatever else is in the chemtrails.

Re: Mount Shasta Samples Loaded with Aluminum

rawstrength — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:25:01 -0000

I can't deny it anymore. This is a bitter pill to swallow but the evidence of chemtrails is overwhelming. I will raise awareness as much as I can.

Re: 100th Online Order Truffle Giveaway

rawstrength — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:52:35 -0000

I still never got my truffles! Please check out the video Sugar: The Bitter Truth if you haven't yet. I learned a lot from it and it supports your decision to sweeten the truffles with dates. It's on youtube, here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Planting a Fig...the Organic Way!

rawstrength — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:39:40 -0000

Yay! I love it! The soil will eat any and everything! It all comes from the earth and goes back to the earth. I got several truckloads of composted horse manure for the sprout garden . . . good stuff, dark black and full of writhing red worms. I got it for free from a woman who runs a stable! Also for the past three weeks I've been giving my potted plants kombucha diluted with water and they seem to be thriving off of it. Try it . . . instead of watering your plants with pure water, use 25% kombucha and 75% water, or you could just add a splash of kombucha to the water mixes you make. It seems to boost the whole soil ecology up a notch.

Re: Pine Pollen...FINALLY

rawstrength — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:37:17 -0000

We've got lots of white pine trees here but they are really tall. I have seen the male pine cones on them in the spring but they were always out of reach. I am going to hone my tree climbing skills!