Healthy Living Articles
We're always learning here on our farm. Every day. From raising grass fed Missouri beef, we constantly come across more healthy ways to live life easier and better.
So we like to share what we find out - and this is a selection of those lessons, as articles. As we can, we'll continue to post these, so stay tuned...
Get rid of pests with this Toxin Free Pest Control Home Remedy.
Are people actually willing to take this risk and contribute to this suffering in order to kill ants, fleas, spiders, moths, and other insects? Certainly, this is sufficient confirmation to persuade every reader of this article to never again purchase toxic pesticides.
Basic H² is an all organic, biodegradable wetting agent … actually making water 300 times "wetter" - it reduces water tension and also improves assimilation by chemically enabling water to bond better with anything it touches.
Basic-Germicide, as its name indicates, is a versatile, non-polluting germicide, which is totally biodegradable and will not hurt the environment.
(more) 05/06/2012
Getting Rid of Moles and Dandelions - A common problem with lawns is mole tunnels and dandelions.
The Shaklee solution I found was:
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Grubs: 1 ½ quart Basic H - ½ pint Basic G - 10-12 - gallons of water. Spray every 100 ft Use Ortho bottle or injector
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Dandelions: 100 sq ft - Use Ortho Spryer or hose w/ valve sytem - 2 quarts of Basic H - 1 bottle of Liqui-lea - ½ pint Basic G - Should be used with some form of liquid fertilizer, as determined by soil tests. Apply twice a year
The grubs recipe is because moles are found to go after grubs, which are insect larvae that hatch in the soil.
While this can be disputed, in both cases it's due to nutrient deficiencies in the soil.
Health is defined as wholeness in all physical and spiritual aspects.
We really can't peal off the mental from the physical, since the amount of stress a person finds in their environment. And that is in both the modern and ancient uses of the term. A person wasn't truly healthy if they had some issue with people around them - or their environment.
And funny enough, this led me to you...
How to Get Rid of Flies
One of the most interesting things to research online is how a common household cleaner can be used to reduce or eradicate flies. And find that everyone is rave about it.
That cleaner is Shaklee's Basic H. Now, the common misunderstanding is that Basic H is some sort of soap. It's actually a biodegradable surfactant, derived from the natural surfactants found in corn and coconut...
(more) 02/22/2012