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Turmeric – Go for Gold

The ancient medical science of Ayurveda is based on the principle of preventing diseases. It directs us to resist the diseases through our food habits and life styles. The same principle was suggested by Hippocrates when he wrote “Let your food be your medicine”.

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Turmeric – Go for Gold

Eastern Purple Coneflower or Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea Appearance This perennial blooming plant is 1.2 m (3′6″) tall and .5 m (18″) broad at maturation.

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Eastern Purple Coneflower or Echinacea

Basic Harvesting, Processing and Preparation Of Medicinal Herbs

Drying and Preserving Roots, Herbs, Barks. General – collect herbs when the weather is good and when there is no dew on them. Dry them in the shade, after which they ought to be protected from exposure to the air by wrapping up inside paper or perhaps keeping in paper pouches, tied up and hung up

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Basic Harvesting, Processing and Preparation Of Medicinal Herbs

Medicinal Witch Hazel – Witching Wells

Hamamelis Virginiana (Hamamelidiaceae) Description No description of Witch hazel would be complete without mentioning how the seeds from the American plant, In contrast to those of the European hazel, are ejected with enough force to spray passers-by – this kind of clownish quirk has acquired for it the title of snapping hazelnut. Witch Hazel is a herb garden

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Medicinal Witch Hazel – Witching Wells

Herb Garden Plants – Pest Control

Safe Pest Control Tips Pest control must be done with utmost consideration for the  safety of the herb garden plants, animals and humans. This holds especially true for those with  organic gardens,  as the main purpose of growing vegetables organically will be defeated if they become tainted with pest control chemicals. Below are a few long-term maintenance

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Herb Garden Plants – Pest Control