Backyard Farming the Natural Way

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Here is a medicinal mushroom that I find growing abundantly in oak logs around my property, and is found thus throughout much of the US.  Of course, positive identification should be made of any mushrooms for consumption (or for teas and extracts). Though not necessarily edible, most of the polyspore mushrooms are fairly safe, but I would do a positive Identification using one of the mushroom field guides available. Read the rest of this entry »

I figure that since I grow this in my yard and have well researched it, that I might write an article summarizing the many health benefits of this mushroom. Here is an interesting chart showing the many health benefits.  As you can see, the question could be asked, “What is it not good for?” Here is a little more information: Read the rest of this entry »

Well I have caught one of those holiday season bugs that many of us get this time of the year. I think it must be a strain of the flu and I am fairing pretty well by taking my reishi tea, citrus, garlic, echinacea and a host of other things. However, one thing that I miss this year is my elderberry extract Read the rest of this entry »

Pictured here is a rosemary bush (Rosmarinus officinalis) growing on my property. I have always noticed a little bit of a “rush” when breaking some of it off, crushing it in my hand, and sniffing it. Well, as it turns out, there are some major therapeutic values to both this and the lavender plant. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah, no kidding! Rover knows what he is doing when he rolls in the dirt (and so do kids for that matter).  Anyhow, recent studies show that a variety of substances found in the soil are beneficial for immune system development, depression, asthma, and allergies.  There are harmless microbes living therein that boost the immune system and even serotonin levels in the brain. It is surmized that people today live in too sterile of an environment (not to mention “toxic”) and do not get this needed exposure.  Read the rest of this entry »