The body is a dynamic organism, constantly changing  constantly repairing.  Everything looks the same, with gradual signs of aging appearing as decade after decade passes.  But every second in life, cells are being born, are dying, and are being reborn.  new tissue is being laid, old tissue is carried out.…

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You don't have to eat less, you just have to eat right... On that note have you been to your farmers markets this week?  Have you tried some new recipes, have you tried a new veggie for the month and how about starting a family and/or single person cooking day once a month or once a week.…

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I was going to test in two weeks for my forms, but now it is delayed.  I can't even describe the frustration, sadness and tears that came with that choice.   Really it is not choice, I have to take care of myself.  I want to push myself to get it done soon, but I am a little fearful on this one.  I need  to make sure I do not push hard on this, that I have balanced set goal and I am asking my family to help me realize if I end pushing too hard.  Pushing to hard would not be healthy for me.…

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Elizabeth Dougherty is a food writer and blogger. She spoke with someone at USDA who told her that sugarcane is routinely sprayed with roundup to make it ripen faster. Check out her site at elizabethdougherty.com.

I use organic sugar for all everyday stuff, and I'm using more and more honey and maple syrup, but occasionally we have used cane sugar (sugar beet sugar we never buy) for a large expensive thing, such as blackberry wine. Now I will have to cut down production and get an… Continue

Talk about a challenging day...

I needed to get my forms workout done today.  It is after 7:00 pm and I have not done them yet.  

Yes, I will be doing them... Yes I almost gave up today's workout.

I am dressed and ready to go.  After this blog I will be doing my forms. 

27 forms slow and low

My day started like this... 

Pretty peaceful with the usual farm morning chores...

A nice tea in the garden... 

Electrician here today, he…

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Ever thought about making a blend of tea that has  pineapple sage, stevia, nettle, apple-mint, rose petals, calendula, young blackberry leaves and lemon verbena? 

Have you tried to eat more salad, collard greens, new potatoes,purple cabbage, green cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, celeriac tops, brassica mix,  and kale?

What about trying a new recipe using basil and mustard?

Any thoughts on widening your palate on wild foods?  Try this one for the week - yellow dock seeds…

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What a great summer we are having, I hope  you are enjoying  yours   This is what we have doing this summer, we  have been watching the starry skies,  the sunrise and sunsets, enjoying hikes, rivers, lakes, back-packing, tea time with loved ones, extreme hiking adventures, eating awesome organic food at the top of the world, finding spots with no wi-fi (EMF) interruption, listening to the silence of the night up high in the cascades, hearing sasquatch howl (yes my daughter and I had…

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Feeling good with my workouts.  Yesterday, was a bit tough only due to time.  We are having coyote issues for the first time, everything needs to be watered ( we hand water, Double UGG!)  and Joseph and I got caught up talking about world events.  My workout started a bit slow due to, too much talking and the fact that I still felt tired from Sunday's hike, not so much physical but due to the extreme heat and Mondays farm work was a sweaty one.  

After the first few forms, I kicked in…

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10 20lb weighted vest push-ups to 30 second weighted horse stance. from the stance I grabbed my 20lb dumbbells raised my self up and did 5 reps of standing dumbbell shoulder press. I repeated this 5 times. I then did careful and controlled weighted punches for around 2mins(I didn't wan't to do it for to long due to the risk of injury). After that I still had my vest on, so I started to pretended I was in the middle of ball and chain! After a good long weighted workout I took off the vest. I…

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“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”…

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I had several request for my pizza dough recipes.  Here you go....

Awesome Organic Wheat Pizza

First Step:  Do this a day or two before your pizza day.

Poolish

4 cups organic unbleached bread flour or organic whole wheat flour 

4 cups cool water 

1/4 teaspoon yeast.  I prefer the Organic Rapuzel brand. …

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Try new foods...

Try new herbs...

Play in the kitchen...

Try a new recipe once a week...

Shop at farmers markets...

Order herbs on line.....

Buy organic as much as you…

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