These herbs may thrive in cooler temperatures, but some seeds, such as those of parsley, can take up to a month to germinate, especially in cold spring soils. Soaking the seeds overnight and covering newly seeded beds with clear plastic help speed germination of direct-sown seeds.
Cool Herbs For Spring
Cool Herbs For Spring
Tomato Growing Tips
Get your tomato plants off to a healthy start with these smart suggestions. Buy a tomato plant’s stem and the stem will sprout a slew of new roots that help the plant.
Addictions
In this land of plenty, a conservative estimate calls 4 out of 10 Americans “addicts.” Abused substances include sugar, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, prescription drugs and street drugs including pot. Addiction can serve us well once we recognize that substance abuse is a way to obscure honest, peaceful, self-discovery. Using, of any addictive substance, gives us […]
10 Harmful Health Concerns of Sleep Deprivation
If you have a habit of skimping on sleep, you may actually be causing long-term concerns in virtually every aspect of your health. In the United States, 50-70 million adults experience sleep deprivation.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Bioidentical Hormones
As the number of baby-boomers who reach retirement continues to grow, an eye disease called macular degeneration – or age-related macular degeneration (AMD) – is an ever-increasing health issue for millions of people. In fact, AMD is statistically found in nearly one-third of American adults over the age of 65, and is the leading cause of blindness in this age group
Oxy-Powder Ingredients
Description of the ingredients in Oxy-Powder.
What Exactly is Alternative Medicine?
Alternative medicine is made up of a rich collection of techniques and therapies that can fall under several headings such as alternative therapy, complimentary therapy and traditional naturopathic (holistic) therapy.
B12 Shortage Linked to Cognitive Problems and Stroke
Not getting enough vitamin B12 may take a serious toll on the brain. Two new studies of the elderly link impairments of memory and reasoning with an indirect measure of vitamin B12 deficiency. Worse, brain scans reveal that those with signs of insufficient B12 are more likely to have shrinkage of brain tissue, vascular damage and patches of dead brain cells than are people with higher levels of the vitamin.
Dow and Monsanto Team Up On the Mother of All Herbicide Marketing Plans
Dow has engineered a corn strain that withstands lashings of its herbicide, 2,4-D. The company’s pitch to farmers is simple: Your fields are becoming choked with weeds that have developed resistance to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. As soon as the USDA okays our product, all your problems will be solved.
Helicobacter Pylori and Alzheimer’s
Over the last few years, research has suggested H. pylori infection might also be a risk factor in the development of Alzheimer’s Dementia. There are at least two studies showing patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia were more likely to be positive for signs of H pylori infection than people their age without dementia.