Natural Health | Nature Observation

Deep Woods Bath: ImproVerse Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns July 4, 2019August 20, 2019

I emersed me in/
woods, hoping to stop dying./
I must bathe more oft.

Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku

Finding the Last Late Season Blueberries: Haibun
ByDavid Kuhns July 28, 2019August 10, 2019

Picking Redux: The Last of the Late Season Blueberries It was, they said, too late in the season to find even the last of the late season blueberries. For weeks, pickers and birds had scoured the field for the small, blue bursts of anti-oxidants and health and taste. OH! The taste! Our house chef was…

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Build Your Immune System with Quercetin Rich Elderberry Juice
ByMarnie July 30, 2020August 11, 2020

Elderberry Syrup / Juice is a Great Source of Quercetin Quercetin in combination with zinc and Vitamin C makes a fantastic immune system booster / anti-viral home remedy. Elderberry juice concentrate has 108.16 Mg of Quercetin / 100 grams. Here’s How Quercetin and Zinc Work Together to Build Your Immune System Zinc is one of…

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Making Healthy Elderflower Tea
ByDavid Kuhns June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Elderflower tea may boost your immune system in the same way that elderberry juice does. This healthy tea, served hot or cold, is a refreshing drink that’s available in the early summer, well before elderberries are ripe. And tea from elderflowers is simple to make, with only a few things to watch out for. Check…

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Why Make And Maintain A Natural Yard: For The Birds, Bees and Butterflies
ByDavid Kuhns October 6, 2019October 7, 2019

Natural yards for the birds, bees and butterflies — and for the pleasure they brings human senses — are nothing new. I personally have created my own natural yard for decades, as has my brother. Where did that inspiration come from? Our forest ranger father, who taught all my siblings that lawns were silly, foolish,…

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If You Look For Mushrooms, Will They Appear?
ByDavid Kuhns May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

It’s a dream to find edible wild food, but you have to really look for mushrooms. Gene and Jan are interested in putting up tree houses on their acreage on Vashon Island, WA, and running a bed and breakfast. They also enjoy foraging for wild food (and creating their own, where possible). Dreaming of oyster…

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Finding Wonderful Hidden Wildflowers: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns August 22, 2019August 24, 2019

It is often so/ that when we clear dross and junk,/ we find wonderful. Using a loping shears to clear underbrush and non-native privet from around the hardwood trees in my back yard reveals an undergrowth of black-eyed susans and other hidden wildflowers. Sometimes you have to burn the grasses and weeds from large fields,…

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