are good sources of magnesium vital for normal heart functioning, maintenance of normal blood pressure, supporting metabolic process and protein synthesis. It is also beneficial in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension besides controlling blood pressure and diabetes.Roasted watermelon seeds are served as a snack or used to garnish salads. In Nigeria they are used in certain soups. Watermelon seed oil is extracted from these seeds which is beneficial for your hair and skin. To say the least, watermelon seeds are edible and can be a healthy option.
Watermelon seed tea is considered to be a natural diuretic helpful for kidney cleansing.
Watermelon
Food historians believe that African slaves helped introduce the watermelon, now the most consumed melon in the US. The fruit eventually became a major symbol in the iconography of racism in the United States through the “watermelon stereotype”. In various images, the fruit was used to paint African Americans as a simple-minded people who were happy when provided watermelon and a little rest.
Watermelon seeds can be baked with salt for a protein-rich and tasty snack, which has a similar flavor and consistency to pumpkin seeds, or prepared in a tea to maximize its diuretic effects.
Crush 4 tablespoons of fresh watermelon seeds using a mortar and pestle, or grind them up in a food processor.
Cook for 10 minutes in two litres of water over high heat.
Drink the entire two litres of tea over a period of two days for full effect.
This tea is especially good for those with digestive issues, or those who are prone to urinary tract infections. So instead of opting for seedless watermelons – which are less flavourful than watermelons with seeds and are part of a relatively new strain of watermelon mass-produced for consumers – or spitting out the seeds and throwing them away, the next time you eat watermelon, consider saving the seeds to roast or brew in a tea. Your body will ultimately thank you for providing it with such a nutritious snack or beverage.
Prescribed Burning for Healthy Ecosystems Any system involving MSP or prescribed fire will promote fireweed fireweed Erechtites hieraciifolia
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of, denoting, or relating to herbs (in the botanical sense).
mid 17th century: from Latin herbaceus ‘grassy’ (from herba ‘grass, herb’) + -ous.
There are a number of groundcovers, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees that are fire–resistant.
ConeflowerPurple cone flower (Echinacea purpurea) is known for its medicinal qualities as well as its beauty. According to the USDA the plant was used by many Native American tribes throughout North America to treat a variety of ailments.
polyalthia-longifolia Asoka or Ashoka is a Sanskrit word which means ‘without sorrow’, or which that gives no-grief. The Sorrowless tree, Sita Ashoka, or simply, Ashoka (Saraca Asoca/सीता अशोक)
is an excellent herb for gynecological problems. It is useful in stimulating the uterus, the endometrium and the ovarian tissues, uterine bleeding associated with fibroids, leucorrhoea, menstrual disturbances without producing any side effects.
Other uses not related to infection include chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), rheumatism, migraines, acid indigestion, pain, dizziness, rattlesnake bites, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The fireweed seeds in the small plastic bottle were so light it seemed that a deep breath might blow them away. Two to … They represented six rare species from the National Wild Plant Seeds Bank at the National Institute of Biological Resources, including golden carpet, bluebeard, and fireweed. “I wasn’t …
Honey – a natural product, which is created by nature itself. Daily use of this valuable product helps to strengthen the immune system, improve the condition of the body.
However, there are many kinds of honey, each of which has its own healing properties. You can always choose your version of honey, which will be suitable for you. True, especially you can pay attention to fireweed honey among the delicious honeys.
How to get fireweed honey?
Fireweed has long been used in folk medicine to combat a variety of diseases. So, it helps with problems with the upper respiratory tract and has antibacterial and antiviral properties. Of course, the bees do not know it, but they still can not get around this valuable plant.
It is a great honey plant. It attracts bees from a distance, beckoning them by its excellent flavor. Bees collect nectar, from which they make excellent, fragrant fireweed honey. Of course, some people do not like fireweed honey because of its specific appearance.
Fireweed honey or fake?
Often medical experts do not consider fireweed honey as a real one. They are trying to convince others that they face a fake, a cheap substitute, which is better not to take. At such times, naively trusting people choose a different type of honey, but the real experts buy fireweed honey.
Fireweed honey is a slightly yellowish or greenish mass that resembles cream by density. It is quickly crystallized, so it can have clots like grains or flakes. During the crystallization the honey gets a lighter shade, that confuse people. They often think that they see artificial honey and start to take offense.
It turns out that people in their quest to buy a quality, real honey often choose a beautiful but useless fake. It has some dyes and other “wonderful” supplements, which provide a nice, uniform mass. True, there is no benefits of such honey, and you can be poisoned, because you can never know what is added to the false honey for the perfect color.
Also, you may have a severe allergic reaction to these products, but fireweed honey rarely causes irritation. Most often, it helps a person to adapt to different foods, increases the body’s resistance to external factors. Of course, such a miracle can make only real fireweed honey that you learn to accurately distinguish from the best fakes.
Fynbos shrublands occur in a small belt across South Africa. The plant species in this ecosystem are highly diverse, yet the majority of these species are obligate seeders, that is, a fire will cause germination of the seeds and the plants will begin a new life-cycle because of it. These plants may have coevolved into obligate seeders as a response to fire and nutrient-poor soils.[18] Because fire is common in this ecosystem and the soil has limited nutrients, it is most efficient for plants to produce many seeds and then die in the next fire. Investing a lot of energy in roots to survive the next fire when those roots will be able to extract little extra benefit from the nutrient-poor soil would be less efficient. It is possible that the rapid generation time that these obligate seeders display has led to more rapid evolution and speciation in this ecosystem, resulting in its highly diverse plant community.[18]
some natural cordage / HempWeed and Fireweed making cordage for the first time today and yesterday. the hemp was grown locally.i tried including the images in the post but they were massive picked and ready to Wool on the left, hemp in the top right and fireweed on the bottom right Nettles hanging to dry, gona give them a go next
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Prescribed fire is the Preserve’s most powerful resource management tool. You will find references to presrcibed burning throughout the Unit Management Plan. information on prescribed fire and links to additional resource management sites. Prescribed Burning.
Water the seeds after planting, then only water when the soil feels dry or when drought occurs. After the plant is established, little to no water is needed.
Things You Will Need Tiller or shovel All-purpose fertilizer Soil
Common fireweed grows throughout most of Alaska. Its name comes from its ability to revegetate quickly after a fire.
Collect your own fireweed seeds from the wild in August and September. Fireweed will usually not bloom until the second season.
X I got my seeds while in Alaska from Seeds of Alaska. The packet for 1995 read:
Fireweed is the most colorful wildflower to be seen in Alaska. It takes over recent clearings, burned areas and along roadsides. It is a tall plant, up to 8 feet, with long terminal spike-like clusters of red blossoms. The tender new shoots from older roots are edible. They are eaten raw, cooked, or in the Eskimo matter, soaked in seal oil. The Eskimo name Pahmeyuktuk, describes the edible shoot. Plant with a thin soil cover and keep moist until the tender young plants are well started. Fireweed seed does not germinate well at high temperatures. Fireweed is a perennial and begins blooming the second season.
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Looking for a bold, quick-spreading wildflower? Fireweed does not disappoint! Magenta-pink blooms add bright color to the sunny garden in the summer months. Be sure to plant this beauty in an area you would like it to spread to! Annual.
One tablespoon of poppy seeds (approximately 9 grams) has only 45kcal. Poppy seeds are rich in calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. They are also a source of protein, carbohydrates, and sodium. Poppy seeds also contain high levels of vitamin B, folic acid, thiamin, and riboflavin.
Adding poppy seeds to your daily diet can cure respiratory problems such as chronic cough and asthma
Poppy seed paste can stop diarrhea
Poppy seed paste when applied to swollen joints can provide pain relief
Apply a mix of poppy seed paste under the eyes to reduce dark circles and swollen eyelids
The oleic acid in poppy seeds lower bad cholesterol levels (LDL) and increase good or HDL levels
Eating poppy seeds can prevent heart disease and strokes due to the high content of monounsaturated fats
The zinc in poppy seeds aids sperm production
Other Uses
Apart from the medicinal use and health benefits of poppy seeds, they are also widely used for various culinary purposes. They can be sprinkled on baked goods such as bread and cakes, used as a sandwich spread along with butter and honey, used to add extra crunch to pasta and salads, as a flavoring for sauces and vegetable dishes, and in candies as well. Eastern countries use poppy seeds as a base for curries and chutneys.
Poppy seed extract is used as an ingredient in poppy syrup and cordials.
Poppy seeds make great bird food.
Due to its anodyne and expectorant properties, poppy seeds are used in cough syrups and poultices.
Oil made from poppy seed extract is used to make a number of drugs and medications.
Poppy seed infusions are used to treat earaches and toothaches
Precautions/Side Effects/ Warnings
Among all seeds and nuts, poppy seeds are the least allergic. They are totally safe for consumption even by children and pregnant women. The narcotic compounds in poppy seeds are not enough to cause any side effects but if you consume food products made with poppy seeds, be warned that there is a possibility that you may receive a false positive result on tests for banned opiates (as those done on sports people).
Whole or ground organic poppy seeds are available at most supermarkets and health food stores. Since they are high in polyunsaturated fats, they tend to go rancid quickly. Buy only good quality seeds and stored in a cool dry place before using. If stored carefully, fresh poppy seeds can be consumed within six months.
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I make several batches of this each summer when the fireweed in Alaska is in … Also, I have tried this recipe several times with Certo and it will not set so be sure …
Fireweed. Fireweed is a tall perennial herb with numerous dense, narrow … Recipes. Fireweed Vinegar. 2 cups fireweed blossoms and buds. 1 cup rice or white …
Aug 9, 2007 – I’ve never made fireweed jelly, honey or ice cream, but I’ve tasted all three. Most of the fireweed jelly recipes I found were exactly the same.
See more about Rosehip Recipes, Zucchini Jam and Jelly Recipes. … Here is the recipe I used to make yummy fireweed jelly with fireweed blossoms picked …
FIREWEED JELLY. 4 c. fireweed buds (packed) 4 c. water 4 c. sugar 2 pkgs. Sure Jell 2 1/2 capfuls lemon juice. Boil flowers in water until blossoms lose color.
All seized drug money goes to child support and college fund for children…
Blue State, Red Face: Guess Who Benefits More From Your Taxes? Alaska, as a new state with vast needs, required ports and airports and highways and so on. But then you must account for the fact that Alaska’s share of federal spending has spiked sharply in the last 15 years, even as North Slope oil revenue has filled its coffers (oil revenue accounts for 88 percent of the state’s general fund). state’s economy and dependence on the federal government.)
Now consider the bottom 10, i.e., the ones that give more to the federal government in taxes than they get in return. From 1 to 10, they are:
New Jersey, Nevada, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Illinois, Delaware, California, New York, Colorado.
they are all blue states (or the deepest of purple).
Adding to this fallacy are the assumptions surrounding Mitt Romney’s now infamous comments about the indolent “47 percent” of Americans who regard themselves as victims and therefore pay no taxes. As the American Conservative magazine (no less) pointed out recently, nine of those 10 states are in the red-as-ruby Old Confederacy.*
Anything strange about that list? Yes, they are all blue states (or the deepest of purple).
The Minimum Wage and the Laws of Economics72 The income decay among the lowest-paid workers does not reflect a decline in the value they add, and a moderate increase in the minimum wage would improve their lot without violating economic taboos, an economist writes.
5. W. Virginia
Farm subsidies, anti-poverty and nutrition aid.
6. N. Dakota
Farm subsidies, energy subsidies, retirement
and anti-poverty programs, Indian reservations.
7. Alabama
Retirement programs, anti-poverty and nutrition aid,
federal space/military spending, farm subsidies.
8. S. Dakota
Retirement programs, nutrition aid, farm subsidies,
military spending, Indian reservations.
9. Virginia
Civil service pensions, military spending, veterans
benefits, retirement, anti-poverty aid.
10. Kentucky
Retirement programs, nutritional
and anti-poverty aid,
farm subsidies.
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Plus CORPORATE Prison industry welfare prison slave labor can cut costs and generate revenue has never been a secret. Private businesses nationwide are vying to exploit prisoner workers to reduce operating expenses and gain a competitive advantage, while government agencies are increasingly using prisoners for jobs that otherwise would go to public employees or contractors. Even farmers have turned to prison labor to harvest their crops.
All seized drug money goes to child support and college fund for children
ATLANTA – Alda Gentile was not arrested. She was not charged with a crime. Yet police in Georgia seized $11,530 in cash that Gentile said she had in a car for a house-hunting trip in Florida. Police confiscated the money after stopping the car, driven by her son, for speeding. They searched for drugs but found nothing. Her case has become a rallying cry for libertarian, conservative and other groups seeking to change laws in Georgia that allow law enforcement to seize property and cash from people who have not been convicted of crimes, a process known as civil forfeiture.
At Oakhill Correctional Institution in rural Dane County, 17 inmates crank $1.15 million worth of office chairs a year out of a cramped basement factory, making anywhere between 20 cents and $1.50 per hour. The money is put toward release savings, victim restitution and court obligations such as child support. The inmates can spend what’s left.
Parent taken no child support from who is parent working and in prison
NEW-HOME-SALES–2014
Prisoners in Nevada make stretch limos and $500,000 Shelby Cobra sports cars. They make computer cable in Washington state, shampoo bottles in Kansas, caps and gowns in South Carolina, and telemarketing calls in Nebraska. In California, they take TWA reservations.
Prisoner parents are more likely to make payments toward their child support… at a job that pays minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour. All of the prisons that are now being privatized would also lose profit.
Watermelon: Symbolizing the Supposed Simplicity of Slaves
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