“You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter, and medical attention. Anything else you get is a privilege,” this was one of Alcatraz prison’s many rules and regulations. Just a mile and a half from San Francisco, the convicts could look out the barred windows and see the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge, boats sailing by, birds ...
If you are looking to add new style and flavor to your backyard this spring, than you should consider planting an old fashion apple tree. One of the best things about the springtime is the great abundance of fresh fruit and what better way to contribute to nature’s birth than by planting one of America’s ...
Energy, we are sucking it up faster than Mother Nature can produce it. We guzzle fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) by the second without caring that it took the earth over one hundred million years to create them. Once we have sucked the very last drop of these energy sources out of the ...
Pond owners are sometimes horrified to clean their pond filters and see thousands of tiny blood red worms in the old filter media. Or they may see clusters of red worms around the roots of floating plants like pond lilies. These worms are nothing to worry about and, if there are fish in the pond, ...
The Florida Elderberry is plentiful in many areas and is a favorite edible for those who forage for Mother Nature’s free food. While this wild food is considered poisonous in some other states (red elderberry), this particular plant produces dark purple or black looking fruit that is edible. All parts of the Florida edible elderberry ...
Fosamax is a prescription treatment for the prevention of bone loss from osteoporosis, and it also is sometimes given to slow the progression of Paget’s disease (bone deformation). Like every synthetically compounded chemical drug, it is not supposed to be in our bodies, and therefore, the body’s own immune system may start to reject the ...
The best overnight summer camps in Oregon attend to the social, recreational and in some cases even the spiritual needs of youth. The pristine beauty of the state in America’s great Northwest make it the kind of place kids dream of. There are mountains, lakes, streams,open meadows and even coastal areas in Oregon. With a ...
As the wedding favors, catering and attire is chosen; flowers are the next step for the wedding event. Although flowers have been the traditional choice for table arrangements and decorations candles are another alternative to this. Tall, square and round candles are just few styles that can be found in retailers and specialty stores. Though ...