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See My Wildflowers
Gaiatribe: Ideas for a Thinking Planet | August 16th 2009 by Elizabeth Barrette
I have a small wildflower garden, the big butterfly meadow, and various other places in the yard where flowers — tame and wild — flourish. Â Here are some photos of what is currently blooming in my yard. These are echinacea purpurea. Â T read more
Build A Good Defense
Essential Oils, Essential Health | August 16th 2009 by Wild Natural Beauty
As summer winds down to a close one’s attention is pulled away from sun and play and back to work and school. Fall will bring cooler days and more time indoors. Not that this is a bad thing but autumn is also a time for colds. With people spendi read more
GBBD - New Flowers on the Block
Veg Plotting | August 15th 2009
This post's a bit hasty today as we're off to a wedding in the Cotswolds, so bridal bouquets are more on my mind than all that's blooming in the garden. A quick run round this morning found me concentrating on just this year's new additions which ar read more
Purple Coneflowers & Black-eyed Susans
Eastlake Victorian | August 15th 2009
Just thought I'd share some pictures from my garden today. My Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) and my Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' (Black-eyed Susans) are in full bloom! They do really well in my yard, so I have let them spread. Both plants do best wi read more
August Garden Bloggers Bloom Day!
A Gardener in Progress | August 15th 2009 by Catherine
I think our summer has gotten mixed up now. Â It has gone from a hot and very dry summer to a cold and wet one all of a sudden. Â I'm not complaining about it, it's just that it seems like we are having June weather now. Â They are forecasting a "hea read more
Blooming Friday - Echinacea
Gröna funderingar | August 13th 2009 by Helen Johansson
Echinacea purpurea heter på svenska Röd rudbeckia, vilket jag tycker är ganska dumt eftersom det är lätt att blanda ihop den med de gula rudbeckiorna, Rudbeckia. De hör visserligen till samma familj, men är för övrigt två helt olika släkte read more
Hayfever And Echinacea
Best of Mother Earth | August 12th 2009 by Karen Hanrahan
I adore echinacea flowers. Always have. Their cone shaped centers completely intrigue me. The purple cone flower. How positively cool.When our company launched it's medicinal herbal line, Echinacea was top of the list. I never knew that Echinace read more
Echinacea w/ Ester C V-Caps
Healthy Fit and Trim | August 8th 2009 by Debra Garrison DVM
Promotes Immune Health $8.31 | Cold - Flu | Read more... read more
Breakthrough treatments to prevent cancer
Cancer Alert | August 8th 2009 by Karen
These are the highlights of some various cancer prevention ideas from different physicians discussed with Suzanne Somers in her book "Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness":- Low testosterone levels are associated with cardiovascular disease to diabe read more
Views of the Garden
Daphne's Dandelions | August 8th 2009 by Daphne Gould
My husband came home one day and told me I had to take a photo of the garden from the front yard. Everything is so tall this year it is easier to see things. Last year except for the bean teepee nothing was very tall.This is the garden from the front read more
Trivita Echinacea w/ Golden Seal
Heartland Perspective | August 7th 2009 by relaxing cup of tea
Echinacea w/ Golden SealProvides the nutritional support your body needs to help:•Boost your immune system•Protect against colds, flu, and other seasonal ailments•Nourish recovery from existing illnessesTrivita's Echinacea and Golden Seal formu read more
Rimedi naturali contro la candida: echinacea e pompelmo
Rimedi Naturali | August 7th 2009 by Anita
Abbiamo visto come agire naturalmente contro la candida, con applicazioni a base di yogurt e olio essenziale di melaleuca. Dovremmo però agire anche dall'interno per stimolare le difese immunitarie. A questo scopo non c'è niente read more
The Best Natural Treatment for Swine Flu
Healthy For Better Life | August 7th 2009 by mas andi
While we anxiously await the approach of the flu season and look to see which direction the new and troublesome swine flu will take, it is not too late to begin to take preventative measures and to start to consider a natural remedy for swine flu, wh read more
Purple Coneflower- Echinacea purpurea
Man in the Moon Herbs | August 6th 2009 by man in the moon herbs
The echinacea is in full bloom here in the northeast. It is a beautiful plant that is very easy to grow. Purple coneflower, as it is commonly known, grows to 2-4 feet in height and prefers a well drained site in full sun. It doesn't mind poor soil. I read more
Nature’s Gate Organic Body Wash $6.65
Green Shopaholic - Green Shopping Deals & Cool Eco-Friendly… | August 6th 2009 by Larry
Regularly $11.09, the Nature’s Gate Organic Body Wash (Lavender & Aloe) is on sale for $6.65 at Drugstore.com. This nourishing and moisturizing body wash features organic lavender oil, echinacea extract, juniper berry extract, and sage extr read more
Gourmet restaurant?
Gröna funderingar | August 6th 2009 by Helen Johansson
Echinacean är hittills populärast bland fjärilarna i min trädgård.Ser du alla 7 fjärilarna som jag fick med på bilden jag tog nu i morse?(klicka gärna upp bilden för större format)The Echinacea is so far the most popular restaurant among t read more
More Photos from My Friend's Garden
SpeakUp Librarian | August 5th 2009
Sunny yellow sunflower Perfectly pink but what is it called? Pale pink hollyhock (I think, correct me if I'm wrong.) An intriguing spotted orange flower but what is it?Tiger Lily (thanks, Mog) Hollyhocks Hollyhocks with beeAnother sunflower varietyT read more
Waxing Flowers for Preservation
5 Orange Potatoes | August 4th 2009 by Lisa
In the 1840's, paraffin began to be produced in quantity as a by-product of the petroleum industry, and ladies soon discovered that they could preserve fresh flowers and leaves by coating them with this inexpensive substance (hmmm, the beginnings of read more
The Wonderful Health Benefits of Echinacea
E-Newscast | Simple News That Help | August 4th 2009 by Florin Rusu
Echinacea, the purple coneflower, is the best known and researched herb for stimulating the immune system. Thousands of Europeans and Americans use echinacea preparations against colds and flu, minor infections, and a host of other major and minor ai read more
Honeybees and Red Flowers
Digital Flower Pictures.com | August 4th 2009 by Digital Flower
Honeybee (Apis mellifera)Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ‘Tomato Soup’)SneezeweedHelenium ‘Red Army'Synonyms: Helen's Flower, Dogtooth Daisy read more
Getting ready.
A Gardener in Progress | August 3rd 2009 by Catherine
I spent some time doing some work in the garden, getting ready for our company that will be arriving on Wednesday. Â I always want it to look as close to perfect as I can get it. Â I'm sure no one else notices the weeds, plants in need of dead headin read more
Wellness Teas To Boost Your Immune System
ROCKING THE REPUBLIC - a tea blog - drink tea, love life ;) | August 1st 2009 by Diana
Boost your immune system with David Wolfe’s Sunfood Nutrition wellness teas! This tea package includes four powerful immune boosting wellness teas: Pau D’arco has traditionally been used as a powerful anti-fungal. Click here to find o read more
At a Glance- Summer Color
Dirt Simple | August 1st 2009 by Deborah Silver
                                                  dinnerplate dahlia              nicotiana alata lime        green coleus cultivar           pilea        read more
Artists In The Garden XII: Beth of UberArt
My Mother's Garden | August 1st 2009 by Karrita
Today's interview will be with Beth of UberArt.http://uberart.etsy.com/http://uberartshop.blogspot.com/1. What is your art, hobby or craft? How did you come to creating it?I'm a self-taught book artist and have been making books since around 2003. I read more
Midsummer blooms
Green cheese & cherries | July 31st 2009
As we move into August I'd say spring to early summer was the best time for garden flowers and they put on a FABULOUS show: daffodils, peonies, irises, begonias, primroses, even the buttercups, geraniums, French lilacs, columbines, all sorts of poppi read more
Cold King Chew. Echinacea Assorted Flavors
Healthy Fit and Trim | July 31st 2009 by Debra Garrison DVM
Echinacea Cold King? assorted flavors is a chewable tablet containing Echinacea which has antiviral, anti-inflammatory properties, enhances immune response, cleanses the blood, stimulates the production of white blood cells and helps fight infection. read more
On goldfinches and weeds…
Red and the Peanut | July 30th 2009 by Kelly Riccetti
The bubbly, happy song of the American Golfinch has grown even bubblier around our house in the past few weeks, and our resident males have taken to perching at the top of the half-dead willow tree to sing merrily to the sky over and over. It seems a read more
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