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Nature Is Such A Blessing For Newcomers And Nature Lovers. I Have Surprises For You – Enjoy!

Published on Leave a comment on The Wisdom of Balanced Whole Foods: Ancient Grains, Jersey Dairy, Live Ferments, and Safe Kitchens

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

After examining the commercial traps of Keto and the metabolic pitfalls of extreme dietary fads, a fundamental truth remains: true wellness is never built on extreme restriction, manufactured powders, or aggressive internet hype.

Our Creator provided a rich, intentional variety of whole food groups for a reason. Real, lasting health comes from returning to the timeless, unadulterated nourishment that sustained previous generations—combining gentle ancient grains, authentic pastured dairy, vibrant live ferments, and non-toxic cooking methods that honor the human body.

Reclaiming Gentle, Nourishing Ancient Grains

One of the greatest tragedies of modern diet trends—whether Keto, Carnivore, or strict Grain-Free Paleo—is the absolute demonization of all carbohydrates. While refined white flour, high-fructose corn syrup, and ultra-processed junk foods should certainly be avoided, sweeping away real whole grains deprives your body of crucial restorative fuel, soluble fiber, and essential micro-nutrients.

The Mediterranean, Biblical, and traditional Ancient Food frameworks have relied on whole, organically grown grains for millennia. Incorporating moderate portions of gentle, organically grown ancient grains offers immense benefits:

  • Spelt & Khorasan (Kamut): Highly digestible ancient wheat varieties that have retained their original genetic structure, offering rich, nutty flavors, gentle gluten profiles, and abundant trace minerals.
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Published on Leave a comment on Attracting Bees To Your DIY Hive Carefully and Wisely With A Fragrant Essential Oil

By Lucas Coll - House Digest 2026

As the world's most important insect pollinators, bees are an essential species for any ecosystem. This is also the major benefit of having a beehive on your property (although you may want to remove a beehive from your home's exterior). Bees are great for your flowers and other plants, helping your lawn and garden thrive. While there are many ways to make a DIY beehive, getting bees to move in and actually use it poses a different challenge.

This Can Attract Bees To Your Beehive but Remember
Too Little Is Better Than Too Much.
Always Avoid Excess When Using Essential Oils
For Anything, They Are Very Potent.

Bees are living organisms, and they can be picky about where they set up their nest. Building a beehive may not be enough to attract them. The good news is that there's a fragrant oil that might help: lemongrass oil. This essential oil attracts these pollinating insects because it smells similar to the Nasonov pheromone that bees use to communicate with their fellow hive members.

Specifically, bees use Nasonov pheromone to mark safe nesting locations. By mimicking the smell of this pheromone, lemongrass works like a beacon to draw bees to your homemade hive, increasing the odds that they'll set up their nest there.…

Published on Leave a comment on The Wonderful Benefits and Certain Risk Factors in Different Cups of Tea – Be Sure to Read

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

I've never been a Tea or Coffee Drinker until 2025 when I started trying different Loose Leaf Teas of different kinds from Amazon and Ebay (mostly) I tried Formosan - Caffeine and Tannin content is Negligible where it is grown. It tastes and feels very Smooth on your Tastebuds, I didn't need to add any Milk (or sugar or honey. Then I started Venturing into different Herb and Flower Teas that were Pleasant Tasting, and this made a Tea Drinker of me. I Enjoy a Cupper on my Veranda in the Morning Sunshine, the Afternoon or when I'm relaxing in the Evening. I will share about some of the Cordial Herb Teas I tried and adopted here in this Article.

Part 1 (Nutritional & Benefits): Celebrates these incredible functional properties, encouraging readers to move away from sugary sodas and artificial juices toward nutrient-dense, restorative herbal steeped infusions.

Part 2 (Cautions & Red Lights): Transitions smoothly into the "Natural Doesn't Mean Neutral" reality, guiding readers with Reflux/LES, Glaucoma/AMD, Leaky Gut/Intolerances (Salicylates, Histamines, Oxalates), and IBS (FODMAPs) on how to choose their daily teas safely.…

Published on Leave a comment on Intro Series: The Modern Parent — Healing Your Stress Levels AND Your Kids by Returning To Nature

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

TRUE CONNECTION WITH OUR KIDS – WHAT’S MISSING MOST TIMES
THE MISSING CONNECTION WITH OUR KIDS – WHAT IS IT?
NATURE and HAPPY MOMENTS and A HEALTHY Nervous System GO TOGETHER

Parents and Kids are Missing this Very Important Blessing in Their Lives.
These Articles will Help You Restore what’s Missing

Watch Out for TECH Scams and Sunshine Scams and Medical Scams
NATURE or a regular "Slice of Nature through the Week
will Benefit You AND Your Kids Far More!

Healing our Nervous System in the Wild
YES, Finding the Missing Element in this Modern Day

Kids need to Break Out of the TECHY and Couch-Potato Environment they are brought up in with TVs and Tech Devices as their Baby Sitters from Little Kids to Teen Years. Probably because you were Brought Up with the Same – Never Introduce to Love for Outdoors which is Normal and Healthy for Kids.

The Tragedy of the Suburban Shift: Reclaiming the Wild Child Years Our Kids Deserve

The modern childhood landscape is nothing short of a tragedy, and it is deeply unfair that an entire generation is being systematically denied their inborn instincts to explore nature.…

Published on Leave a comment on Part 2: The Cradle of True Development — Why Children Need Nature to Discover Their True Gifts

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Guided and Selected AI Assistance

PLEASE DON'T OVERPROTECT and SMOTHER THEM or LEAVE THEM TO TECH DEVICES TO BABYSIT THEM. TRULY, THESE THINGS DO THEM DISFAVOURS and YOU IN THE LONGRUN.
THIS IS WORTH READING!

Every Single Child is born with an Individual Blueprint—a Unique set of giftings, talents, and inner wisdom waiting to be uncovered. However, these gifts cannot be discovered on a loungeroom couch watching TV, or can they be unlocked by an iPad app. A screen does all the thinking for a Child, programming their impressionable young minds and forcing a passive compliance. When children are shut up in Modern Housing (high-density housing and concrete suburbs we find ourselves in these days) it stunts their ability to think for themselves, trapping them in an intellectual and spiritual poverty - if they don't have access to Outdoors. They need Fresh-Air and Sunshine. They need to See Nature and have some around them.

Nature is the ultimate incubator for a child's true potential. When a Child is placed in an unstructured natural environment, their imagination instantly awakens. A simple stick becomes a tool; a pile of river rocks becomes a castle; a fallen tree branch becomes a challenge to overcome.…

Published on Leave a comment on Part 3: Bringing the Bush to the Backyard — How Suburban Parents Can Mimic Country Living

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

For those of us who grew up with the horizon as our playground, looking at a modern suburban block can feel disheartening. It seems almost impossible to replicate the magic of a country upbringing when you are surrounded by high-density housing and concrete roads. But a child’s inborn instinct to explore does not require miles of wilderness to wake up; it simply requires us to stop over-sanitising and over-managing their environment. You do not need an acreage to rescue your child from a sedentary lifestyle. With a few deliberate choices, you can bring the raw, healing elements of country living right into your suburban backyard.

│   THE BACKYARD REWILD PLAN   │

│     THE LOOSE-PARTS PIT      │                │    THE BALCONY MUD STATION   │

│ Large stones, pinecones,     │                │ Real topsoil, old spoons,    │

│ bark, and smooth logs.       │                │ and water in a sturdy tub.   │

│ Sparks deep imagination and  │                │ Introduces "good germs" to   │

│ independent rule-making.     │                │ build robust raw Immunity.   │

The first step is to ditch the obsession with a manicured, pristine lawn and embrace what experts call "Loose-Parts Play".…

Published on Leave a comment on Part 4: The Pocket Wilderness — Finding True Freedom in the Concrete Jungle

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

When families live miles away from the countryside, they often assume that nature is a destination they have to drive hours to reach. This misconception keeps children shut up indoors, falling victim to the artificial blue light of screens that steals their sleep and clouds their minds. The truth is that nature is incredibly resilient, and the suburbs are full of overlooked, unmanaged spaces that mimic the freedom of a country town. To save our innocent kids from a shallow, programmed thought life, we must teach them how to hunt for the "pocket wilderness" hidden right in their own neighbourhoods.

│   THE COMMUTE TO THE WILD    │

│     NEIGHBORHOOD EASEMENTS   │                │     THE "SLOW WALK" RULE     │

│ Drainage creeks, overgrown   │                │ Let the child lead; pause    │

│ pathways, and wild bush.     │                │ to watch ants and ripples.   │

│ Goldmines for mud, insects,  │                │ Drops the developing mind    │

│ and unscripted exploration.  │                │ into deep contemplation.     │

Look past the neat property lines and manicured public parks. The real magic for a child happens in the neglected spaces: local rainwater easements, overgrown council pathways, drainage creeks, or the unmanicured patches of bush tucked behind local sporting fields.…

Published on Leave a comment on Part 5: The Busy Busy OR Sedentary Parent — Healing Your Own Nervous System in Nature

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Yrs
With Some Assistance

Hi Friends, When I first sat down to write this series, my heart was focused entirely on our children — on the unfairness of the couch-potato lifestyle and the critical need to return young, developing minds to the healthy dirt, the blessing of sunshine, and the wild earth. But as I peeled back the layers of this modern crisis, a deeper truth stared back at me.

We cannot give our Children a Gift we do not have Ourselves.
We can Explore it though, if we have the Courage to Try something New.

The reality is that an entire generation of Modern Parents were raised inside the exact same suburban, screen-centric bubble that is now confining their kids. If you find the outdoors exhausting, dirty, or frankly a bit boring, it is not your fault. You were programmed by concrete and glass just as your children are being programmed today.

Excessive Time Indoors with so much TV Viewing and Time spent on Tech Devices is a highly Synthetic Lifestyle. No wonder we're Stressed. Did you know that those things actually Set our System Up for Stress when we spend so much time with them, because they're actually Foreign to the way we were Created and what we were essentially Designed to Respond to (Best) NATURE........this…

Published on Leave a comment on The Flower Colour That Could Be Keeping Bees Out Of Your Garden – Interesting This!

I Love Bees. And in Mid Autumn, I bought several Pots of Nemesias and Violas for them that are flowering through the Winter for them and they will continue to do so through Springtime. I chose mostly Blues and Pinks and Purples with some Yellow and some White. They have been Enjoying them in my Front and by my Veranda.
I will be having some More Articles about BEES on my Blog. There are a few now. Enjoy!

By Brandee Gruener from Southern Living

Brandee Gruener is a digital editor and writer with 20 years of experience. Her articles on gardening, homes, food, and health have appeared in American Gardener, and other national and regional publications.

Gorgeous Bees - Who Loves Bees?

Bees and other pollinators don't necessarily like the flowers that we do. Fussy double-flowered peonies, vivid petunias, and scentless pelargoniums aren't of much interest to bees. In fact, bees literally see the garden differently than humans since we don't have the same perception of color. There is one color in particular that bees don't register, no matter how beautiful it looks to us in the garden.

Find out the flower color to avoid if you want to attract bees, which colors bees prefer, and other tips for drawing pollinators to your garden.…

Published on Leave a comment on Feijoas: The Cute Little Fruit That Tastes Really Good and Benefits Your Health!

Feijoa that little green fruit that grows on a shrub type tree, they're absolutely gorgeous! Closely related to Guavas, they are often referred to as the Pineapple Guava. These small green fruits are reminiscent of kiwis. They are egg-shaped, and the inner flesh can be scooped out and eaten along with the pulp and seeds. The texture is similar to a pear while the flavor is slightly citrusy and sweet.

Wow, what a Tasty Little Fruit!

Feijoas are best enjoyed when soft and ripe. They grow mostly in South America, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand and grow on a species of the Myrtle tree. The flowers are exceptionally pretty and the fruit is about the size of an egg – some bigger, some smaller, depending on the variety. The flesh has a sweet aromatic, juicy flavor, which tastes like a combination of pineapple, apple and mint. They have a clear gelatinous pulp just like guavas, with a pleasant grainy texture that makes for a taste sensation.

Whether you are eating the fruit for its health benefits or its exotic taste, you will benefit from its impressive nutrient content. There is a high level of vitamin C as well as a diverse selection of B vitamins and trace amounts of vitamin E, K and A.…