Archive for the ‘Herbs, Food, The Plant People’ Category
A Moment in The Woods Picture Poem – 2
February 5th, 2012 Posted in Herbs, Food, The Plant People |
Making Apple Cider w/ Susun Weed
October 27th, 2011 Posted in Herbs, Food, The Plant People |
Making Apple Cider with Susun Weed master herbalist. The Wise Woman, Susun Weed talks about making apple cider and the benefits of drinking cider.
She even tells us the cost of making it and the need haveher own press due to New York legislation that requires apple cider to be made using preservatives.
Click on the link above and listen in on the merry making.
Composting How To
July 16th, 2011 Posted in Herbs, Food, The Plant People | Tags: composting, Florida, gardening, growing plants, kitchen waste, soil, University of Florida, worms
Make your own rich soil and save the planet too.
Composting reduces waste in land fills and gives back to the earth.
You can add it to your plants, use it as fertilizer, and add it to your garden soil.
Start small or go whole hog. It’s up to you and it’s simple!
- Find a spot to create your compost pile. Yes it can be a pile. You can also get some chicken wire and create a small container.
- Start putting kitchen waste like coffee grounds and egg shells. There’s more comprehensive list available if you visit one of the links below.
- Add some manure if you have it. Some gardeners use it to fertilize their soil or go buy some worms. Here in Tampa Florida you can get them at most bait shops. I get mine at Hong Kong Willie’s. Google it. It helps them with Internet traffic.
- Turn it every three days.
- You’re done!
Happy Composting.
Video
Great video on composting by the Sierra Club
Audio
The Saturday Healing Show w/ Magda Santos
Website
University of Florida Extension has a great site for composting info.
Books
Worms Eat My Garbage
Applehof
Let It Rot!
Stu Campbell
Lauren’s On Herbs and Loosing Weight
June 23rd, 2011 Posted in Herbs, Food, The Plant People | Tags: health, herbal infusions, herbs, reduce weight, weightloss
Reports are coming in.
One of my customers, Lauren is using our herbal infusions. She bought a kit and has ordered several additional ounces of herbs. She reports that in 2 weeks she has lost 10 pounds and has much more energy.
“I’ve been taking oatstraw for two weeks. I love the way it makes me feel and as a bonus, I’m down 10 lbs. This oatstraw herbal infusion just feels good to me – inside and out.” Lauren McLaughlin
Lauren is an active entrepreneur with several business interests and was looking for a safe and effective way to reduce her weight and increase her energy level.
Now she has asked me to develop a subscription method to allow her the convenience of paying automatically.
I, on the other hand can report that I’ve lost 11 pounds in 3 weeks. Not as good as Lauren but I’m happy. After all, we can’t all be over achievers lol. Besides I feel so much healthier. I have energy and no more aches and pains. Hallelujah!
Visit our Herbal Infusion page and read more about how herbs have helped me regain my health. And read how they might help you too!
A Great Article by Susun Weed
June 15th, 2011 Posted in Healing Techniques, Herbs, Food, The Plant People | Tags: herbal kit, herbs, infusions, nettle, Susun Weed, the saturday healing show
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Nettle is the only energizing herb I know of that also promotes sound sleep. Nettle increases energy without increasing blood sugar, so sleep is deeper and more refreshing. With nettle-energy in the adrenals, menopausal women wake less often and feel more rested in the morning. Nettle never leaves one feels jittery or groggy.
Nettle seeds nourish the endocrine glands, especially the thyroid. They are said to antidote poisons, but I love them most for their high-protein crunch. The daily dose of ¼ teaspoonful can be added to hot or cold cereals, baked into breads and cookies, sprinkled on salads, or cooked with any whole grain. Add a tablespoonful of nettle seed to a cup of uncooked brown rice and cook in two cups of water for 45 minutes or until done. Nettle seeds are easily harvested too. Cut the stalks down before wind and rain strip them off the stalks. Hang to dry.| Wise Woman Center • PO Box 64 • Woodstock, NY 12498 |
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Drum Making Step by Step
My friend Fred creates his first drum. In his own words.
Earlier this year I purchased a deer rawhide from Two Wolves (Kfir Mendal) to make a drum. I remember in Philosophy 2 (Tracker School) being taught the drums could be between 12 and 18 in. in diameter. I chose to make mine 14″. They could be 1.5 to 2.5 in. deep. I chose 2.25″. and the thickness of the frame material could be 5/8 to 7/8 in. I chose 5/8″.
This past winter, the snows here in Maryland were more than in Buffalo N.Y. !! Well there is a tree at the boatyard where I work, that I used to often pray under before work ( the place has changed hands and it is harder to get privacy and time to do this now ). It is a wonderful Juniper (red cedar). The winter snows brought down a large branch.
I collected the branch, cut and dried the parts for the frame of the drum. That way the tree and I can still spend time together.
A Mock Up
I made a “mock-up” from pine and vinyl to get a pattern for the drum head with the holes in the correct places, and also to practice lacing ( with jute ). The hide that I had was small and instead of being able to cut the drumhead from between the shoulders like you are supposed to, I was forced to cut from the center of the back. This meant I had to cut the more than 40 ft. of lacing from around the perimeter of the drumhead cut. This concerned me because the hide gets thinner in those outer areas and weaker.
Resistance
So, with all the preparation in place, the “avoidance mechanism” kicked in, and I decided I’d wait to the following weekend to attempt the assembly. I’ve never worked with rawhide before except for a few scrapes on a hide at class. WELL, I IMMEDIATELY SENCED A VOICE, “WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?” O.K. I thought, so into a large can with water went the roughed out drumhead and the lacing. I’m committed now! So, I stopped, and in turn faced each of the four directions and asked for help.
The drum was assembled. Hey it’s tough pulling 40 some ft of wet rawhide thru a hole in a drumhead ! I brought it in the kitchen to dry overnight.
In the morning, I woke up like a kid on Christmas morning. Out to the kitchen I went. Will it be twisted? warped? will the lacing have pulled thru the holes?? No, the drum was fine. It may have been my hands that assembled the drum, but I HAD ALOT OF HELP !!!!! So, on Sat the 14 of Aug. a drum was born.
Relax Enjoy the Ocean
October 29th, 2010 Posted in Herbs, Food, The Plant People | Tags: calm, health, ocean sounds, ocean video, relax
All About Augie and Our New Intro
October 10th, 2010 Posted in Healing Techniques, Herbs, Food, The Plant People | Tags: music, sound design, sound effects, video games
We have two new introductions to The Saturday Healing Show and we’d like your input. Tell us which introduction you like best.
Click on the links below listen and leave us a message telling us which is your choice:
Which do you prefer?
Augie Restivo designed the intros to our radio show and I thought you should know a little about him. So I asked him for a bio and invited him on the show.
He’ll be on the show, a special edition, on Monday October 11, 2010 at 8:00am.
This is what he had to say.
I am a highly focused and passionate freelance Sound Designer
for video games and film. As a recent graduate from Vancouver Film School
with a diploma in Sound Design for Visual Media and a musician of 10 years,
I have the experience of working in high pressure environments and
consistently meeting deadlines with polished work.
I push myself to the threshold of my imagination and am always eager
to work beyond my schedule, for the sake of the art form of sound design.
I have a driven creative spirit which strives to challenge my own
boundaries every day and is matched with an equally strong technical
knowledge base of digital audio and signal processing.
My proficiency in Pro Tools and Macintosh is grounded in countless hours of
recording VO, ADR and Foley actors on a 002 and a 003 board, editing all
aspects of audio including Backgrounds, SFX, Foley, Dialogue and
Music and mixing on both the Control24 and ICON mix boards for video
games and short films. At VFS, I trained directly under the acclaimed
Supervising Sound Editor Robert Grieve. He taught me the fine
intricacies of dialogue
editing and pre-mixing. Robbie Elias instructed me on a variety of subjects like
VO asset management and creative ways to develop sound effects.
In my final project at VFS named “Blind Spot”, I recorded and acted over 50
percent of the film’s audio in the Foley rooms. Additionally, I have
extended use of Digidesign equalization, compression, and reverbs as well
as third party plug-ins such as Waves, McDsp and Izotope RX for
artifact removal. Finally, I have ample experience with on set
production recording and
regularly take field recordings with a portable recorder and shotgun microphone.
In terms of having a passion for video game dialogue and voice acting,
I graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelors
degree in Theater Arts.
I played main roles in a plethora of Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams and
Israel Horovitz plays to name a few. At Vancouver Film School, my classmates
regularly requested my voice over services for their games, animations
and live action films. Furthermore, my training as an actor helps me empathize
with and guide directors and actors while recording ADR and VO.
In regards to video game audio and implementation, I was the lead sound designer
for the VFS first person action game “Smart Shopper”. I created,
managed and delivered audio assets and implemented the sounds
into the game engine via the UDK sound editor with the game designers.
In Wwise, I created a Space Ship Sound project where I designed the
audio assets and then implemented them into Wwise by use of states,
switches, events, blend containers and random containers.
I have assembled and composed many ADR cue sheets and always run a well
organized, efficient and friendly recording session with actors and
directors, encouraging everyone to be productive and have fun. Having
team taught English in Japan at two high schools for three years under
the JET Program, I have ample experience working well within a group
where everyone is adding something unique to the mix. I am a high energy
people person, I am obsessed with sound and video games, I have great
technical skills and I have a positive attitude. These are just a few
of the skills and talents I will bring to the table every day to
your team.
For a more detailed description of my areas of audio expertise and experience,
please visit my portfolio website to see my resume and work at…
Under the video section, I would like to point you to my Show Reel
2010 video. It is about 5 minutes and contains short snippets of live
action films and animations I’ve done extensive sound work on. Additionally,
the SFX section contains a variety of sounds which I hand crafted for various
projects.
If you film/animation/game/website needs someone who is efficient,
creative and has the ability to use the tools of the trade, then I am the
person you’re looking for.
Augie Restivo
