Recycling - Garden Project

The new side deck needs a path to the garden

Lately I have come across the interesting work of Mike Reynolds, Earthships.   So I have been saving all our cans and bottles.  We don't normally eat a lot of canned food but at present we are using a lot of organic canned tomatoes as our last tomato crop was pretty dismal (too much rain).  These cans along with a few wine bottles, herbal medicine bottles and few other odds and ends will be use as the basis of our new garden paths.  

The theory is - set the cans (or bottles) in concrete as filler when leveling areas, making steps or small walls.  The concrete sets around the cans and structure is very solid.  Because of the steepness of the block I may need to resort to using a few fly-ash blocks (manufacturing method is said to save energy, reduce mercury pollution and cost less) or tyres.  Once each section of the path is done it will then be paved with whatever left over pavers or tiles are available.

We will be working on this new path each weekend from now on and I will be posting updates.  So keep tuned.  No work today as the rain has set in.

A Cold

Withania

We have all had colds here.  A head cold is not much fun.  I was just skiting the other day that we haven't had a cold or flu for some time.  We must be a bit run down at present.  Might be something to do with the renovations.  All the noise and dust. And the decision making is quite stressful.  The builders are wonderful and doing a great job but still it is stressful.

We always take preventive measures of homoeopathics, herbs and vitamins when we come in contact with someone with a cold or flu.  But now that we have succumbed to a cold we have also been taking the following:-

Withania somnifera - a great adaptagen to help with stand stress, antioxidant, amphoteric (can help regulate important physiologic processes - helps you feel better) and studies have shown withania to have an immunostimulatory effect.   I have Withania growing in the garden.

Zyzyphus jujube  - sedative - taken just before bed.

Olive Leaf Extract - traditionally used to relief colds, coughs and flu.

BioResearch Homoeopathic Complexes for cold and flu (from health practitioners only)

Oxyrich - oxygen supplement to help keep up body levels of oxygen.

With the above regime we should recover well, ready to face the on-going building extensions.

Please see you health practitioner before considering taking any of the above.