12 ways to use edible natural skin care & healing oil from 2 ingredients and how to simply make it

Turn your calendula flowers into a valuable oil for natural skin care, healing and for eating. Harvested calendula flowers for making calend...

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Three short films about Calendula - Part 1:how to grow and use

Calendula ( Calendula officinalis ) is such a wonderful plant to have in your edible landscape - beautiful, hardy, easy to grow, adaptable, ...

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My accidental detox and retreat

Hasn't the flu season been dreadful this year!  Just about every family I know has had some or all of it's members affected - even h...

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Most pawpaw ointment is 96% petroleum jelly! Why did I only just find this out?!

Does anyone know how to make a healing pawpaw ointment at home using their own homegrown papaya? My pawpaws are ripening and I refuse to buy...

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Seven great uses for homegrown Aloe vera

Aloe vera  is a particularly easy plant to grow - an essential I think in just about every garden. It is cultivated around the world and has...

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Aboriginal Elder's perspective on Permaculture, Dreamtime, Going Walkabout, Life Purpose and Culture

Join me and Australian Aboriginal Elder, Wiruungga Dunggiirr ( www.dreamtimewalkabout.com ) in a wide-ranging conversation about permacultur...

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Comfrey: how to use, harvest and propagate (Film #30 with Morag Gamble: 8 mins)

I love Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) - a perennial multi-functional plant that is so valuable in my permaculture system.  Film #30: Comfrey...

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How to make fresh Rosella tea - full of flavour and goodies.

One of my favourite teas is Rosella - straight from the garden, fresh and flavoursome.   Rosella tea is popular around the world and it'...

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