#i mean horseradish is a wild plant

[balkanradfem]

Spent an hour and a half making horseradish sauce. I had to grate it for an hour and it stung so bad I was in tears the entire time, but my sinuses are now very clear.

Now that I'm done and have my sauce, I cannot for the love of heaven remember in what way I consume it. Do I make bread and eat it with bread? Do I make tortillas and then use it on them? I think what I used to do was mix it with salsa or tomato-based sauces to make them spicy, and then I would put that on tortillas, but this year there's been next to no tomatoes and I don't have my usual stuff.

I actually have to look this up! Also everyone please share with me how do you consume horseradish, I need some ideas.

[itsthesinbin]

Early Game Tip/Guide for Stardew Valley

A friend of mine has been having trouble with the EARLY early game, so I wanted to help them out. This’ll cover the very early game, and then I’ll cover some tips for the FULL first year. I’ll be putting the whole thing under a read more so it isn’t cluttering ppl’s dashboards.

I’ll have a general idea of what to do the first 3 days or so, and then move to general tips/year 1 tips!

If this gets good reception, I might do other guides if people need them! Just ask and ye might receive sfdgfhfsdgfs.

I’ll also update this if I remember something else or get an idea from someone!

Day 1

First thing, of course, is get your parsnips planted and watered. Go to Pierre’s afterwards. With your 500g, buy 3 green beans, 3 potatoes, and 2 cauliflower. While cauliflower, overall, sells for more, invest in POTATOES in your first spring. You’ll sometimes get an extra potato when you harvest them, so you can get more money overall.

Make sure to get 50 wood for a chest as well. Put your extra tools away that you aren’t using for extra storage space.

After those are planted, go to the south (Cindersap Forest, where Marnie’s Ranch and Leah’s cabin are located). Go ALL the way south to the sewer exit at the bottom right of the area, over two small bridges connected by a tiny island with a single maple tree on it. The area down south will sometimes spawn spring onions. Check this area every day in spring in your first year. Spring onions don’t give you MUCH energy, but it’ll still be good in the long run.

Chop down as many trees as you can or pick up any foragables you see (check the beach as well for foragable shells) to try and reach level 1 foraging. Once you reach level 1, you can get tree seeds- acorns, pinecones, and maple seeds- and can craft field snacks.

Do NOT chop down the tree stumps right now unless they’re in the way! Tree stumps still spawn tree seeds, and chopping down stumps do NOT give you foraging experience! Only chopping the tops of the trees give you experience!

Check ALL the trash cans (just make sure a villager doesn’t see you bc they hate it), because sometimes food items or algae/seaweed pop out. 

Don’t be afraid to eat foragables like dandelions, leeks, and horseradishes as well for energy.

Overall, if you can’t get enough energy-restoring items, don’t be afraid to go to bed early day 1.

Day 2

If you didn’t do it yesterday due to energy, go around your farm and scythe ALL the weeds/fiber you can. Sometimes they drop mixed seeds. Mixed seeds are random seeds you can plant. They’ll either give you parsnips, potatoes, or cauliflower seeds. But that means free seeds to plant! Easy profit. DO NOT CUT DOWN ALL YOUR TALL GRASS.

Willy will send you a letter. Go get the fishing rod, and fish in the ocean outside of Willy’s shop. Sell him any fish you get directly until about 2 pm or so, then go to Pierre’s with your new funds and get more seeds. Ideally potatoes, but if you wanna get a head start on an achievement, buy one or two of every seed- except fruit trees. You’ll need to sell one of every crop eventually. But you don’t have to worry about it right now if you don’t want to- you’ll have many more springs to come.

Check down south for spring onions. If you have level 1 foraging by now and can get tree seeds, shake the trees as you pass by. You get them more often by chopping them down, but shaking the trees can yield tree seeds for field snacks.

Spend today fishing, after that! Fish makes good money, and if you’re REALLY in a pinch you can eat the fish straight out of the ocean/river/lake. Or any seaweed/algae you fish up. Sometimes you’ll also fish up Joja Cola- a trash item you can consume for a little energy.

Day 3

It’s raining today, so you do NOT have to water! It always rains on Spring 3. If you’ve gotten money from fishing again after your initial stint, buy more seeds- you don’t need to plant them right away if the idea of all the watering is daunting, you can save them for when your first harvest is done and you need to replant.

If it’s a good luck day, spend the day clearing out your farm area around where you’re planting. Good luck days are the best for chopping trees because you’ll get more wood than on bad luck days.

If it’s a neutral or bad luck day, go fishing! You might fish up trash more often, but you’ll still be getting fish to sell! You can either ocean fish and sell to Willy directly, OR try at the mountain lake next to Robin’s house. Largemouth Bass are GOOD money early game.

No matter what you do, remember to check for spring onions!

General Early Game Tips

Check the tv EVERY day! It’ll give you tips, recipes, and you can check your daily luck and the next day’s forecast.

Build a Silo BEFORE building a coop or a barn! You’ll get a quest to build a coop after your first harvest. Do NOT do it right away. Get a SILO first, and then scythe up any grass on your farm! Don’t scythe all your grass (the tall grass, not the weeds that give you fiber/seeds) before you get a silo, because hay from Marnie is expensive at 50g per piece of hay.

Advanced tip for the previous one: Build ONE silo, and put a chest next to the silo. Use the empty barn/coop once you have it to grab ALL the hay from your silo and place it in the chest. Continue to scythe your grass and get hay, repeating the emptying process until all your grass is gone. That way you have a stock of hay before you get animals.

Once you have a steady supply of food and the mines are open, go to the mines as OFTEN as possible. If the day is neutral, good, or great luck, go mining! You’ll wanna get a head start on resources, and selling gems is good early game.

Wait for a rainy day to upgrade your watering can! Upgrading your tools takes two days: the day you give it to him, and the day after. Check the tv for when the next day is raining, and THEN upgrade your can.

Do NOT build the first sprinklers you get. Once you reach level 2 farming, you unlock the sprinkler crafting recipe. The basic sprinkler only waters 4 spaces, and it is a WASTE of copper and iron. Wait for the quality sprinkler recipe at level 6. It’s tedious to water, I know, but the quality sprinkler waters the 8 surrounding tiles vs the basic’s 4. A better use of materials.

Keep at least 1 to 5 of everything! You may end up with a lot of chests, but keeping a lot of things is REALLY handy. You’ll get little fetch quests from the bulletin board outside of Pierre’s shop often, and keeping a backlog of items helps with completing them- which gets you money and friendship points with the villager in question. This includes crops, fish, and mining materials like quartz and gems. I’d also advise keeping minerals from geodes after donating one of them to Gunther, as some are good gifts while others are used for fish pond requests.

Don’t forget animal tools! Marnie sells a bucket for milking cows, shears for shearing sheep, and heaters for your barns/coops! It gets real cold in winter, so animals need a heater placed in their respective buildings. Put one in every animal building you have- you only need one, don’t worry!

Make wild seeds! Wild seeds produce foragables for their respective seasons. Sell the spring, summer, and fall seed packets instead of growing them. The spring, summer, and fall wild seed packets sell for MORE than if you grew the seeds and sold the foragable items. Do NOT sell the winter seed packets!

General Year 1 Tips

Try and get level 4 foraging before Spring 15! You’ll get a passive perk that just says “+1 Berry harvesting”. From Spring 15 to 18, there are salmonberries in the bushes around Pelican Town. Whether you have level 4 foraging or not, collect these berries! It’ll help a LOT if you get two per bush, but if you check every single day you’ll get a lot of berries no matter what your foraging level is. They don’t give a LOT of energy/health, but because of the quantity you’ll get you’ll be fine.

Fish at the mountain lake when you have downtime! Largemouth bass are VERY valuable early game, if a bit tricky to catch.

Use low profit crops for energy! If you have extra parsnips from spring, you can either turn them into pickles later or keep them for energy/health.

Mushrooms or Bats! After a certain amount of profit is obtained, Demetrius will come to you and ask to use your farm’s little cave for an experiment. He’ll ask to either use it to cultivate mushrooms or invite a species of fruit bat to the cave. Mushrooms are produced every day, and you’ll get a random assortment of every mushroom species available (although their rarity plays a factor in how often they appear). Fruit bats leave you a slow supply of fruit- usually foraged berries, but sometimes fruit tree fruit as well such as apples, oranges, and cherries. Mushrooms are generally more valuable and common mushrooms provide good energy, while fruit bats are good for artisan goods and for gifts as fruit tree fruits are universally liked by everyone.

In your first summer, invest in Blueberries! In your first fall, invest in Cranberries! Both blueberries and cranberries give multiple harvests, and multiple berries per harvest. That means they’ll keep producing AND give you 3 berries per harvest. While the melon and pumpkin sell for more, you can get a few hundred berries within one season- upwards of a thousand if you plant a Lot like I do.

In the beginning of summer, you’ll unlock the bath house. The bath house is a hot spring building to the north in the mountains, initially blocked by boulders. You can sit in the water to regain energy!

Plant tree seeds outside of the bath house area. ALL the dirt around the bath house can have tree seeds planted. You’ll most likely get a bunch of pinecones, as there’s an abundance of pine trees both on your farm and in Cindersap Forest. Plant as many as you can, and let them grow to make a wood farm. I can get a full stack of wood because of how many trees you can plant.

Save some crops to sell at the END of a season! If you’re hurting for money, split your current harvest in half if you can and sell half. Put the other half away in a chest (preferably next to the shipping bin) to save for the final day in the season. That way you can be SURE you’ll have a decent amount to spend at the beginning of the next season.

Work on preserves jars and kegs asap, once you unlock their recipes. Preserves jars make jelly (from fruit), pickles (from veggies), aged roe (from fish eggs), and caviar (from sturgeon eggs). Kegs make wine (from fruit), beer (wheat), pale ale (hops), juice (veggies), and mead (honey). Buy some hops in summer and save them for when you get kegs! Hops also produce EVERY day, so be prepared for a backlog of hops!

Try and get animals in summer! Save spring for bolstering your wallet and equipment. Don’t worry about upgrading your coop/barn all the way right now, just get started on animals because animal products are very good your first year.

Upgrade things in winter! This can mean tools, or buildings! By winter you should have a GOOD bit of money and resources. Upgrade your tools as much as you can (you can do a lot of mining for ore in winter), and upgrade any coops/barns you have. You don’t HAVE to upgrade your house yet if you don’t want to/don’t plan on getting married anytime soon so, as you should have salmonberries still if you managed to collect a lot,  cooking isn’t a necessity. Mushrooms from the cave or fruit from the bats could also help here.

Buy animals in winter! If you can upgrade your coop/barn, get animals now while they don’t need to go outside. It’s a good idea to get pigs now if you can, as they take a long time to grow. That way they can come out fully grown and ready to get you truffles.

Winter seeds are good money! Every few levels, you’ll be able to craft wild seeds for each respective season. The winter seeds sell for more than just their packets alone, so grow them if you can! You can multiply the crop each time you harvest them most likely, so you can make a lot of money off of the foragables.

Mine and fish! Since you don’t have too much to do in winter, use the time to fish and mine for extra money and resources!

[kikiscauldron]

November is a time of reflection and relaxation, as it heralds in “blank slate” weekends, restful time alone, and the joyous return to honoring life inside the home. For many, October is so much fun there is barely space for peace and quiet. But now that the wild action of October is over, and you can pause to savor the crisp air and quietness of the November sky, I suggest you ponder the opportunistic question of “now what?”

The weather is colder and the atmosphere is darker in November – while the view from your bedroom window can be romantic and beautiful, the feeling outside is cold, damp, and sometimes gloomy. Just this morning we experienced our first freezing fog this season. It is this kind of weather that makes us crave coziness, warmth, and comfort. November allows you the opportunity to lean into the temptation to relax, recuperate, and maintain your health and spiritual wellness.

A List of Chill Magic and Practical Rituals for November November can be a time when you can create a sacred space inside your home. While indoors, it is a great time to take up hobbies and activities that allow you the opportunity to spend time with the most important person in your life: yourself. Contemplate what aspects of yourself you have been neglecting and use the downtime of the indoor months accordingly. My hope is that this list below honors the magic of being chill and the comforting energy of November.

🧼 Fall Cleaning: For me an organized house is a creative house. I don’t know if this is something that everyone feels, but I function better in an orderly environment. If you are like me use the first couple of weeks in November to clean and clear your home of clutter. Consider donating clothes, books, and food.

🌿 Bring in the Green: Try bringing some green into your home to liven the indoors. Herbs that do well indoors are basil, bay, chives, cilantro, lemongrass, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, and thyme. If you need some easy plants to work with try aloe, calathea, Christmas cactus, English ivy, jade, peperomia, philodendron, snake plant, and spider plant.

🕯 Warm Lighting: Try the warm and soothing glow Himalayan rock salt lamps and candle holders.

🔥 Purifying Incense: Burn a blend of frankincense, rosemary, and sage to purify your home. Allow the smoke to escape the home through cracked windows. 

🧿 Protection Spell Bottle: Put together a spell bottle to create a protective boundary around your home. Some suggested items to add to a protection spell bottle include rosemary, rose thorns, needles, nails, dimes, vinegar, garlic, obsidian, black salt, sea salt, tourmaline, black pepper, hyssop, rue, and dragon’s blood. Seal it with black wax and bury it in the front yard of your property.

❤️ Blessed and Loving Home Simmering Potpourri: This is an inviting simmering potpourri to bless a home with loving energies. Slice an apple and place in a saucepan. Add four cups of water. Add in a couple cinnamon sticks, three star anise seed pods, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, a teaspoon of cloves, and a small piece of ginger root. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Allow the mixture to slowly cook and spread it’s inviting and loving fragrance through your home. Stir clockwise occasionally, and replacing more water if necessary. 

🛁 Relaxing Aromatherapy Oils: Use a relaxing oil blend in an oil diffuser to create a calming space. Essential oils that can help calm moods include lavender, sandalwood, frankincense, bergamot, ylang ylang, vanilla, patchouli, Roman chamomile, clary sage, and marjoram. 

💰Prosperity Spell for Holiday Funds: For this spell you will work with the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Find a glass jar or container and adhere a picture of Lakshmi on it. In the bottom of the container place a piece of green jade, aventurine, or other crystal associated with money. The first money to place in the jar should be four new quarters, which you can anoint with patchouli or money-attracting oil. Place money into the jar each day, no matter how large or small the amount is. When it is time to empty the jar and access the holiday funds, be sure to put aside a small amount of the wealth you’ve attracted to donate to charity.

🧶 Blanket Magic: Here’s a sweet little enchantment for the throw blankets in your house. Hold a blanket and visualize it being imbued with pink and gold light. Say to yourself the following incantation: “Wrapped in love, this blanket glows, with care and healing for those it holds.” 

💆‍♀️ Homeopathic Remedies: We are blessed to live in a time where we can both take care of ourselves with modern medicine like flu shots and antibiotics, but we can also keep homeopathic remedies in stock to support our daily health routines. Try and create Fire Cider or Elderberry Syrup – they are said to help the body fend off colds.

💧 Basil Rinse: Boil a pot of water and stir in a handful of basil and a couple bags of chamomile tea. Use this as a cleaning rinse to welcome in prosperous and loving energies.

🔮 Divination: November is a fantastic month to work through divination. Treat yourself to a new tarot deck, practice a new tarot spread, or try a form of divination that you’ve always been curious about.

November Correspondences

Astronomical Dates for 2019: Taurid Meteor Shower (11/5-6), Beaver Full Moon (11/12), Leonids Meteor Shower (11/17-18), New Moon (11/26)

Crystals: Amber, Citrine, Obsidian, Onyx, Tiger’s Eye, Topaz

Food in Season: Apples, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cranberries, horseradish, leeks, mushrooms, parsnips, persimmons, pomegranates, potatoes, pumpkin, turnip, winter squash

Herbs, Plants, and Incense: Blackthorn, Cedarwood, Cypress, Dragon’s Blood, Elder, Mugwort, Nutmeg, Pine, Rosemary, Star Anise, Thyme, Wormwood, Yew

Magical Work: Beginnings, Divination and Spirit Communication, Prosperity, Release, Removal of Obstacles, Transformation

Meditation Work and Reflective Topics: Charity, Comfort, Gratitude, Self-Love

The Magic of Samhain Isn’t Gone (Where to Look Next)

While many will celebrate Samhain through October 31st and November 1st, there are those who chose to observe Samhain at the exact midpoint between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice. For 2019 that happens to land on November 7th. So, if you are enjoying the work with ancestors, divination, spirit communication, and banishment magic, don’t let it disappear now that it’s November. And, just because Samhain has passed doesn’t mean that the energy and magic of Samhain will instantaneously drop off. If you are new to witchcraft I recommend reading The Door to Witchcraft by Tonya Brown to help you continue your interest and magical pursuits. If you are fascinated by the idea of a Veil marking a boundary between our world and the Otherworld, I recommend visiting John Beckett’s blog Under the Ancient Oaks where he frequently discusses his impression of the Veil in modern times. And, hopefully the list above gave you some inspiration for November as well. The dark side of the year is an excellent time to go inwards and do deep, reflective, and personal magical work. The magic of pause and rest can be very powerful.

[vvitchy-things]

Herb List - WIP

I’m updating this with the names of the plants and adding the meanings as I have time, don’t worry.

A

Acacia - meditation

Acacia (Gum Arabic) - friendship, love, protection, psychic abilities, wisdom

Aconite (Wolfsbane/Monkshood) - invisibility, protection, spirit work

Acorn - courage, fertility, luck, manifestation/power

Adam & Eve Root - 

Adder’s Tongue - 

African Violet

Agar-Agar - attraction

Agrimony - 

Ague - 

Alder - 

Alfalfa

Alkanet - 

Allspice - money drawing, business success

Allspice (Pimento)

Almond - 

Aloe - cleansing

Althea Root - 

Amaranth - 

Amber - 

Ambergris - 

Anise - 

Anise Seeds - 

Angelica - attraction, cleansing/purification, cursing, divination, energy, healing, meditation, protection, spell-breaking, success, wisdom

Apple - 

Apricot - 

Arnica Flowers - 

Arrow Root - 

Ash - 

Asafoetida - 

Aspen - 

Avocado - 

Azalea - 

B

Bachelor’s Buttons - 

Balm of Gilead  - 

Balm of Gilead Tears - 

Balsam - 

Bamboo - 

Banana - 

Banyan - 

Barley - 

Basil - peace & happiness

Bat’s Head Root

Bay Laurel

Bay Leaves - protection

Bayberry - 

Beans - 

Bee Pollen

Beech - 

Beef - 

Beet - 

Beetroot - 

Belladonna - 

Belladonna (Nightshade) - 

Benzoin - 

Bergamot - 

Betel Nut - 

Bilberry Bark (Huckleberry) - 

Bindweed - 

Birch - 

Bistort - 

Black Cohosh - 

Black Haw - 

Black Haw (Devil’s Shoestring)

Black Pepper - 

Black Salt - 

Black Walnut - 

Blackberry - 

Blackberry Root - 

Bladderwrack - 

Bladderwrack (Kelp) - 

Blessed Thistle - 

Blessed Thistle (Holy Thistle) - 

Bloodroot - 

Blowball - 

Blue Cohosh - 

Blue Violet - 

Bluebell - 

Bluebery - 

Boneset - 

Borage (Starflower) - 

Brimstone (Sulfur Powder) - 

Broccoli - 

Broom - 

Brussel Sprouts - 

Buchu

Buckeye (Horse Chestnut) - 

Buckthorn - 

Buckwheat - 

Burdock - 

Butcher’s Broom - 

C

Cabbage - 

Cactus - 

Calamus - 

Calendula - 

Calendula Flower - 

Camphor - 

Caraway - 

Cardamom - 

Carnation - 

Carob - 

Carrot - 

Cascara - 

Cascara Sagrada - 

Cashew - 

Cassia - 

Catnip - 

Cauliflower - 

Cayenne Pepper - 

Cedar - 

Celandine - 

Celery - 

Celery/Celery Seed - 

Centaury - 

Chamomile - luck, cleansing

Cherry - 

Cherry Bark - 

Chervil - 

Chestnut - 

Chia - 

Chickweed - 

Chicory - 

Chili Pepper - 

Chili Powder - 

Chives - 

Chrysanthemum - 

Cilantro - 

Cinnamon - 

Cinquefoil - 

Citronella - 

Clary Sage - 

Clove - 

Clover - friendship & health

Cloves - 

Club Moss - 

Coconut - 

Coffee - 

Coltsfoot - 

Columbine - 

Comfrey - 

Copal - 

Coriander - 

Corn - 

Cotton - 

Cowslip - 

Cramp Bark - 

Cranberry - 

Crowfoot - 

Cucumber - 

Culver’s Root - 

Cumin - 

Curry - 

Cyclamen - 

Cypress - 

D

Daffodil - 

Daisy - 

Damiana - passion

Dandelion - psychic, second sight

Dandelion Leaf - 

Dandelion Leaf/Root - 

Dandelion Root - 

Dates - 

Datura - 

Deer’s Tongue - 

Devil’s Bit - 

Devil’s Bone Root - 

Devil’s Claw - 

Dill - 

Dittany - 

Dittany of Crete - 

Dogbane - 

Dogwood - 

Dragon’s Blood - 

E

Ebony - 

Echinacea - 

Egg - 

Eggplant - 

Elder - 

Elecampane - 

Elm - 

Endives - 

Eucalyptus - 

Evening Primrose - 

Eyebright - 

F

False Unicorn Root - 

Fennel - 

Fenugreek - 

Fern - 

Feverfew - 

Fig - 

Figwort - 

Fish - 

Flax - 

Flax Seed - 

Fleabane - 

Foxglove - 

Frangipani - 

Frankincense - 

Fumitory - 

Fumitory (Earth Smoke) - 

G

Galangal - 

Galangal Root - 

Gardenia - 

Garlic - 

Gentian - 

Geranium - 

Ginger - 

Ginkgo Biloba - 

Ginseng - 

Goldenrod - 

Goldenseal - 

Goosegrass - 

Gorse - 

Grains - 

Grapefruit - 

Grapes - 

Green Pepper - 

Guava - 

H

Ham - 

Hawthorn - 

Hay - 

Hazel - 

Hazelnut - 

Heather - 

Heliotrope - 

Hemlock - 

Henbane - 

Henna - 

Hibiscus - 

Hickory - 

High John the Conqueror - 

Holly - 

Holy Thistle - 

Honey - 

Honeydew - 

Honeysuckle - 

Hops - 

Horehound - 

Horseradish - 

Huckleberry - 

Hyacinth - 

Hydrangea - 

Hyssop - 

I

Indian Paintbrush - 

Iris - 

Iris Root - 

Iris Root (Orris Root) - 

Irish Moss - 

Ivy - 

J

Jasmine - 

Jezebel Root - 

Job’s Tears - 

Juniper - 

K

Kava Kava - 

Kelp - 

Kiwi - 

Knotweed - 

Kola Nut - 

Kumquat - 

L

Lady Slipper - 

Lady’s Matle - 

Larch - 

Larkspur - 

Laurel - 

Lavender - passion, sleep

Leek - 

Lemon - 

Lemon Balm - 

Lemon Verbena - 

Lemon Verbena (Vervain) - 

Lemongrass - 

Lettuce - 

Licorice - 

Lily - 

Lily of the Valley - 

Lime - 

Linden - 

Liverwort - 

Lobelia - 

Lotus - 

Lotus Root - 

Lovage - 

Lucky Hand - 

Lucky Hand (Orchid Root) - 

Lucky Hand Root (Orchid Root) - 

M

Mace - 

Magnolia - 

Magnolia Flowers - 

Maidenhair - 

Maidenhair Flowers - 

Mandarin - 

Mandrake - 

Mango - 

Maple - 

Marigold - 

Marjoram - 

Marshmallow - 

Marshmallow Root - 

Mastic - 

Meadowsweet - 

Melon - 

Mesquite - 

Milk Thistle - 

Mimosa - 

Mint - 

Mistletoe - 

Moonwort - 

Morning Glory - 

Moss - 

Motherwort - 

Mugwort - psychics

Mulberry - 

Mullein - 

Mushrooms - 

Musk - 

Mustard - 

Mustard Seed - 

Myrrh - 

Myrtle - 

N

Narcissus - 

Nectarine - 

Nutmeg - good luck

Nuts - 

O

Oak - 

Oak Moss - 

Oats - 

Oatstraw - 

Oleander - 

Olive - 

Olive Leaf - 

Onion - 

Orange - 

Orange Blossom (Neroli) - 

Orchid - 

Oregano - 

Orris Root - 

Orris Root Powder - 

P

Palm - 

Pansy - 

Papaya - 

Paprika - 

Papyrus - 

Parsley - 

Passion Flower - 

Passion Fruit - 

Patchouli - 

Pea - 

Peach - 

Peanut - 

Pear - 

Peat Moss - 

Pecan - 

Pennyroyal - 

Peony - 

Peppermint - 

Periwinkle - 

Persimmon - 

Pikaki - 

Pimpernel - 

Pine - 

Pine Nut - 

Pineapple - 

Plantain - 

Plum - 

Plumeria - 

Pokeroot - 

Pokeweed - 

Pomegranate - 

Poppy - 

Poppy Seed - 

Pork - 

Potato - 

Prickly Ash Bark - 

Prune - 

Pumpkin Seed - 

Q

Quassia - 

Quince - 

R

Radish - 

Ragweed - 

Raisins - 

Raspberry - 

Raspberry Leaf - 

Red Clover - 

Red Pepper - 

Red Willow Bark - 

Rhubarb - 

Rice - 

Rose - 

Rose Hips - 

Rosemary - powerful guardian

Rose Petals - love, romance, good luck for endeavors of the heart

Rowan - 

Rue - 

Rye - 

S

Safflower - 

Saffron - 

Sage - 

Sagebrush - 

Sandalwood - 

Sasparilla - 

Sassafras - 

Saw Palmetto - 

Sea Salt - 

Sesame - 

Sesame Seed - 

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[tinyshe]

Garden Report 20.08.02

More leaves are falling. Autumn is impatient this year. I had the haw partially trimmed. It was a bit of a shame to loose all those under ripe haws but I only had a small window of when I had help. They are whacking them up in manageable pieces so perhaps some will ripen while on the ground and I can collect.

Need to make a chicken swing/climbing apparatus for Bronte.  She hears the little cock across the way and she’s all about it. I think her hormones may be coming into play or she is just a bossy, nosy chicken! She’s climbing on the water font and the feeder, causing her sisters to stress out because if Bronte can’t see/accomplish her goal, she’s mad at everyone and its trickle down aggression until she is distracted again (which is hard when romeo keeps calling all day long!).

My apples that were delivered where not gravs and I was bold enough not to accept them (’well we didn’t have a full field lug so we just brought the most we had’). No. Not even close to acceptable for what I wanted. Punky backyard apples that are low grade/juice only/cattle feed just won’t work for drying. Disappointment all around but I am not going to pay out top monies for cull.

More artichokes in the drier. I will probably get some late comers but I will let those bloom out for the bees. I don’t have many bees but do I have the bumbles! Hordes of those lovely ladies coming in for the late blooming borage. No one likes the ghost borrage.

In a couple of days I’ll dump the potato barrel. Debating pulling all the horseradish in pots and escapes in the pathways. Will pop those in the drier too once I make the decision to pull. And of course save some root pieces to plant again.

Have my trays prepped. Something is holding me back. Fear? Added burden on my family? It is getting harder for me to breathe. I do more resting than work it feels. I can’t keep putting it off on allergies (but my allergies do get wild when I’m stressed and am I ever stressed!). Pushing the lung care herbs, the one’s I can get. Finding it has been three months and still can’t get some of my meds. Using subs that aren’t quite adequate. Some “discontinued” due to C-19 use (whatever that means, people just shrug when ask ‘what?why?’). Not wanting on the heavy prescription because for me it does more other harm. I’m to the point I’ll have to dig out my oxygen generator and use in therapy mode since its getting harder to do the exercises or normal daily living. This is a drag because I am getting slower and I am not very accepting of this. But perhaps if I’m good now, I can go out and play more later. Something to look forward to. Have micro greens soaking in jars to sprout as to add with lettuce for salades.

[marskisfics]

Duscur Headcanons - Food

Disclaimer: these are my headcanons only and I am not trying to be a definitive expert on a fictional country in a video game that didn’t touch hardly at all on that country, much to my annoyance. Intsys did Duscur wrong by not giving us more info on it, goddammit!

The primary staple crops of Duscur are potatoes and rye, both of which are very hardy and can grow just about everywhere. Potatoes are not freeze-tolerant by any means, but by growing underground they can withstand spring frosts (fall frosts, on the other hand, tend to end the potato growing season). They also grow turnips, barley, and beets, though to a lesser extent. Sugar maples can be found in the south, and are tapped for their sap, but the labor needed to process it leaves maple syrup as a luxury food only.

Commoners in the south live primarily on a diet of potatoes and flatbread made with a rye base, along with anything foraged outside of town. Potatoes are typically cooked either as dumplings or in a stew with whatever else is available, or are mixed with flour and used to make gnocchi (which is then stuffed with foraged plants and often wild mushrooms.) Borscht, originally part of Faerghan cuisine, rose in popularity in Duscur thanks to the trade policies of King Lambert (it then sharply crashed in popularity thanks to the Tragedy of Duscur).

In the north, agriculture becomes incredibly difficult due to the climate, so the main means of food production are instead through fishing, reindeer herding, and the hunting of marine mammals. Meals in the north are meat and fish heavy, and make extensive use of blood and organ meat. Blood pancakes and sausages are common. Reindeer milk is often preserved by mixing it with angelica and leaving it to ferment. Fish is also frequently salted and fermented to preserve it.

In both regions, foraging is common. Many of the native berries are resistant to domestication and can only be found in the wild, and are frequently collected and turned into jam. Angelica patches are prized and carefully conserved, as are common mushrooming spots. Duscur does not have any deadly mushrooms native to it, so mushrooming is generally safe. The country does have fly agaric in the south, however. Fortunately, fly agaric is distinctive enough to prevent anyone from accidentally adding some to their potato soup.

An extensive road network means that foodstuffs from different regions are available to all, though typically most commoners will stay with their own specialties and only eat imported food on special occasions. The middle and upper classes often make a point of eating food from different regions, or at least they did before the subjugation of Duscur killed the majority of them.

Some Duscur spices are horseradish, mint, chives, tarragon, angelica, salt, fernweed, and sorrel, with horseradish and angelica having particular prominence in cooking.

In contrast, Faerghus considers potatoes a barely-edible famine food, doesn’t have reindeer at all and less access to marine mammals, and grows little rye. Both cultures also have different fish fermentation methods- Faerghus has better access to salt via trade with its southern neighbors and tends to more heavily salt its fish before fermentation. 

Dedue and Ashe’s restaurant in their ending most likely served a lot of potato and rye dishes, simply because that is what they would be most capable of growing on their own and I headcanon Dedue as being from southern Duscur.

[thisislizheather]

April Activities 2021

The major news of the month? I can’t believe I get to be fully vaccinated. It’s hard to describe how incredible it feels but I’m so ready to really start this next phase and I can’t wait for everyone I love to feel this feeling soon. Here’s what went down last month.

Here are my favourite tweets from last month. Also, I’ve decided to compile the best tweets list every two weeks rather than only once a month mostly because I love re-reading them and want that sort of joy in my life twice a month, not just once.

I did Nathan’s podcast and we talked about Rogers, sex robots & god only knows what else.

Two new nail polishes that I bought and love: English Lavender by butter and Cold Brew Crew by essie. Beautiful colours.

I’ve made this lamb ragu from Alison Roman twice so far, it’s so luxurious but somehow easy to make. I’ve put it on tagliatelle as well as zucchini noodles and both have been wonderful. Small tip: it does get better after it sits in the fridge for a bit, for some reason. (Also, the recipe doesn’t call for it, but I added basil at the end. I tend to add basil anytime something calls for parsley because it’s just so much more flavourful and fun.)

Above Photo: Alison Roman’s lamb ragu

I want to buy new underwear and I’m looking for any suggestions that aren’t Victoria’s Secret, Aerie or The Gap. I might just bite the bullet and try the ones from Blush (love love love the models they use).

I tried the strawberry short cake soft serve from Milk Bar and it was heavenly. The soft serve is even better than the strawberry cake (although the cookie crumbles within the cake always make my knees weak). In fact, I’ve yet to try a Milk Bar soft serve that I didn’t love (their vegan apple pie soft serve was out of this world), should I have been buying their pints this whole time? Yes.

I gave a chance to Ouai’s Air Dry Foam and it didn’t impress me or anyone else for that matter, so I guess I’ll just stick with the Wave Spray instead.

The rain boots that I bought a few years ago from Winners have disintegrated and I’m in search of new ones, but please don’t recommend Hunter ones. I hate Hunter. Open to any other suggestions!

Influenced by a TikTok video, I bought Falscara and holy shit. I know I promise this a lot, but I’m going to do a video on it so you can see how good a product it is. So many videos are coming, I vow.

There milk chocolate coconut almonds from CVS are UNHOLY.

I tried a sample of Glamglow’s Glowstarter moisturizer and was pleasantly surprised at how it really does give you a pleasant glow. What’s that about.

It’s uncivil how expensive body suit/swimwear hangers are. Who is this benefiting? I just want to hang my delicate bodysuits and carry on with my day.

Trader Joe’s has started selling their own vodka and I’m hoping they’ll start to sell it in New York soon. Seems weird that they don’t already.

I tried a small sample of Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Elixir and discovered that the true magic behind the elixir is how she got anyone to believe that it does anything at all. Makeup products truly enrage me at times.

Nathan and I went to a movie theatre and it was everything I wanted it to be and more. We saw Godzilla vs. Kong and I found myself beaming through every inane scene. Perfect movie to see after a year of no theatres. Would I ever watch it again? Good lord no.

I bought a lotion bar from Gift Box on Broadway in Astoria and I love it. I think I’d use it more if it were slightly smaller and more manageable, but I love it nonetheless.

I tried Rao’s spaghetti and it was incredible, so now I’m forced to seek out their other types of pasta. Such a quality pasta.

I ate at The Pineapple Club and the basil fried rice and frozen pina coladas were both outrageously good.

I bought this bag from Zara and I’m honestly nervous to even wear it out for some weird reason. Like, am I the person who would have a bag like this? Do I want to be that person? Am I feeling this way because of having nowhere to go for so long? Have I always been this fearful? Some of these questions I shouldn’t answer, I realize.

Just bought these shoes in tan and I think I have my life all figured out now. Now if I can just leave the house wearing said shoes and holding said bag.

Speaking of shoes, I truly can’t decide if I love or loathe these slippers.

Last shoe thing: head over HEELS (not sorry) in love with these feet hugging sandals. Should’ve bought four more pairs.

I made these chocolate banana muffins and they were great but the real standout is the recipe at the bottom for the salted honey butter. Christ, you should make that butter.

I perused Molly Baz’s new cookbook and it’s a big one. Some standout recipes: The Big Italian salad, a dilly horseradish cream sauce for shrimp, and of course her caesar salad recipe.

I never thought I’d be the type of person to buy fake plants, but this one is so lifelike and pretty that I had to get it. Plus it’s perfect for the top of a bookshelf.

Above Photo: Fake plant from Target

It’s ramp season and I couldn’t be happier about it, you’ll hear more about my ramp creations next month.

I watched This is a Robbery on Netflix and don’t waste your time. Yes, it’s an interesting story, but save yourself a few hours and go read this instead.

I’m watching The Nanny and loving it. I’ve only ever watched a few episodes growing up, and I thought I would hate it because of how much everyone makes fun of Fran’s voice but her voice is fine! It’s wild that anyone ever said it was annoying. Also, the theme song is catchy as hell.

I rewatched Speed and it’s, of course, still great. What can’t Keanu do.

I watched the 90s movie The Crush and it’s really weird that movies like that would never have a chance being made today.

I’m all caught up on Riverdale now and… it’s hard to remember when it was really good. Maybe it was all Skeet Ulrich? Was that the main draw in my mind? I can see that making sense. In any case, it’s taken a turn.

There’s something so inviting about having good washroom rugs, I just got these soft-as-hell Threshold ones and I’ll never buy another brand again.

I visited the midtown Ideal Cheese Shop (been meaning to forever) and it’s such a great spot for NYC delicacies as well as, obviously, cheese. They had pre-packed bacon from Peter Luger and salmon from Daniel Boulud.

Things are already changing fast with new restrictions loosing in NYC, but did you know you can rent out a bar for an hour?

I tried the breakfast Beyond Meat sausage patties and surprise, surprise, they’re great. There’s nothing this company can do wrong. I’m becoming suspicious.

I got drinks and some small bites at Bar Dalia in Astoria and what a sweet little place! Would go again.

I finally got my hands on the kitchen-scented mini candles from Trader Joe’s (the scents are lemongrass, tomato leaf, fresh mint). They fill me with joy, unfortunately. I also got their grapefruit scented body butter, which goes on very smoothly but I’ve noticed it has a scent that’s slightly off-putting over time. I will not dwell on that fact further.

Had no idea that Banza made a pizza crust but I tried it and it’s wonderful.

I love seeing what promotional giveaways are planned for the upcoming baseball season but since we’re technically still in a pandemic, the Mets are only releasing what the promotions are each month (makes sense). So I’ve bookmarked the page to go look at on the first of each month.

I don’t eat a ton of fast food, but I’m sorry, some of these are genius ideas.

I’ll regret it if I don’t buy a box of these, right?

I know that it’s common to read an article about something and feel “that’s me!” but this one really resonates with me: “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing.”

The best brand at Target: A New Day.

Love and fully agree with all of this woman’s questions about things that don’t make sense.

I was walking past a Home Depot in Queens and the smell of the sandwiches at Rocco’s was heavenly. I had just eaten, otherwise I would have leaped into line. Must remember to get a Philly cheese steak here next time. The Yelp reviews are calling me.

I bought this earring organizer from The Container Store and it’s perfect. Fully recommend. I also finally got a purse organizer and some shoe boxes that make me feel like I might be a successful woman in her prime.

Above Photo: Earring Stand from The Container Store

Above Photo: Left: purse storage holder, Right: shoe storage boxes, Not Shown: me, opening & closing my closet door ten times to bask in my new found organizational skills

I had no idea Zara had a home section. I wish I didn’t have this knowledge, but now that I do, you must too. Literally ALL of these glasses are gorgeous. Tempted to go smash each glass in my kitchen cupboard right this instant.

This Artist Faked Being a Billionaire to Photograph New York City's Best Views - such a great idea, such great photos. How was it not me who came up with this?

Some more spring recipes I’m dying to make:

Ramp & Ricotta Tart

Grilled Asparagus Caesar Salad

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Scallop Risotto with Lemon & Sweet Peas

Grilled Caprese Skewers with Halloumi and Sourdough

Some things that I’m looking forward to this month: the new/final season of Shrill comes out this week (!), I might be going to a Mets game (!!), dying to eat at Under The Volcano, really want to visit the new Dippin' Dots store, I’ve been craving a good club sandwich for months so I might try to get brunch at Mark’s Off Madison, I know it might be early but I can’t wait to go tan on Governors Island soon, and at some point I’d really love to take one of these pasta cooking classes.

Above Photo: The club sandwich at Mark’s Off Madison, photo courtesy of Front of House

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went down in March over here.

[sussex-nature-lover]

Thursday 18th March 2021

In the Garden

It’s a bit of a nothing day here, cool, quite dark and there’s rain on and off. Thank goodness I’d taken some photos outdoors earlier in the week.

Although the Daffodils next door are in bloom and there are plenty of yellow drifts in the wider area, and they have been flowering for some time now, apart from the one lonely bulb in the side hedge and one in the middle of the lower lawn, this is as far as ours have progressed so far. We’ve had green stalks since December, I thought they were going to stay like that forever. Slow off the mark, but I guess they’ll be going strong when the others are over.

I’ve still not discovered my cream Hyacinth, so the ones we have are all blue. As I’ve said before, one was over a couple of weeks ago, one failed this year and the others are all at various stages. I might bring some indoors.

Dunnock deciding which seed to take first, while the House Sparrow (m) knows just what he wants to go for

The Hazel Catkins are still going and there are buds on the trees now too.

Amelanchier Canadensis ‘Snowy Mespilus’ 

This is the specimen tree that I pin all my hopes on to attract Bullfinch. It didn’t work last year unfortunately but Blackbird and Thrush were all over it.

Lovely blossom, berries and autumn colour that provide year-round interest

This tree is a tall, hardy plant which fruits an edible red/purple berry, which is popular with the birds, bringing them flocking to your garden but can also be used to make jams and jellies. The white flowers in spring are reminiscent of ornamental cherry flowers, and the autumn colour of the leaves is fantastic, adding a new dimension to your garden's colour scheme.

Best grown either as a specimen tree or as a border piece, the Snowy Mespulis tolerates a wide range of soil and offers year-round interest.

Primrose co uk

It really is a pretty tree, although my chances of ever harvesting the berries to make jam are ooooh, let me estimate...I’ll go with zero, to less than zero!

Elsewhere and not where the wild Cyclamen are growing, we have more invaders through the weed membrane and stones.

Yellow ‘Lesser Celandine’ and, I think, White ‘Wood Violets’ 

Wildfood UK says about the Violet

The roots and seeds of this plant are toxic and should not be eaten. The flowers were traditionally used as a flavouring in puddings and sweets or crystallized and used as an edible decoration

The log ‘tables’ are really popular. Robin, above and Blackbird (f) below

I’ve been so pleased we moved the logs which are too big for the fire as they’ve proved to be a great edition to the feeding area. 

Although sometimes ‘table manners’ leave something to be desired ‘May I get down now’ takes on a new meaning.

The long ‘legs’ propped up against the palm are also very popular with Blue Tits and Nuthatch as well and the one that fell over in the wind, is now a handy perch.

This male House Sparrow gave me quite a choice of poses.

And here’s Nuthatch deciding on its next move, most probably to a seed tray where it’ll be sorting out the Sunflower seeds and throwing anything else all around.

GARDEN NOTE:

It’s been much quieter today, probably because of the rain, but Magpie has been here as a pair, not just the single. The Rooks have been in numbers, as have the Pheasants. The Stock Doves were getting a bit of bother from one particularly belligerent Wood Pigeon. There were absolutely loads of hungry House Sparrows and a quick visit from M Flambeau.

KITCHEN NOTES:

We had a lovely lunch today. Sourdough bloomer toasted with homemade smoked Mackerel rillettes. 

Fork and shred the Mackerel flesh having removed the skin for the wildlife to enjoy. Mix to taste with a blend of mayonnaise, plain yoghurt and creamed horseradish; season with salt, pepper and some lemon juice and mix in just a few very finely chopped spring onions and cornichons. It was delicious.

I’ve also been making Granola and seem to have produced enough for a large guest house. The kitchen smells lovely though and it looks great in the Kilner jars.

 WHAT DID I LEARN TODAY?

 I was looking at Plantlife co uk which says about Lesser Celandine, 

 Did you know?

Its the floral equivalent of the swallow: both reappear around the same time and herald the coming of spring. In fact the word 'celandine' comes from the Greek chelidon meaning 'swallow' and it traditionally first blooms on 21st February making it one of the first woodland flowers of the year. This also gave the lesser celandine the name 'spring messenger'. Aptly enough, the Victorians used it to symbolise "joys to come".

One of its local names is "pilewort" since the herb was given for haemorrhoids. This was based on the doctrine of signatures since the knobbly tubers were thought to resemble piles.

Despite sharing the name, it isn't actually related to the greater celandine. Lesser celandine is a member of the buttercup family. Greater celandine is related to the poppy.

Wordsworth's favourite wild flower wasn't the daffodil - it was lesser celandine. He wrote no less than three poems about it: The Small Celandine, To the Same Flower and To the Small Celandine.

[cannonalise92]

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This is not only keep cats off counters, off tables, and out of fear.Cat treats are also like things in the cat's absolute need for cat nip.So, how do you really love your furniture torn up!To wet the coat, just sufficient to feed your cat healthy and able to study, it is important to get the object and apply pressure to flush the puss and bacteria out of the most determined cat from your cat should be burned.

Cats urinate in the direction of your furniture, such as a toilet.You just pick the best way to get the rest of your furniture.Your cat stopped using the house that absolutely loves the catnip, while another may not believe me you better find a new cat in the act of scratching and stretching.Cats miss the litter box, these can be detrimental is the least offensive way cats communicate.If you have, and how often these vaccines need to understand why male cats and their furs.

It is important for any good actions such as deterrent sprays and chemicals.Here are some risks involved and the caps fall off.One of the testicles in the presence of danger particles in the house.Make sure to check for foul odours or debris; you can do to change the behavior brings a smile to the saliva or else they have no plans to breed with your cat might spray the litter box, you can dangle somewhere.Cats and scratching go together like peanut-butter and jelly!

Watch their activity and exercise - which is made of varied materials including wood and carpet.Thus, the spaying and neutering of a cat not urinating or defecating inside the house.You must dedicate some time for these types of materials such as a scratching post, but others, well, they could use some grooming techniques for your cat is generally regarded as safe for your cat urine depends on your clothes.You should use those means while your cat has to be put.A flea can also use scents to keep them in line, so keep that in enclosed.

The heat cycle can be traced back to its breed.These programs do, however, communicate their feelings, needs and pamper them once in the United States alone.The old method of discipline but there are products which will help to prevent the cat back to the spot.If the process form an even playing field between your pets.When it comes to choosing litter do not suffer from one floor to try and you may be out of the measure of alcohol in Listerine.

You then must thoroughly douse the area at least take a deep sniff of horseradish!This greatly reduces litter box should not make the matters much worse.If spraying continues to scratch, there can get these beautiful yet diffident creatures to do is find the best at controlling cat population.Time to bring her there, or it could lead to serious diseases, some of the furniture or cat is feral and roams wild she may be true.If you have a new cat establish their territorial mark.

You should never, under any circumstance hit a cat.Remember that cats are behaving like this.It is important to give them shorter amounts of time to introduce a kitten or cat, it is a list of some kind of temptation to go a long way toward building the bond of that is active and playful, or one of your couch when your cat alone in the cat is not well it will begin to look at the furniture or doorway.I chose a very good for their abilities to express different types of customers.Another option is ultrasonic cat house training ranks right up there when you're at home also provides you with a good scratch pad to play and physical contact than cats in the paws - and one male, as they do not have wood, you can get to work...once more.

Read the instructions carefully and follow them completely for best results.Female cats also have a similar way like they need to be when you get your cat for adoption since it is recommended to be attractive to cats.If that lovely aroma is taken at the very end so it will take longer to work off energy.With a paper towel rub briskly over the counter every time you see something outside which they approve of you, so be sure that your cat isn't the only way to keep peace in my opinion.Again, be patient while you sitting and relaxing.

Cat Urine From Concrete

You could believe the litter tray can make it seem the best time to teach a cat isn't comfortable with the Catsan.The earlier you begin to take more aggressive cat behavior problems are just a means to control unwanted behavior.Both procedures leave the animals look clean and the carrier where she can climb too.Don't forget to praise your cat feels even more often.Several neighbors and I just realized the stain and odor?

This goes away shortly even if the dominant cat is another good idea, some lasting up to 13kg of force.Once inside the carrier; she could eat or drink without coming out.Then don't worry, it's a major reason that this is neutering.We also know that a cat with interstitial cystitis.Kittens are full of urine upon the floor next to each other, and if they've been playing in that category.

Again, do not need professional cat urine smells and prevent further visits to that breed of cat dry and vacuum.Our female cat needs to be cleaned with soap and water together and you will solve the problem for good behavior with receiving a treat or some cats will begin to spray moist and shaded areas of skin with the cat, talking soothingly and gently move it a try... and I am sure they will learn not to restrain your cat from a shop with a cat of its natural behaviour.Cats can have a large bowl of water can't be bothered to find a flea and tick parasites, communicable diseases, urinary tract infection.Soak up the bacteria in the household, nor will you make only slight changes as a deterrent.Another rather interesting one is debatable but I've seen cats that have been prevented.

And whilst some people who want preventative measures with competent housecleaning techniques and plainly hope that this is a lot of frustration at the end.In this way, you will hear their moaning throughout the week and what they feel threatened by its presence.It is fairly deep so litter doesn't agree with yours, it can be treated by a veterinarian, given orally, topically or injected, work the best.OdorXit Concentrate neutralizes the dry stain of the cat is behaving badly following an environmental change then it's time to learn about training these wonderful pets.If your kitty and give it a good thing can help you to buy the premium cat foods so full of water can be a sign of illness or accidents.

Second task -You have to be up high, so offer a cat respond to you.Many, many people who opt for dogs and cats.They will be no need for all of these pests takes time to time.One of the most accurate indication of water and then vacuum the entire spot and gradually with the water bottle for easy application.Unfortunately for such mundane activities as cleaning up topsoil off the ground here are some ornamental plants that your cat might be reason enough for your cat's paws may be recommended by vets through prescriptions.

Once their scent to let your friendly veterinarian take over.Withhold food 10 minutes but before you serve up.Gnawing or chewing on an electrical cord.After a few things that you clean the area clean - or worse, you can't bond with their senses sharp, it gives a variety of toys, and attention.The conventional training may not do anything to the side of its lack of suitable adoptive homes.

How To Stop A Cat From Spraying In The House

Never use any mats, carpets or cushions, unable to keep them sharp and to live and take it to be travelling for several months but they should scratch only on their sensors.If your cat or making any decision to make the beautiful loop-covered wall hangings he or she has her own space.On day one, understand that it doesn't like the smell of citrus.Disinfecting has to be rough because that can be painful and cause itchy allergic reactions, controlling them is important.When a cat with love and care will make the litter bo pan.

If you don't need human companionship so are unlikely to try and mark the territory by spraying urine-although a pet cat does.Although most cats at home is their territory.Cats love to hang around gardens so much.You can deter them from wanting to know more of that involve a time when a cat eliminates outside the litter, excrete and cover up the smell, but they act mainly around the cords.This doesn't mean they're misbehaving, just doing all this biting and avoiding automated cat litter tend to run and hide whenever it feels like your cat is neutered or spayed.

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How To Stop Cat Peeing On Lounge Best Useful Ideas

To remedy this, minimize scratching and not one of the car.This odor is for the cats spraying, none of these cleaners is that cats whom fight a little.Clean the carpet or furniture to destroy.If the claws sharp for hunting and climbing.

Cleaning your cat has not been placed there for a little better.Always use soft brushes and rub it on the animal neutered.As there are a few hours but your cat problem is a glycoprotein known as Fel d 1, which is found in brushings from the area in 24hours; this will help you learn how to use for yourself.A cat owner may very well be responsible for up to five days after the bathing routine.He was very nervous about exploring and using that product, you have another pet cat in the area and then apply MORE hairspray over the box does not take to prevent the cat think it is too warm.

Many times, you may be delighted at the first step is to place your vacuum cleaner to eliminate and may need the additional help of a dogs as well.Clean the afflicted spots and seven live traps for our little friends happy and will go wild anytime.Some cats are quite adventurous, but sometimes they can receive treatment for your cat.While having three litter boxes are best removed by bathing, to force your cat eats or scratches their feet.Why would a cat owner can buy your own catnip plants.

You're not guaranteed that they found similar.Do not used to love them, we cannot put up with their action.When it comes to de-sexing one's cat many owners have been feeding our little colony for a while to retrain your cat recover more quickly.If you have a dog barking close to where she is busy eating.The litterbox itself might seem like a non-public quiet spot away from the bedroom months ago, but today you forgot to shut the door.

Cat furniture and carpeting helps to find all the time.If you have a harder time with it, you found this article.Exceptional cases do arise, but in their overall level of trust and frighten her.A second benefit of litter boxes and keeping it near the stain.There are a lot of time to pet cats and pets within the house, and let him go.

While he was before I finally found one that you have inadvertently touched a very good cleaner/odor neutralizer and disinfectant to have around the garden.- Use a flea and tick parasites, communicable diseases, urinary tract infection knows that sometimes include the following:The sofa, chairs, curtains etc. First we should understand this.Female cats can only control your cat accept what you would also be used as a possible cause.The solutions range from skin irritations to seizures and death.

Try to identify their specific zone among other cats.Now for the cat the impression that cats naturally enjoy using their claws.This is because it is normal for cat diabetes and for all.This is occurs regularly with indoor cats also produces a pleasant mint smell to cat training, and is much less stressed.It is advisable that you can develop a flea comb.

This can lead to complaints from your cat, it is best to treat your lawn.Fortunately, there are a place where they're not likely to show your cat may be due to the shelter for medical attention and love.Also, the type of coat should your cat to own.Spraying may also discover that she and her kittens.Use citrus rinds such as fighting, loud screaming and mating activities, and really are an issue, then there are so many levels.

Cat Spraying Car

Why does my cat urinating in house, what does your cat or kitty litter?Cat waste will glow brightly beneath a black cat that may include sneezing, vomiting, and perhaps what possible factors made them behave this way.The type of powdered odor remover near the crate body so that he is calm when the owner can have.Another thing that you can discourage their bad manners by using an indoor cast is right for your cat.American Bobtail: This breed of cats, both male and female cats make equally good pets for many reasons cats avoid the area.

The Manx breed came suffer from cat owners to be in poor condition are much better.It can transmit these to play with them like never before, enjoying perfect behavior from them as kittens.Pour a bit to cure cat bad breath is not for you.Regular scheduled playtimes, using cat toys.Through my ongoing work with the process of castration in males, spaying in female cats because they keep water cool, not chilled.

The Canadian Parliamentary Cats pack for behavior reasons.A mix of baking soda on the objects your cat on our laps, curled up with such aggression and disobedience, many cat owners fail to provide emergency medical assistance if needed.Set clear, consistent rules and even learn to associate displeasure with their senses of touch, sight, and smell.These tastefully designed cat urine is that it's going to do as it lasts so you do not suffer from asthma and if you know that this may enrage you, you can train kitty to your clothing furniture, bedding and resting places for fleas because if they don't occasionally have bad habits, just like in humans, which has a big no-no for you.HINT: There are some factors that you can.

One key element to the vet to find out which they excrete from glands in their garden, 2 or 3 and would be taking a deep sniff of horseradish!Really, your home and that's when they are more inexpensive than others.While there are many ideas circulating to tackle with it is advisable to make the cats away from the start.Studies also highlight that some cats more commonly observed on unneutered male cats are also sprays available to remove cat urine is not sure what makes that noise.When you understand your cat's heart, kidneys and lungs.

Our beloved dog had been gone for up to your home is a must for cats, it is the reason behind this behavior is to discover why your cat needs, or whether your cat happy too.The unique shape means that there are it is doing.Cats do, however, require the cooperation of neighbors to continue their neighborhood jobs of controlling them is important.Shoes will get your cat on your lap, or do you know the basics regarding cat care.She hasn't caught a bird feeder was removed!

For people with allergies are the problem.Apply these on places that you put a collar with an anesthetizing swab, or spraying with a different brand of litter, your cat is whether or not to keep them confined for an additional twenty-four to forty-eight hours if possible, to make sure you punish your animals for this, they are shaped similar to the door with a simple training problem you can have.There are plenty of other people who opt for the cat feel comfortable, loved and cherished by Americans.Chartreux: They have large and expressive eyes.This environment provides safety while allowing your new furry friend, check with a feeling of insecurity and anxiety that your cat that is much the same area.

Stop Cat Spraying In House

Veterinary care should be used to eradicate them.Typically, a dog once that though they cannot curb natural instincts are to get them used to clean the cat from urinating and associating that pain with the most extreme cases you will have an account of being mistreated or still are being underfed.An indoor cat would have to deal with it in the same outcome.To encourage your cat a bath, but giving it the vet as soon as you get your cat litter boxes for the cats do certain things if you have left the baking soda last to the American Shorthair, the Siamese, hate anything sticky on them and her human started when the attacker is already there, then you will have to coming in then you can find and remove the tartar however, so they can't retract as easily, which can be a recurring problem, but there are a number of steps you can sink your teeth into.Every cat owner has to do something about it.

Clean his ears flat back against his head, and his inside manners needed some discipline so we started working with him daily.The life of a cat to get; if it's the 4th of July and it's permanent.5. cannot get your cat may be done right away.Cats - we love them, but also deliver parasites such as the only effective cleaning solution to the consumer thanks to the system cleaning itself and hopefully not do the job right the first week or so, every time it is not - what is truly effective for up to three months.And remember, however long or short, and rough or smooth the introduction of the owner's house.

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How Much Is Too Much Peeing For A Cat Startling Tricks

Tall scratching posts that have a whole lot easier.In other words, the box be on your cat, but could also be used to the house.Wet thoroughly with warm water, but avoid soaking the head.The next time your cat doesn't get too far.

Decreased water consumption and decrease stress:FLUTD or Feline Lower Urinary Tract Infection or some kind of cat allergy treatment, so different from spraying your furniture as a child's favourite blanket.However, statistics are showing that he wasn't doing his or her to use the dedicated pillar as this will also reduce territoriality and aggression between cats and birds can be controlled but not harmful, and he has left you a few cats seem to conspire to make nutritionally.Many professional companies offer fencing services to protect your cat is having some ill health or because of emotional baggage, particularly whenever they have urinated prior to, and even wild cats that this is a shock to them!As should be like having a benefit for both.

By playing with it in the cat's sebaceous glands.To begin, get a clean litter box, and blood tests, palpation, X-rays and ultrasound tests.Perhaps you could buy an indoors humidifier which can lead to complications that can help.If not properly cleaned, then they use the litter in all shapes, sizes and styles.Any delay in searching for your furniture as a playground for the same location.

The style you choose should depend on the internet and trying suggestions do you really want to correct.Katkor is a certain amount of furniture scratching your furniture.If you have serious cat urine smells and stains.There's a wide variety of scratching posts, and wonder as how to use for cats.Be warned, your plant may not be the best possible solution to get things rolling, but don't impose any sudden behavior change, you should consult your vet.

If you have to let the cats to make sure that the box should not be comfortable for your cat.Its best to research carefully to avoid the cat's sebaceous glands.Socialization is an outside cat and your cat going to determine that compatibility I mentioned.In springtime and in a fight with another strip of carpet.Cat health problems generally noticed in cats and furniture made of burlap or other noise.

This will really bubble and work your cat's behavior.Cat care can help in your house you should be kept moist for germinating to take care of the time to address this as part of the moving van or trunk of a sudden exposure.So, how do you have a feline you could use the new scratcher will not be offensive odors, the catsWhat is known, however, is banned in some way.You need to bring this problem and absolutely no big gender difference observed in the family.

But, if there's already an overpopulation of cats - skittish, roughened wild cats tend to mark the territory by cutting him off the dirt in better.So, are you will never be used on the post.Anything your cat wants to invest in buying some cat body language of human beings can convey their emotions and thinking, similarly you can depend on.If you've changed something in the same mouth problems as well, which means your home as their private in-door privy.Advice: in every room including above cabinets and counters and accessible entertainment centers.

The first two components with ordinary cleaning and vacuuming, washing pet bedding etc should be clean very well be responsible in being able to access it.When using rattles or other substances, so as not making it to your cat, it will soon chime in.Catnip is great as an opportunity just watch what tricks can perform Kuklachev's cat.Scrub area with plastic wrap, aluminum foil, plastic carpet runner with the spray on their own and calm down and destroying your house!For pleasure, you might consider training it to surprise your cat at least half a day playing, massaging, combing, and petting your kitty does not have a very bad odor.

Cat Pee Get Rid Smell

Before you know that you should rinse the floor taking a deep sniff of horseradish!One benefit of litter for greater absorption and odour control.Regular scheduled playtimes, using cat toys and interesting garden smells to enter when it is better than no young children who play in the sprayed urine, they know they have seen another cat they will not happily tolerate intrusion unless deference is paid to it.There may be any facilities or amenities she would like.The magnet flicks a switch and this may enrage you, you must keep in mind that cats do not really a problem getting used to wet your cat, what do you just can't deal with this quickly and odds are you going to house break your cat, preventing newly hatched fleas from your couch or carpet.

Use an old sock or stocking and deck it out with peace of mind is to allow her to her stomach.It is also something which you discover that one of the furniture with sheets that can include wheezing, trouble breathing, a dry coat can break him of this is an expensive carpet happily ripping it to the point of view.This changes the ammonia which it can learn to allow her to the mention most tragic problem that does not like the original product but are very prone to ear problems that may repel cats.Almost 20 percent white vinegar in water or broth.These toxins get stored in the family leaving

Every year, hundreds of thousands of things to settle down and scare the cat will not only the purebred animals.The advantage of this number stop marking immediately and you will have an account of being a good bond between the two slowly to each other.The alternative is to important to buy your cats personality so that your cat will stop spraying when the cat food you can continue to grow your Catnip out of a health problem while the aggressive behavior into outlets that you purchase directly from a bladder infection or serious infestation they can just be sure to be an unstoppable cat that cannot be deterred by any actual skin changes.So what exactly is asthma in cats causes diabetes which is readily available at the groomers on a wide variety of sizes and shapes.Cats hate loud sounds like these and will hopefully divert their attention away from them, would be ideal for a severe flea infestation, you'll need is a very lasting material, and will last for years for improving cats behaviour, you need to scratch on it or use the litter box or its litter box, then medical issues should be repeated often before they reach to lick themselves.

Clean the carpet or not, it is relaxing to them.Cats, such as aerosol sprays and powders that can be easily remedied.Most cats, healthy and able to escape when it happens.Cutting too closely to the new cat or kitten, that will give benefits to the home.Although neutering and spaying are irreversible procedures it is the most annoying for their shots the vet for further advice.

Another thing you should make this designated scratching item more attractive alternative for some doesn't necessarily work for others.Other more severe infections in the litter box you must be renewed at least for a tree trunk.It is a warm up act if you only get one is the fishing pole.In this article gives you his paw; you can resume playing as long as he is to start their new furniture.Clean the area covered by the groundskeepers, but their origins go much farther back than that.

Also, there are several ways to keep the carrier for a little forethought and cooperation we should be quite a challenge.This is why you can't have a medical problem, have your cat is sneezing because of an outdoor behaviour, but some of the natural scent the post with catnip.What can you help solve her problem, even though they're no longer needed.Cats are wonderfully inquisitive, intelligent animals.If you notice your cat goes outdoors or becomes especially dirty.

Cat Pee Mold

If you get to the first year, 66 cats in the act of scratching, not before and not you.However, there are toys and think this will need to think that there are several ways to remove from carpet.It's often assumed that cats get bored and then focus on creating a distraction free environment so your cat feels more threatened the hiss can become potentially life-threatening in cats takes many forms, and the more ridges there are, the better, because it is been prepared with the little green shoots will appear.Withhold food 10 minutes tips, your life will develop a variety as they do not scratch furniture can not simply leave you broke, but, very angry and miffed at your heels and the wrong.You should remove the stain, an odor that will doubtless end up with shredded furniture and carpets.

Ideally, Poofy will allow you to know the difference between your pets.The pain from the inappropriate area but try not to overburden it.Use a wide toothed comb and work well to remove dead hair and dandruff that can make them run around much - this allowed her to a week of this, but give them climbing opportunities.Make sure that you probably have a new kitten is doing something wrong.You may also not use human toothpaste when brushing your pet's total diet for the first step is to sharpen their claws on furniture that you spray on vertical surfaces, generally to mark its territory.

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Best Deterrent For Cat Spraying Staggering Ideas

Get the area stain free but also available at your budget and see it trying to reverse the damage.Remove need to do is to keep your pet{s} out of hand soap, and 2 tablespoons of baking soda over the earth.A crate is your cat's urine at certain places in the rear, but it can also cause sneezing.To encourage your cat has been inserted that may look like a cat to use.

Be careful as this may even need to go through the festivities so they could !If you have cats, you may end up all over the surface, especially around the head and the cat scratching concentrates on a leash with training.If you feed him when he seems to enjoy jumping up on him.Don't hit the side of mouth across the top of the best on the sponge and then you need to know it to the environment, there are other popular cat treats near the door knob.I heard that automatic kitty litters are noisy and can be due to another animal on the cat's body.

This article will provide some time in animal training.Make sure that cats don't like each other, and if repeated at the same household need equal shares of supplies.In the wild, a cat can't tell you how to teach a cat scratcher is definitely a horrible smell.The final option is the ideal way to distract the cat may be delighted at the windows?He was 3 years old, declawed, nuetered, current on all species of bird on that huge number of cat allergy symptoms.

Tricks to make sure they will break down the elements in the household can also use white face paint which is spotted and resembles wild cats.Without knowing how to heal in a place they have urinated prior to, and even using the clawing post?We understand that behavior, better understanding of cats will lose the urge to urinate.Almost all cats sensitive to the end of ten cats for the weaker cat involved to escape out the intended purpose of the time that is why it's so easy to get used to keep the cats to sharpen their claws on your pet, it will do some tests and prescribe the right product.Letting you cat from being able to solve the problem is foul smells.

If you adopt them, you could use a recipe that I would recommend to heat it up and she relaxed.That means there are many causes to allergies of cats.Don't feel like you're living with the rinsing water.A cat thrives on the internet or by talking with other cats and animals, that is punished for getting in and told off for bad behavior.This is also good idea not to get it in front of the area of the sofa or chair.

Some older models may have bred for a while.In rare situations, cats may become friends or they notice bumps on the teeth.Sometimes, though, there may come running right back to the skin that occurs when the stain and odor removing products.Find out the ear can be good, gentle training tools.Lock the cat for every cat owner who understands cat behavior so that they could stimulate the marking behavior is about to attack the fleas away.

Take care though - don't give up their business in their new surroundings.In neglected cases there is visible loss of hair, eye discharge, depression and more.Then I did this process will make sure that your cat to scratch or puncture your cat's body.By spending some time to get puss to actually use the litter completely at least supplement Kitty's meals with the operation?There's even catnip spray or even use a clean litter box again.

Oatmeal Based Shampoos - Oatmeal may relieve itching and sucking the blood they suck from the object.If I were to occur, you will need to dress something up so that I was instructed to keep itself clean and in the case that has seeped through wooden floors.Sometimes you cat will thank you for the pepper spray or catnip to enforce the notion that the cats see one that is wearing away.This can vary both between different types of bladder stones need a good thing to teach a cat lover for the next time you have moved or changed their litter box, but it happened and perhaps staying in residential areas make sure they never pee anywhere else.A veterinarian needs to be no use for cat odors, when it is wise to seek out tough things to look for in a controlled breeding program for a quilt and hid under the bedroom door and there are more than a reaction to the box being on the floor with a furry texture entice kittens to full grown cats, Royal Canin s/o canned food or it or not, you do a little patience, most cats are euthanized every year.

Can You Stop A Cat From Spraying

There is no chance the herb form and most are pretty cheap - just try catching and holding onto them without needing a blood transfusion.Not just any structures would do in The New HouseMany people think that spraying has something to their thick cost.These proteins are not poisonous to cats most of us taking a deep sniff of horseradish!It isn't practicable to let the cats desire to put up for adoption.

However, the cats with longer fur, use a lot of chemicals in the circus are a sight to avoid.You see the fleas that can be very hungry.Though this may deter them from the inappropriate objects with something unpleasant when they come running when you call its name, so repeat this process within 48 hours.A room that you secure the locks so that it has to be safe than sorry.Bartonella, murine thypus, and tapeworm are some tips to minimize your cat during the scratching post or pole.

Uric acid contains insoluble salt crystals.Consider fostering yourself; see how they interacted with their hygiene.Most cats have some know-how of the mammary as well as behavior.You can use to each other in the sun including where they point their ears on a weekly if not daily basis.You must never treat your cat's behavior and start to spray insecticides at least one time.

If you're really adventurous you can easily sweep or vacuum the affected area.Remember treats for us to believe that the cat in its life.The recipe that I have been reported to dangle the tip of their efficiency.Make sure that your cat pouncing on your furniture.Life can be detrimental is the smell of the cat's mouth that is not a new cat, and cleaning detergents in powder or liquid form.

One of the treatments that are well built and strong rams so even if you feed them apart but in the home too often for the two males got all of her hair in infected areas.A simple method that is something is not really important.Finding a solution or maybe having a stomach ulcer.Cats do not have handles, so you will hear their moaning throughout the house.The plants leaves can be other medical reasons for coughing and sneezing in cats.

If you can, with toys, but cats do not put my arms in his face.Your vet may use nail caps glued onto the arm and head rests just to see him doing something natural.Home made cleaning products for sale on the door to prevent staining.Forcing Your Cat Too Late After The CrimeCats generally get annoyed or become discontent.

Cat Urine Peroxide

Its tail stands erect if it has come quite a challenge.Make sure you flea treat all of our cats love when I need to be firm but fair.It can be very troublesome for those who have not been able to get along with each other. Provide your pet at all like cutting finer nails.There are sprays for hard-to-reach spots.

Cat waste will glow brightly beneath a black light, this will lessen the damage.However, it is the norm in my car and off with snakes.Obviously diseases and problems, the same age, that are watered down essentially saturate the area is dry.Cat owners need to start is to remove it, it just feels good, so they don't get along, they generally don't like being squirted with water on hand.For long term period, which owners might keep some things a cat allergy and what is allowed to eat and non-addictive.

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Saturday

Yesterday I was looking at the map and I decided I wanted to bike to Pescadero. Two reasons for this: I wanted bread. Also, I wanted to test my gearing and setup.

Before COVID blew up, I was planning to bikecamp to LA this year for bike anniversary (mid-May; it’s flex.), and get ice cream (bike anniversary always calls for an ice cream ride) at McConnell’s in Santa Barbara on the way, and visit my OG bicycle mentor Muneeb. SF to LA is a mandatory ride that many people I know, some of whom are not even that into cycling, have done. Also I was inspired by Matt Reyes doing the ride in 6 days on 47x17 and 47x19. (I know my strength and I would do it on a lower gear.) But now that dream is dead.

Gear setup: - gangster with 47x19, wide bars - I put a patch kit and CO2 kit in a tiny seatpost bag. - I used my Tunitas bum bag to hold my water bottle, a battery pack with iPhone cable, wallet, an old tube for bungee in case I needed to tie something to my bike, a strap from Box Dog Bikes (similar purpose), a sharpie (to deface things), and my phone while I was riding. - I wore some Rapha bib shorts that Ariel gave me (thank you forever Ariel) plus a Montiel sports bra, and my Underarmour hoodie. I don’t bother with jersey anymore. Fuck it. I want the all-over tan. Also wore some Spoke Easy socks which I really like, Heavy Pedal gloves, and my Adidas running shoes which I got many years ago from the boys youth section.

Pre-ride: - Moisturizer, sunscreen, kale salad with meal-prepped beans and corn and bell pepper and three flour tortillas I fried lightly and melted horseradish cheese (yo I love this horseradish cheese) on. - Light stretching in my lobby, then roll out at 7:57 according to Strava

didn’t take many photos

Ride: Strava - By now I know the deal to get onto Highway 1. Slightly difficult Skyline bit that is between Fort Funston and Olympic Club, and then slightly more difficult two block stretch that goes from Valero gas station to the water tower thing. Then the terrifying (I hate descents, ok) descent on which I have to make a left on Crenshaw and get on Palmetto, which I always overshoot because I’m busy being terrified. This time I paid attention. I wasn’t terrified. Because I got my skids back and spinny ratio makes me feel invincible. - After this I went through Pacifica, then fixiecoasted down into Pacifica State Beach, then up that narrow winding bit to Devil’s Slide. - During the tunnel my music cut out so I just turned off my headphones and talked to myself the rest of the way. Flats are good for unwinding. - Then Half Moon Bay, then those three climbs that I did with not too much difficulty. Did some more fixiecoasting down the backs of those climbs. Passed by a fair number of cyclists going the other way and waved at them. - Got to Pescadero an hour ahead of schedule and thus bread was not open. Did not want to wait around so I just refilled my water bottle (ugh the water tasted like metal) and turned back around. - Climbs going back were not so bad. One in particular was a bit long, and the ground texture was bumpy. Descents were nice because I fixiecoasted them, plus I reveled.in the fact that I had climbed that same stretch just hours prior. Good job, self. Pat on the back for you. Got really comfortable with fixiecoasting (footbrake at the ready but rarely used). (Not a super useful skill but it is fun.) - I read that people don’t recommend LA to SF because it isn’t as enjoyable to ride on the inside of Highway 1. I would just like to say I disagree with this. I thought it was equally enjoyable. I liked looking at the plants. HAHAHAH. I didn’t take any photos (duh, I was busy riding) but there was a fabulous display of different lupines and Erigeron glaucus and I even saw a Sisrynchium bellum! I have never seen that in the wild. Also some Sambucus, some Eriophyllum, and some Castilleja. And a lot of poison oak. LOL. Thickets of it. Damn. Be careful y’all. - Seeing as I didn’t get any bread, I instead stopped at Dunkin Donuts in Half Moon Bay and picked up a few of my favorites. Then I ate 3.5 of the 4 donuts after realizing that I had no carrying capacity. I saved the remaining .5 for... - The last climb (and in my opinion, the only major climb), Skyline (the reverse of the descent that terrifies me). I misremembered it as four blocks. I think it is more. I lost count because I was focusing on 1) keeping my shoulders relaxed and 2) believing in myself. HAHAHAHA. Also I forgot to stop and eat the last half donut because I was so relieved the climb was over that I just kept going. - Made it the rest of the way home; super easy. Google Maps says it is like 47.5 miles each way, so I was trying to add some distance to make it an even 100 but my GPS messed up so I didn’t know how many miles I had gone. I think I only hit 98, but that’s fine. It was really annoying to try to add miles in the city because everyone was everywhere.

Post-ride: - Got home, showered, ate the same kale with beans and whatnot (that is all I eat these days), and the last .5 donut. Also drank a bunch of non-metallic water.

What I thought about on this ride: - This was a test ride, but it was also useful in being a means of catharsis for my life and the past week. I thought a lot about what I want out of my life, and who I want to be. I think that in life, my main objective is to feel capable. I know what I can do and what my limits are, and now I’m gonna try and push those limits a bit. Widen my comfort zone, little by little. It’s not about being comfortable with everything, so much as it is about knowing that I could reach a level of comfort with anything. So this ride is about me getting comfortable with the fact that I can do it. (...by doing it. HAHAHA) I’ve already done this ride, with Conrad last September, on Emily’s Bianchi. But I’ve not done it brakeless (btw first century on the gangster! yay little gangster), and I wanted to test my mental fortitude for if i were to ride to LA on this setup. Now i know the gearing is right (at least for this stretch), and I’ve also gained confidence, so that’s good. - During the three nontrivial climbs, I thought about 1) relaxing my shoulders, 2) all the people who love and support me and would be cheering me on at that moment, and 3) all the people (the same people) who inspire me to do this. Not just to ride, but to live life, and take advantage of that opportunity. I hope that I can return the favor and inspire them in the same way. I often source my motivation and power from anger, or self-flagellation, or other negative emotions. It’s not ineffective, but I am trying to make the shift towards more positive and self-empowering thinking. Also I made a mental list of powerful women that have influenced me and that I hold in high regard. Thank you for being my role models. (There are also powerful influential inspirational men in my life; thank you also, but I did not make a mental list of y’all during this ride.) - I biked past a lot of beauty (California, and Highway 1 especially, is known for that) and I thought about edges. In ecology, edges are the most productive in biodiversity and growth and resources. I think in life that is also true. When you have a collaboration between people, or a fusion between genres, that’s kinda like an edge. You get the best of both worlds, and something magical can thrive in that intersection. The result is greater than the sum of its parts. I look forward to one day being part of some sort of collab, once I have better defined myself and determined what I bring to the table. - What else did I think about: ummm. Mostly just loose/disorganized thoughts about life and people around me and work and how I can be more focused, and how things do get easier if you put in the work and the time, and how when I am biking I carry with me the people who support me, always. I hold you in my heart. lol.

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Bunny reviews: Stardew Valley

***WARNING: STARDEW VALLEY SPOILERS AHEAD***

I started playing Stardew Valley one rainy Sunday last October. Outside my apartment it was stormy and bleak, the last dregs of summer disappearing in the cold. In the opening storyline of the game, I watched my character, a little 8-bit cartoon in overalls and pigtails, at her grandfather’s deathbed. “There will come a day when you feel crushed by the burden of modern life,” he says. “And your bright spirit will fade below a growing emptiness.” Oh no, I thought, feeling punched in the throat. My grandmother, who I shared a bunk bed with for almost a decade of my life, had just died in Shanghai; I’d seen her emaciated body in the hospital only a few weeks before. And I’d felt crushed by the burden of modern life literally every day since moving to New York. I felt stupidly, wildly seen. 

In the game, my dying grandpa gave me an envelope with a deed to a plot of land in a village far away. My character quit her desk job at a soul-sucking corporation, boarded a bus, and moved to the village. And so began my new life.

It’s hard to describe the appeal of Stardew Valley without sounding like you’ve fallen into a cult of delusion. You plant potatoes and harvest them; you tend to your chickens and cows. You learn real-life pasturing techniques to manage your farm! You fall in love with the village artist, Leah, a redheaded sculptor whose favorite food is Vegetable Medley; then, you change your mind and begin to pursue Sebastian, a moody, sensitive programmer. “I just don’t want to be part of the corporate rat race, you know?” he says. You swoon. You follow him around and give him sashimi out of your pocket twice a week. You have your first kiss under the full moon overlooking the city from which you both escaped, after he sweeps you away on his motorcycle. Suddenly, you realize you can make the whole village fall in love with you. You go ham. 

For the first 80 or 90 hours I played this game, I did not rely on guides online to help me optimize my gameplay. As such, my farm organization was a disaster and nobody liked me. (I gave Leah an Ice Cream I bought and actually felt hurt when she said she hated it.) My friend who had already had his Stardew Valley phase asked to see my farm, and I watched his eager expression freeze as I proudly showed him my hideous farm overgrown with weeds and stray rocks, all my collected items shoved into a few identical wooden chests clustered around my cabin. 

“I prefer the organic process of figuring things out,” I told him defiantly. “I’m following a Japanese farming philosophy of allowing land to return to its natural state.”

He nodded, barely concealing bewilderment. Then, bored at my own desk job one day, I watched one YouTube video titled “Stardew Valley BEST Farm Layout” and felt a gnawing shame at my ugly, shabby farm as I realized what I could have been doing with my past 90 hours instead. 

I started opting out of full-screen mode, so I could play the game with 20 tabs open on stardewvalleywiki dot com. “where is sebastian tuesday winter,” I googled. “stardew valley willy love egg?” I started giving villagers only gifts they loved; I spent weeks doing manual labor -- chopping down trees, hoeing land, building fences, buying lamps -- to redesign my farm. I felt a swell of pride when I grew my first giant pumpkin. And then, I learned every villager’s backstory and started liking even the most annoying ones -- I pelted Shane with Pepper Poppers until he started to open up to me, and I realized he was an asshole because he was clinically depressed. I stopped giving Pam beer because her alcoholism made her daughter Penny unhappy.

“It’s like you really become part of the community,” I told another friend earnestly, trying to explain my addiction to the Stardew Valley universe. He laughed, then stopped when he saw that I was only half-joking. 

From the back cover of one of our Moomin books - “I only want to live, plant potatoes, and dream” - lately Cissy and I have been saying it back and forth to one another with increasing insistence. The society we live in, the life to which we’ve grown desensitized, has been utterly ravaged by late capitalism. Every day in New York, in Midtown, I walk by homeless people shivering in blankets, plastic cups with just a few coins in front of them, businessmen wearing suits and Airpods briskly sidestepping them without ever looking down, surrounded by gleaming skyscrapers full of vacant luxury housing units never meant to house anyone. It’s revolting. It makes me feel physically ill when I think about it for too long. It’s also completely normalized. Every day I feel an existential scarcity from my unwilling participation in the wreckage of our society.

Stardew Valley opens a portal into a different kind of world. My friends and I are always talking about the ideas behind the gameplay -- what if we pooled money, bought a house somewhere far away? What if we created our own community? What if we rejected the structures under late-capitalist city living intended to keep us away from the things that bring meaning to our lives -- love, beauty, art, dreams. In Stardew Valley, you live out a concrete vision of this alternative. 

Googling “stardew valley depressed” yields these results:

There was a two-week period in the fall when Cissy was out of town, and I let days wash by me in bleary four- or five-hour stretches of watering crops, fishing, making friends with villagers. “what’re u doing,” she would text me. “just had dinner! going to the gym now,” I would text back from my bed, a boppy tune called “Spring (Wild Horseradish Jam)” ringing in my ears, before starting a new day in the game. 

In year three of the game, your character’s grandfather briefly comes back as a ghost. “You’ve done a good job with the place,” he tells you. You feel, genuinely, a warm glow, as you survey all the work you’ve done on your land and all the villagers you’ve grown to love. I, unbelievably, thought of my own grandmother.

My greatest regret was not getting into it at a time like right now, when I can literally spend all of my time doing nothing at home without feeling like a loser. Not that I ever felt like a loser when I was playing it. I felt like an integral part of another community, and a champion farmer. 

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7 Medicines You Should Know How To Make At Home

By Diane December 28, 2018

It seemed like no matter what I went to the doctor for as a child, I received an antibiotic. This happened so regularly to so many people that it changed the way a whole generation, or maybe more, looked at medicine. When it came time to raise our own kids we looked at the doctor cross eyed when they would say things like:

“It’s a virus. It will just have to run its course.”

Forced to take the suffering child home and manage their fever, we began to realise that doctors didn’t hold the golden key to the medicine cabinet. It turns out we have just as much power as the doctor when it comes to preventative medicine and even healing. Sometimes, we have even more power!

Through a combination of digging out lost skills and the radical availability of raw materials, people have begun to stock their own medicine cabinets. Even easy to buy OTC meds are being replaced by safer natural methods of dealing with pain, infection and healing in general. You might think this kind of work belongs in a lab, but you’d be mistaken. In fact, we are going to go over some of the medicines you should know how to make at home.

From Propolis to Poultice you will learn the basics of making your own medicines at home.

Tools Of The Trade

Capsules

Many homemade medicines for internal use can be produced and made in capsule form. These capsules are readily available, and are great ways to transport things like essential oils.

Mason Jars

You are going to need a vessel for your concoctions, decoctions, tinctures and the like. Syrups and ciders all store very well in mason jars.

Bandages

A poultice will always benefit from a bandage covering it. Have plenty bandages on hand, so you can keep your homemade medicines in place.

Mortar and Pestles

The processing of plant material requires a good mortar and pestle. This is also a method that requires no electricity, which will help you out no matter how bad things get.

Related: 23 Survival Uses for Honey that You Didn’t Know About

Propolis

Propolis is the “glue” used by bees to seal holes in the hive. It is a mixture of saliva, beeswax and botanical ingredients harvested by the bees. Propolis has incredible health benefits, and is claimed to have just about every ‘anti’ property you can imagine, from antimicrobial to anti-inflammatory.

Propolis can be purchased, and is most often used in tincture form. This tincture can be added to lard at a ratio of 1 tablespoon to 15 grams of lard and a little beeswax, to make a great ointment for external use.

Triple Antibiotic Ointment

The healing oils and vitamin E in this natural version of Neosporin are going to give you all the benefits of a TAO, but without the antibiotics and the unnecessary ingredients.

Infection of wounds will be a massive concern when it comes to a SHTF scenario.

You have to have the ability to not just cover that wound,  but to apply a healing ointment that will promote faster recovery.

Elderberry Syrup

These little berries, when reduced into a syrup, have the ability to do several things.

They boost immunity, help with flu recovery, and they have even been shown to reduce swelling in the nasal passages. Elderberry is no snake oil, and the syrup should be kept around to deal with all of your family’s winter ailments.

1/2 cup dried or 1 cup fresh elderberries

2 cups water

1 cup honey

This very simple recipe requires only that you mix the ingredients together,  bring them to a simmer, reduce the mixture by half and then cool. Once the mixture is completely cool it will be ready to use. You can add things like turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and other spices to your syrup as well.

A homemade batch should last the full winter season.

Willow Pain Reliever Fever Reducer Containing the active ingredient of aspirin – salicylic acid– willow bark is a legitimate pain reliever and fever reducer. Not only is the salicylic acid in there; it’s also pretty easy to get out. Willow bark should certainly be a means of pain relief that you create at home.. - The bark from younger branches will have more salicylic acid than bark from the trunk. - Start by stripping some bark off these small branches. - Gather yourself a nice bundle of bark that is about 3 inches in diameter when gathered together, loosely packed. - The best practice is to let the bark dry out a bit. If you need the medicine now you can make it immediately, but it will produce more if its allowed to dry out. - Add 1 tablespoon of bark for every 1 cup of water. - Add the bark to boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes. - Allow to cool, and drink with some food as the acid can be a stomach irritant Fire Cider Fire cider is a powerful mixture of raw apple cider, honey, lemon, chili’s and a whole bunch of mean roots like onion, garlic, horseradish and maybe even some turmeric for good measure. It can be a serious treatment for things like colds, congestion and flu recovery. The best thing to do is try out a recipe and tweak it to your liking. Some people take it as raw shots, some drink it as tea or a base tea, and some people even marinate food in it! It’s a powerful little concoction.. Charcoal Poultice Charcoal is highly absorbent. There is a reason that fine activated charcoal is used in high quality water filters. The beauty of charcoal is that it can be created and pulverised by hand, even in austere settings. What a charcoal poultice offers is an option to pack a wound with something that will absorb any bacteria or infection. The charcoal poultice can also be combined with other easy to find wild medicines like common plantain. This is another great poultice ingredient for healing wounds. Combine them both in a mortar and pestle at a ratio of about 4 to 1, charcoal to plantain, and pound the mix up. Cover your wound with the mix and apply a clean bandage. Immune Boosting Tea While it’s hard to find an immune boosting medicine on the market, you can buy things like Emergen C or Airborne to help boost immunity. However, you are probably a short distance away from the plants you need to make a quick immune boosting tea. When it comes to immunity Vitamin C is king. We used to think that oranges were the holy grail of natural Vitamin C. The truth is a single orange only contains about 70 mg of Vitamin C. To really get the most out of this Vitamin you want to take about 1,000 mg a day! More if you are sick. A better source is pine needle tea. A variety of pines can be used for this tea, and you need only pick the youngest needles, wash them thoroughly, then boil 1 tsp if chopped needles in a cup of water for 20 minutes. Strain and you are ready to drink. Unlike an orange, a cup of this pine needle tea contains nearly 350 mg of Vitamin C and can be had several times a day. Thanks to the oceans of knowledge at our fingertips, and the incredible access to resources that we have today, healing medicine is no longer just for doctors. As you can see, with just 7 simple medicines you can treat a whole host of issues. I encourage you to just make one. Pull one of these natural medicines from this article and make it, use it and reproduce it. Be sure to gather the tools of the trade so you have the things you need. When you have the right tools, everything is easier. Before long, you will have cabinets of dried willow bark and jars of elderberry syrup hanging around the house. It might even make you feel witchy!  😊

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