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Two of my cats have a 'thing' about smacking each other around periodically, and while it's never more than a fleeting encounter of claws and meow'ing, it has left the bigger of the two with a nasty looking boo-boo on his 'lip'. I rarely see these encounters, but they both know I don't...

Coyotes, raccoons, skunks, bear.... all are issues in my neighbourhood this year, and earlier than is usual: the late Spring is being blamed. All I know is that the critters LOVE garbage, and can be really destructive. I've come up with a few tricks to keep them from doing their worst in my...

My cats baffle me sometimes. I change their water twice a day, yet my cats insist on drinking water from the dishes under my plant pots! What gives with that? I'd think that they'd prefer clean water over dirt-scuzzed water in a planter?

Do you have a favorite drink in the Summer? OK, I'm not talking booze, but admit I'm a sucker for an ice cold beer. I make iced tea from herbs in the garden. Catnip (lemon), bee balm, lemon balm, and a tiny itty bit of peppermint, get steeped, honey and lemon added, and then I let it get...

My favorite iced tea is one I make myself, from herbs in my garden. Lemon catnip, lemon balm, bee balm, and a VERY small amount of peppermint... it needs to steep, but NOT be boiled, sweetened and cooled. I'll even make it into ice cubes and toss the cubes into a glass of water: the...

This recipe works with many types of pasta... but I'm going with a common type and dressing, and will go a bit wild with combo's at the end. 4 c cooked pasta :tri-color rotini 1/4 c chopped radishes 1/4 c chopped celery 1/4 c sliced carrots 4 TBS finely chopped green onion 1 clove...

My fingernails are rock-hard, and have a tendency to shatter, or 'peel' away in layers. What can I do to STOP that... and with my love of gardening, is there even any point?

Some vitamins are water soluable.... those are B complex, and C. DEKA... "DECCA".... well, Fats Domino sang for Decca (or DEKA), and those are the ones that need the presence of fat for metabolism. :D:D:D

Couscous is semolina wheat 'balls', tiny ones.... and is found in the pasta section of any grocery store of size. 4 c COOKED couscous 1 c diced (1/2" max) extra-firm tomatoes 1/2 c coarse chopped cucumber (seeded) 1/4 c very finely chopped onion ( I use a sweet purple variety ) 4 TBS...

Does anyone know of natural or herbal means of preventing sunburns? I HATE sunscreen, I can feel it on my skin, and it causes pimples to erupt on my back (ACK). I grew up in a time when sunscreens weren't used and were new and expensive, so when I do wear the stuff, I feel like I'm wearing a...

I've heard folks complain about feeling really nauseous in the heat of Summer and when drinking a glass of water: it happens to me, too, and if I'm not careful, I WILL up-chuck. I learned the secret, oh, 20-odd years ago, and now I never feel ill for drinking water in the heat: a spot of salt...

This works, and so Heaven help me, I HAVE to get my one kid to do this (stubborn little urchin).... REAL tonic water contains a derivative of the drug that treats malaria as it's flavoring agent, and does something to the blood chemistry to 'turn off' flying buffet-seekers. I know that a...

As a teen, I oiled and baked my body in the sun every summer. That was the times, sunscreens weren't prevalent and were damned expensive. Several of my gal-pals had blonde hair, and would oil their heads as well as their bodies: their hair always streaked out as if Sun-In or some lightening...

Neither of my cats have long hair, but the one seems to have a constant issue with honkin' up hair balls. I've tried special food, stuff you put on the paws to prevent it (the creature licks it off).... nothing seems to work. And it really grosses me out to step in cold cat puke in the...

I've been laid up with a head/chest cold of sorts for well over nine days now. I'm functional, sure, but o so damned tired, and there's that icky green stuff in my head and chest (it's been there since day one, just EW EW EW ). At what point do you say enough is enough and go to see a doctor?

My cats are not allowed to roam freely: they are house cats, and but for the back deck, do not leave the house. I had to plant them (transplant them?) a pot of grass out of the yard to nosh on. In all seriousness, there's a pot of lawn (basically) just outside the back door. My tom had...

OK, I have reallllllyyyy dry skin, and I loathe putting "gunk" onto it, no matter the form.... hell, I refuse to wear make up unless someone tells me just WHAT it is I'm making up FOR!! So aging skin and such saw me break down and buy an Olay product... and now I've got an issue with...

I am (was?) a ***** shade of ash blonde, and it goes brassy bright yellow in the sun. Even using products with SPF in them doesn't seem to change the fact that come September, I'm a brassy blonde with grey streaks. I'd like to be able to take down that brassiness, but I will NOT resort to...

How do I deter the furry nuisances from using my flower beds as litter boxes? My own cats wouldn't DARE, but there's one locally that DOES dare.... Suggestions?

It happens that I have some of this stuff in powdered form.... I don't know that it's even legal anymore, let alone where you'd buy some. It's wicked for moss control though... but I don't know the ratio to mix it with water to use it for that purpose. Any oldtimers got some insights they...