Best Egg Laying Hens – With Easter around the corner and the price of eggs on the rise many folks are thinking of saving a few bucks with a few hens in the back yard. After all, it’s healthy, fun and a great way to make sure you always have eggs, right? Well, although I’m not an “eggspert” I’ve done a considerable amount of research of the best egg laying hens.

Are you by chance looking to add a chicken or two to your backyard ?  How about a breed that lays beautiful eggs in shades of blue, blue-green, green and cream?  The Ameraucana is one of the best egg laying hens you can find and in addition to the clutch of eggs they will produce each week, they are make sweet, friendly family pets for those of you that are animal lovers.  [Read more…]

Uses for Peppermint Oil  – Health and Beauty

Peppermint oil, which comes from the peppermint plant, is a hybrid of wintermint and spearmint and is multifunctional.  It’s been used for so long that it was even found in some of the Egyptian pyramids.  That’s staying power!  Besides smelling wonderful and being useful in aromatherapy, here are some ways to use peppermint oil in your daily health and beauty routine that you may not have thought of.  [Read more…]

Borax Uses – Nature’s Natural Cleaner
Sure, borax earned its fame as a laundry detergent booster. But there’s so much more. The uses for borax are many. Read on.
Borax is an inexpensive product with loads of other uses in and around the home. Because it’s a naturally occurring mineral deposit, and non-abrasive and non-toxic as well, borax is an obvious choice for your cleaning cupboard. [Read more…]

Ibuprofen uses –  Ibuprofen is an over-the-counter (OTC) drug approved for a wide variety of medical uses. Most commonly used to reduce fever, pain and inflammation, it is widely used by doctors to address arthritis, osteoarthritis, and severely painful menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea). Ibuprofen uses listed here are informational and should not be regarded as medical advice. Below are the twelve most common ibuprofen uses in practice. Ibuprofen is part of the class of drugs called NSAIDS, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. [Read more…]