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Toxic baby food is not a problem that’s going away. Recently news came out that 95% of tested baby food contains harmful substances like lead. Childhood exposure to lead has already been found to lead to a lower IQ later on in life with studies taken during the leaded gas era. But this baby food contamination is happening now. Old news? Similar news of lead contaminated baby food did come out a few years ago, but it is happening again! The study from a few years ago showed around 20% to 30% of tested baby foods containing lead. Now it’s

A raised garden bed kit offers a wonderful alternative to building it out yourself. If you’re in a time pinch or just prefer to not take on a new DIY project at the moment, then building your backyard vegetable garden can still happen right away. These raised bed kits reviewed below can be used for anything, from growing herbs on the patio, to building out a full-on backyard raised bed farm. The various types of kits available also spark many new raised garden bed ideas. You can get raised planter boxes with legs (referred to as “elevated garden beds”). Or

Pediatric fever is not something to take lightly. And neither are herbal medicines. Because of this, a lot of things will depend on age when a baby has fever symptoms. The younger, the more serious it is. I wouldn’t suggest using andrographis herb or any medicinal herb on an infant. But once they’re past the infant stage, and people are recommending you to give them paracetamol, then this is when I started to look at natural alternatives. One morning our son woke up as happy as ever, but his skin was hot. As the day progressed, yes, sure enough it

Learning how to start a compost pile was the single best thing I ever did for growing things. In order to successfully grow vegetables on our very hard dirt, compost is absolutely vital. Compost adds nutrients to the soil and helps break up the hard and heavy dirt. That’s why many call compost, “black gold”. It helps turn hard dirt into living soil. Making compost does what nature does already does in itself, but you are doing it faster and more targeted, placing it at a location you want. No matter what you use to make your compost, the end