Native Americans And Three Sisters Crops

Summer Solstice Flower Crown

Photos from Honestly WTF

If you want to celebrate the Summer Solstice with natures beauty, there's no better way than a "do it yourself" floral crown, here's how: 

What you need:

A variety of fresh flowers, trimmed them down to 3-inch stems

2 pieces of 16-gauge floral cloth wire

Green floral tape

Floral sheers would be great, but you can use good scissors.

Now bend the two pieces of floral wire together and make a circle that will fit the intended head.

Then use tape to wrap the overlapping sections to create a base for the crown. 

Design 15 small clusters of 4-5 flowers and wrap the stems together tight with floral tape. 

Position flower clusters to the wire base  and wrap tape around the stems so they hold on.

Continue layering each cluster around the wire base until it’s filled.

That's it.

Sage, Rosemary & Thyme

Sage

Sage-infused tea is a great herbal remedy to reverse greying of hair, reduce fever, and calm anxiety from brain and nervous disorders.  Sage tea can also be used to soothe gastric ailments brought on by stress and to treat infections of the mouth and throat.

Sage also produces edible flowers in the early summer which make an interesting addition to salads. Both sage leaves and flowers make excellent additions to herbal tea blends.

Rosemary

The pungent aroma of rosemary is another natural deterrent for a number of garden pests including mosquitoes and other flying insects.

Rosemary is also a powerful natural remedy for soothing indigestion, neutralizing bad breath, and relieving pain.  Use rosemary oil or herb-infused water to clear up dandruff, promote hair growth, and relieve skin irritation.  The aroma of rosemary can help to clear the mind of anxiety and relieve everyday stress.

Thyme

Thyme is a good source of antioxidant vitamin A which is beneficial to eye, skin, hair, and nail health.  Thyme is also anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antibiotic.  Sip thyme-infused tea for an effective natural remedy against colds, coughs, and sore throats.  As a topical treatment, use thyme oil to help soothe and heal acne, eczema, and psoriasis.  Rinse your scalp with a thyme-infused rinse to treat dandruff and other scalp conditions which may cause hair loss.

In the kitchen, thyme pairs well with sage and rosemary, we blend these three in equal parts, it's our holy trinity.

Try the trinity in stocks, soups, and sauces, chicken, beef, lamb and pork.

Thyme is a good source of antioxidant vitamin A which is beneficial to eye, skin, hair, and nail health.  Thyme is also anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antibiotic.  Sip thyme-infused tea for an effective natural remedy against colds, coughs, and sore throats.  As a topical treatment, use thyme oil to help soothe and heal acne, eczema, and psoriasis.  Rinse your scalp with a thyme-infused rinse to treat dandruff and other scalp conditions which may cause hair loss.

In the kitchen, thyme pairs well with sage and rosemary, we blend these three in equal parts, it's our holy trinity.

Try the trinity in stocks, soups, and sauces, chicken, beef, lamb and pork.

Summerland by The Woodlands

 

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Summerland

The Woodlands

I want to be

Eating honey from your hand

In the Summerland

Can we run

Through the grass and all the reeds

And meet oh pretty please

And we will dance

To the songs that plague our heads

In the Summerland

And we will speak

Without saying anything

Much of anything

You know what I don't

About the Summerland

Oh you know what I don't

About the Summerland

About the Summerland

That old wind

Rushing like it's always been

In the Summerland

Once you have come

Through the doors that look like trees

There's no returning

You know what I don't

About the Summerland

Oh you know what I don't

About the Summerland

About the Summerland

Mmmm Mmmmm

Oh Da da da da

Mmmm Mmmmm

Oh Da da da da

How strange it is

To not recollect all that

Life had ever been

You cannot know

How you came or how to go

From the Summerland

You know what I don't

About the Summerland

Oh you know what I don't

About the Summerland

About the Summerland

Mmmm Mmmmm

Oh Da da da da

Mmmm Mmmmm

Oh Da da da da

Writer(s): Richard Samuel Robertson