Category Archives: Gardeners Health

help for optimum health, emotional wellbeing, and a variety of gardeners conditions

Essential Medicated lip balm

Posted on July 16, 2014 by The Holistic Gardener

for summer cold sores, winter chapped lips and year round care of sensitive lips try this simple remedy. So while the veg butter is moisturizing, the calendula oil soothing and protective and the bees wax a natural anti-bacterial agent that … Continue reading →

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bruise cure

Posted on March 19, 2014 by The Holistic Gardener

at last my book is ready to hit the shelves and if there are any bruises in the process the cure is inside http://www.mercierpress.ie/irish-books/the-holistic-gardener-first-aid- let you in on a secret the best bruise cure apart from astringent black tea and … Continue reading →

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sap those warts

Posted on October 14, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Warts are a sign of a virus – the human papillomavirus (HPV) in fact – which causes the body to produce an excess of skin cells. The best way to tackle them is to attack the virus by boosting your … Continue reading →

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WASP STING – the done thing

Posted on September 28, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Wasps (including hornets, yellow jackets and other members of Vespula and Dolichovespula species that regularly visit gardens) have sabre-like stingers that smoothly puncture the skin, release and puncture again repeatedly, delivering a swift inoculation of venom with each sting and … Continue reading →

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sick of the heat – a prickly issue

Posted on July 11, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Heat rash or prickly heat is such an annoyance – that red or pinkish rash occurring on areas of skin beneath clothing really slows down enjoyment of the sun let alone gardening activity. It generally develops on hot days when … Continue reading →

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thirsty work and homemade Quick fix isotonic drinks

Posted on July 6, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Gardening is thirsty work, even just looking at it in summer heat is thirsty work. Dehydration is what happens when your body loses more fluid than you take in. Which is an ever present threat when under the influence of … Continue reading →

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Naked solstice after sun remedies

Posted on June 21, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Bheannacht ar an lá – blessings of the day. Today, the solstice, when more than the earths axis tilts towards the sun. Maybe you are naked in a dance to manifest abundance or maybe you are just catching the few … Continue reading →

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gardener’s first aid for allergic contact dermatitis

Posted on June 17, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

Allergic contact dermatitis is an allergic reaction to a substance, material or plant that you have come into contact with; it generally manifests post contact as a region of itchy inflamed skin situated where contact had taken place. In severe … Continue reading →

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The saturday night show discusses holistic gardening

Posted on June 7, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

see for your self http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10153449/

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Creating a low Allergy and Asthma friendly garden.

Posted on May 24, 2013 by The Holistic Gardener

oodles of emails following the last post on allergy gardening so a bit more on the subject. According to the European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients Association, over 80 million people in Europe currently have some form of … Continue reading →

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