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Can weeds help you learn about your soil? Obviously the gold standard is the soil test but many plants can teach you what is going on in the dirt you are looking at. Some are indicators of poor soil and there are several that are barometers pointing to potentially great soil. Another advantage of knowing these plants is that you get to know several great wild edibles along the way.

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Weeds can be annoying but can they actually be a benefit to your health, home and garden? Some weeds are nutritious, tasty and great natural remedies. But they can also tell you important things about the health of your soil.

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Eastern meditation has become wildly popular. This form of meditation is totally different from the Hebrew and Biblical form of meditation. But are there dangerous side effects of Eastern meditation that are not talked about in the popular media? It is claimed to help aggression, empathy and various mental issues. But might it actually cause mental disturbances? What does the science show? Is there bias evident in the research? We will look at the science almost no one is talking about. Then we will look at research on prayer.

Links to studies and articles
Meta-analysis on meditation Kreplin, U., Farias, M. & Brazil, I.A. The limited prosocial effects of meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 8, 2403 (2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20299-z

Negative side effects in 25% of people
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0216643

Beyer, Monica. “25% of those who meditate report negative experiences.” Medical News Today May 20, 2019. Web. July 8 2021. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325167

Rocha, Tomas. “The Dark Knight of the Soul.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. June 25, 2014. Web. August 8 2021. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766/ 

Prayer and Self-Control
Friese M, Schweizer L, Arnoux A, Sutter F, Wänke M. Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion. Conscious Cogn. 2014 Oct;29:90-5. doi: 10.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25277947/

Prayer and aggression
Friese M, Schweizer L, Arnoux A, Sutter F, Wänke M. Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion. Conscious Cogn. 2014 Oct;29:90-5. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.016. Epub 2014 Sep 29. PMID: 25277947.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21421766/

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Have you ever had a caterpillar infestation that destroyed a crop or orchard? Caterpillars can destroy a forest, orchard and other plant life. I am living through an unbelievable infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars. How can you stop them from destroying your fruit trees or any tree you want to save? We will look at the life-cycle and history of these invasive pests. Have you ever had to deal with this?