
Green Peas, Please!
Green Pea Salad Recipe
Jill-Ann Ouellette
Green peas are a widely grown, cool-season vegetable crop with an early-season harvest. They don’t thrive in the summer heat but grow well in cooler, high-elevations, also in tropical areas. They have both low-growing and vining varieties. Vining peas grow thin tendrils from leaves that coil around any available support and can climb from 3 to 7 feet tall. There are dwarf varieties that are suitable for container growing, reaching only about 8 inches. Many varieties reach maturity about 60 days after planting…

Gratitude for Our Bodily Systems…
The Digestive System
Arnold Shapiro, MD
Our population of body cells run, for the most part, on consistent supplies of oxygen and glucose. The oxygen comes from the Earth’s atmosphere via our respiratory system and circulatory system. The glucose comes from the ingestion of carbohydrates from the plant kingdom. The other nutrients our cells utilize are proteins (amino acids), fats, vitamins, and minerals/salts. All complex members of the animal kingdom have a front-end orifice, designed for the intake of liquids and foodstuffs, and a long, interior, alimentary canal…

YLANG YLANG
Flower of Healing and Harmony
Maria Low
Ylang Ylang embodies a unique essence not found in other flowering plants. It is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, and Reunion Island in the Pacific. The tree produces star-shaped, yellow flowers that are used to produce essential oil, valued in perfumery and aromatherapy for its sweet, floral, and exotic scent. Ylang Ylang is known for its calming, mood-boosting properties. Visitors to the Young Living Ecuador farm stroll among the rows of Ylang Ylang as the flowers release the mist of their calming oil into the air…
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