Respect your Elders the Elderberry!
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Respect your Elders, the Elderberry! Pretty sure nearly all of us have heard that command at one time or the other, and in reality it’s good advice! And as much as I do respect my elders they aren’t what or who this weeks show is about. I’ll be talking about elder’s for sure not just human ones. Join me on this show when I’ll be respecting the Elder, the Elder Berry tree. It’s said that when you want to harvest the flowers or the berries that you must first ask the Elder Mother Tree permission. The Danish believed that the elder plant was protected by Hyldemor, the Elder Mother. It was important to ask for permission before cutting an elderberry tree or else it could bring you bad luck and misfortune. Read more “Respect your Elders the Elderberry!”
The dive bombers aka heat seeking missiles of summer have arrived in full force and have invaded our lives. They strike like stealth missiles and and their attack always leaves it’s mark, often for days! The dreaded mosquito. Depending upon where you live, you’ve already felt their wrath and some of us much more than others even in the same localities. While there are some 3500 different species the females are the real culprits. Sorry ladies but it’s the female mosquito that targets us for dinner. 
Now before you get all excited and or angry with White is Right. The show has nothing to do with political correctness but rather what we put in our bodies. Many have heard of the diet where basically you just don’t eat anything white, such as sugar, flour, pasta, rice and on and on, however there is one white that is most definitely right in the food world. So listen up and tune your ear to A Preppers Path and learn all about Cauliflower! Haha, tune your ear cauliflower! 
Hey all you preppers out there the sun is shining at least up here in the wilds of the north. Temperatures are climbing and the golden rays of sunshine are flooding the landscape. A perfect time to get outside and enjoy. It’s easy enough to fill a page with all the positives of sunshine. However, are you aware how important the sun is for our bodies. It’s true the sun is a health tonic for each of us. 
Ahhh ….. the amazing honey bee, the giver of an elixir, sweet and golden used by mankind for eons. Have you really ever wondered much about the honey bee? Sure we have heard stories in the recent years about the honey bee and it’s battle with death or extinction but do you know that these bees live with a death sentence? True story, now I am not talking about bees or wasps in general as they all have their own rituals. But the honey bee is quite unique in many many ways and it is truly fascinating. 
