Furtilizer™ - LivingSoil.org

Looking for an organic fertilizer that works? This stuff really does! I have personally used the fertilizer. I did an experiment on lemon balm with it. The lemon balm without had thin stems and light green leaves. The lemon balm with the Fertilizer had thick stems, strong aromatic flavor, thick lush leaves. Here is a little about the Fertilizer. Contact information to buy this great stuff is at the end of the article.

 Put the green back into your thumb with the help of Furtilizer™. This Fertilizer is a 100% organic soil enhancer, a unique, concentrated, liquid plant fertilizer guaranteed to keep your plants healthy and green or your money back. Stop pouring chemicals on your plants and turn ordinary dirt into "living soil" with the natural goodness of rabbit poop. Contact Mark in Estancia, New Mexico, to purchase Furtilizer™ organic soil enhancer and plant that’s guaranteed to work.

   This Fertilizer is a plant food that becomes part of what our soil is supposed to be... Full of Life. Life comes from life and therefore Furtilizer™ is most likely the best and ONLY Amendment for vegetables and other plants that you grow. Don't be fooled, Furtilizer™ may seem low in N-P-K when compared with synthetic fertilizers, but because of the way Furtilizer™ is formulated and the unique blend of natural micro and macro nutrients found only in this fertilizer the 4-3-2 N-P-K level of Furtilizer™ will outperform fertilizers with a much higher N-P-K- level. 

     Hey gardeners, it's that time of year to get "growing" so try Furtilizer™, a life giving soil that will revitalize your soil, no matter what condition it is in! Mark tried this product for two growing seasons prior to becoming a manufacture representative, so he know for a fact that is works! With 30 years of experience as a grower, Mark knows what works and what does not! He guarantees that this product will work for you… or your money back!
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The Furtilizer Story

A Natural "Holistic" Plant Food

Furtilizer™ is a complete, "pro-biotic" organic liquid plant food, specifically formulated to meet the nutritional needs of all plants. Made from the rich goodness of pure rabbit droppings, it provides plants with the standard nutrients found in all fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), but it does more ... a lot more.

Your Plants Need Living Soil, Not Just Dirt

Any commercial fertilizer can make plants grow, but you get caught in a never ending dead end cycle. If you stop fertilizing, your plants will show signs of impaired growth. They may not immediately shrivel up and die, but they will not flourish. Roots will not grow big and strong, budding will be inhibited, blossoms will not be big and vibrant, and fruits and vegetables will be scrawny, meager, and will not taste fresh and crisp. Furtilizer™ is different ... it is a complete food, reconditioning the soil itself.

Furtilizer™ infuses plants with natural growth nutrients, turning ordinary dirt into living soil.

After supplying plants with a full spectrum of natural macro and micro nutrients, the unique synergistic soil enhancing properties of FurtilizerTM  go to work. Natural soil microbial activity is increased, soil nutrient exchange capacity is expanded, nutrient retention is enhanced, and botanical photosynthesis capacity increases. Quietly, Furtilizer™ builds the kind of soil that can sustain robust plant life without massive and never-ending doses of environmentally harmful fertilizer. Your dirt turns into rich, living soil!

We constantly strive to improve our products, and we invite your comments. Let us know just how Furtilizer TM has performed for your plants. We especially enjoy receiving before and after photos of scrawny plants revived with Furtilizer TM!

People keep asking us:

"How do you make this great stuff?"

Naturally, when a unique new product works as well as FurtllizerTM, people want to know everything about it, including how it's made. Of course, we can't divulge the exact recipe or process, but we can give enough information to show you we take this business seriously ... perhaps a little too seriously!

Someday you might even encounter someone who claims to have a natural plant food derived from the goodness of rabbit droppings. Rest assured, whatever they have it's not FurtilizerTM  We invented the process development, and we are the only company with the technical knowledge to make the best natural rabbit-based plant food. 

Research

Rabbits are Lagomorphs, and they eat copious quantities of green foliage, grains, bark, and other vegetable matter. What goes in must come out! That's pretty simple, but it means that our first concern is controlling what goes into our rabbits in the first place.

Most domestic rabbits are fed commercial rabbit pellets that contain ingredients to make rabbits grow faster and build bone quickly. This is great if you are raising rabbits for meat, fur, or pets, but it has terrible consequences if you are making a concentrated liquid plant food from rabbit droppings. Rabbit pellet feed typically contains molasses, salt, chlorine chloride, artificial flavors, and many other things you probably don't want on your plants in a concentrated form.

As we discovered, manufacturing a quality liquid plant food from the natural goodness of rabbit droppings requires extensive feed research, specially formulated feed, a controlling feeding schedule, and innovative technology.

Quality Control

One challenge we faced was finding a way to collect rabbit droppings before they become contaminated by urine, dirt, and other undesirable substances. Simply allowing dropping to fall to the ground or into a pan is unacceptable, because it causes degradation of the plant food source. Through trial and error, we developed a system to collect the droppings before they become contaminated.

  It's The Water!

All liquid plant food contains water. If that water isn't pure, the plant food is compromised. Government "experts" tell us that tap water is safe. But why do so many people buy bottle water, or use additional filters? We feel that average tap water is simply not suitable for a quality liquid plant food. Do you really want to pour chlorine, trace metals, and who knows what on your precious plants? We use only pure Willamette Valley spring water to make FurtilizerTM.

New Technology

Since we pioneered this business, we had to invent our own technology. A major challenge was to find a way to destroy potentially harmful bacteria, naturally found in rabbit droppings, without also destroying the beneficial natural micro-nutrients. Sterilization is easy, but it sacrifices too much for FurtilizerTM.

We solar "bake" the rabbit droppings used in making FurtilizerTM at predetermined temperatures for precise times, not only to neutralize potentially harmful bacteria, but to also remove offensive odors. The rabbit droppings are then pulverized into a fine powder, and filtered through an almost never-ending series of metal, nylon, and natural fiber meshes.

After much time and effort, we invented an ingenious hot-and-cold emulsification process that "pulls out" the beneficial micro-growth nutrients from the powder. This is followed with a labor-intensive 12 step "drip" process to liquefy these essential growth nutrients. From this we create a super-concentrated formula that is so powerful it will burn plants if it is not precisely diluted. However, once correctly diluted, this concentrate becomes a potent natural plant food so mild, that you can use it on your most delicate seedlings!

The FurtilizerTM manufacturing process literally goes on and on. But you can see from the information, we can reveal that the manufacturing process is precise and innovative. It is more complicated and labor intensive than most people would ever imagine. We leave nothing to chance. We don't brew in behemoth vats and stockpile in dingy warehouses. Each bottle of FurtilizerTM is freshly brewed and bottled by hand the old fashioned way ... one bottle at a time. To help save our precious natural resources, we use bottles made only from recycled plastics. There is simply no other way of doing it right. And, there is no other product like FurtilizerTM!

Helps Plants Grow the Natural Way!

This potent natural plant food seeks out the microscopic roots of plants and saturates them with a profusion of essential macro and micro growth nutrients. It works well on all plants ... everything from tulips to turnips! Each drop is a storehouse of natural botanical vitamins.

FurtilizerTM helps your plants do what they are naturally meant to do: grow and grow and grow!

 Natural, Non-Toxic, Biodegradable, Inexpensive:

FurtilizerTM Works On All Plants:

House plants of all types!

Vegetables and flowers!

Bushes, shrubs, all outdoor plants!

Even works great on lawns!

A Superior Organic Plant Food

FurtilizerTM is the potent natural plant food made from the organic richness of rabbit droppings. Just four ounces of this super-potent concentrate makes more than 20 gallons of nutrient-providing, soil enhancing goodness. FurtilizerTM works on all plants, works on all plants from turnips to tulips, but more important, FurtilizerTM works on all of your plants. Give it a try today!

For More information contact-

Mark DeBarbieri
P.O. Box 647
Estancia, New Mexico 87016
Email: mrrowley72@hotmail.com
Phone: 1-505-238-1819

Unhealthiest Juices in America

 #6: WORST CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
Ocean Spray Cran-Apple (8 fl oz)
130 calories
0 g fat
32 g sugars

Ocean Spray makes a whole line of cranberry juice blends, but there’s only one thing you need to know: They’re all polluted with unruly loads of added sugar. The first two ingredients here are water and sugar, the hallmark of an inferior bottle. In fact, the best juices in this line have only 27 percent juice. This one? A paltry 15 percent.

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#5: WORST MIXED-BERRY BLEND
Welch’s Mountain Berry (8 fl oz)
140 calories
0 g fat
33 g sugars

The flowering bouquet of fruit on the outside of this carton makes it appear to be just one step down from a smoothie, but in truth, it’s just one step up from Sunny Delight. Regardless of what Welch’s wants you to think, this juice is made with only 25 percent real fruit, and with this many calories in each cup, you should expect nothing less than 100 percent.

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#4: WORST LEMONADE
Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle)
250 calories
0 g fat
67.5 g sugars

In 99 percent cases, lemonade contains between 10 and 15 percent lemon juice, meaning that 85 to 90 percent of the calories are added as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup. The reason we pinned Minute Maid as the worst lemonade is that with this bottle, they’ve dropped the lemon juice concentration down to 3 percent, and at the same time, jacked the sugar level up to soda-like proportions. In fact, this bottle has more sugar than a same-sized bottle of Coca-Cola, not to mention a bevy of preservatives, fillers, and artificial colors.

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#3: WORST JUICE
SoBe Elixir Cranberry Grapefruit (20 fl oz bottle)
250 calories
0 g fat
63 g sugars

With a name that references two fruits, you might expect this bottle to provide a respectable dose of real juice. Sadly, that’s not the case. The only juice this bottle carries is used as a coloring agent, which means every gram of sugar here is added during processing. That puts it right alongside soda as one of the worst beverages at the supermarket.

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#2: WORST GRAPE JUICE
Tropicana Grape Juice Beverage (15.2 fl oz)
290 calories
0 g fat
72 g sugars

It’s hard to say which is worse, the fact that this bottle has as much sugar as six scoops of Edy’s Slow Churned Rocky Road Ice Cream, or the fact that it looks legit but contains only 30 percent real juice. The thing is, even if this bottle weren’t teeming with high fructose corn syrup, it would still be loaded with sugar. Grapes produce the most sugar-loaded juice at the supermarket—even a 10-ounce bottle of 100 percent grape juice carries more than 200 calories.

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#1: WORST CANNED JUICE
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)
360 calories
0 g fat

84 g sugars

These hulking calorie cannons—5 percent juice, 95 percent sugar water—have the equivalent of 20 teaspoons of sugar! (That makes the 1,800-calorie salad look downright nutritious.) They're sold at gas stations and convenience stores across America for the low, low price of 99 cents, making this quite possibly the cheapest source of empty calories in the country.

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By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding

The Health Benefits of Teas

By Alyse Levine

Concept
The media has exhaustively publicized the numerous ways drinking tea is good for you: from fighting certain cancers, to decreasing the risk of heart disease and Alzheimer's disease, to controlling cholesterol and even reducing tooth decay! Although most people are aware of tea's health benefits, they are not aware of which teas are the most beneficial. So, from a health perspective, are all teas created equal?

Nutritional Facts and Figures
What are the purported health benefits of consuming tea?

Before we begin, note that here we are talking about tea from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, and not herbal teas, which are really derived from the flowers, leaves, seeds, bark, or roots of certain plants but contain no actual “real” tea (herbal teas do have purported health benefits, but they are beyond the scope of this bite).
Studies have shown that tea may promote good health in the following ways:

*Heart Health: The polyphenols (antioxidants) found in tea are very effective in preventing cholesterol from oxidizing and damaging blood vessels. Green tea has been shown to improve the health of the delicate cells lining the blood vessels, which helps lower one's risk of heart disease (1).

*Cancer Prevention: The polyphenols (catechins in particular) in tea may help prevent or decrease the growth and spread of certain cancers. They scavenge oxidants before cell injuries occur, reduce the incidence and size of chemically induced tumors, and inhibit the growth of tumor cells. In studies of liver, skin, and stomach cancer, chemically induced tumors were shown to decrease in size in mice that were fed green and black tea (2,3).

*Skin Protector: Not only has tea been shown to be effective in decreasing cancer risk when consumed orally, but it may also be beneficial when applied superficially to the skin (4). Some research has shown that when green tea is applied to sunburned skin it decreases the development of cancerous skin tumors. This evidence has led many cosmetics companies to start adding green tea to their skin care products.

*Alzheimer's Disease Arsenal: Both green and black teas have been shown to hinder the activity of two enzymes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease. Although tea consumption cannot cure Alzheimer's, it may be another part of the puzzle in treating or slowing down the development of the disease (5).

*Good for Teeth: Compounds in tea protect teeth by increasing the acid resistance of tooth enamel and acting as antibiotics that kill off dangerous, decay-promoting bacteria (6). Tea also contains fluoride, which is essential for keeping teeth strong and healthy.

Which tea varieties provide the above health benefits?

All "real" teas, which include green, black, and oolong tea varieties, are beneficial to your health. As mentioned above, these teas are all derived from the same tea plant, Camellia sinensis, and contain numerous healthful compounds including polyphenols (particularly catechins), tocopherol, vitamin C, as well as other antioxidants. The polyphenols are believed to be responsible for most of tea's role in promoting good health. Although black, green and oolong teas have different polyphenol compositions due to processing differences, they all have been shown to provide the above health benefits.

The differences between the teas are depicted below. As you can see, the main difference between the "real" teas is simply in how the leaves are processed.

Green Teas (Japanese, Chinese, Gunpowder, etc...)
Green teas are the freshest and least processed because they are not at all fermented. Of all "real" teas, green tea has the lightest and most subtle taste.

Black Teas (Darjeeling, Earl Grey, China Black, Jasmine, etc...)
Black tea is simply green tea that has been fermented for around 6 hours. Fermentation turns the green leaves black and alters the polyphenol content, though it is still very high in antioxidants. Black teas have the strongest taste.

Oolong Teas
These teas are made from green teas that are briefly fermented. Therefore, they are a compromise between black and green tea in both taste and color.

To Get the Most Out of Tea:
*To get the benefits claimed above, opt for a "real" tea variety (green, black, or oolong), as opposed to an herbal tea
*Steep tea for about 3 minutes; this time allotment enables the health promoting compounds to be released; steeping for much longer turns the tea bitter and releases too much tannin, which can irritate the digestive tract, cause constipation, and decrease iron absorption.
*Hot or Cold? Go for what you like! Bottled teas, iced tea, and teas made from mixes are also all rich in polyphenols. However, keep iced tea fresh, the polyphenol content starts to deteriorate after a few days.

Note on Caffeine:
If you are worried about the caffeine content of tea, opt for the decaffeinated varieties...they provide the same health benefits without keeping you up all night.

Alyse's Advice
The next time you reach for a warm, soothing cup of tea, opt for either green, black or oolong varieties, and steep for about 3 minutes. If you prefer the iced kind, follow the same guidelines but make sure to finish it within a few days before the antioxidant content starts to decline. A few cups of tea a day may help keep the heart doctor and dentist away, as well as cancer and Alzheimer's disease at bay.

Copyright 2010 NutritionBite LLC. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this article may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. "NutritionBite LLC" should be prominently displayed on any material reproduced with the publisher's consent.

References
1. The acute effect of green tea consumption on endothelial function in healthy individuals. Alexopoulos N, Vlachopoulos C, Aznaouridis K, Baou K, Vasiliadou C, Pietri P, Xaplanteris P, Stefanadi E, Stefanadis C. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2008 Jun;15(3):300-5.

2. Dufresne CJ, Farnworth ER. A review of latest research findings on the health promotion properties of tea. J. Nutri Biochem 2001; 12(7):404–421.

3. Hakim IA, Harris RB. Joint effects of citrus peel use and black tea intake on risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. BMC Derm 2001; 1(3).

4. Non-sunscreen photoprotection: antioxidants add value to a sunscreen. Matsui MS, Hsia A, Miller JD, Hanneman K, Scull H, Cooper KD, Baron E. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 2009 Aug;14(1):56-9.

5. Naturally occurring phytochemicals for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Kim J, Lee HJ, Lee KW. J Neurochem. 2009 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]

6. Association between green tea consumption and tooth loss: cross-sectional results from the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study. Koyama Y, Kuriyama S, Aida J, Sone T, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Tsuji I. Prev Med. 2010 Apr;50(4):173-9. Epub 2010 Jan 25.

25 ways to clean with vinegar

by Emily Hsieh

The cleaning aisle at just about any grocery store is stocked with a dizzying array of options—and when it comes down to it, there are a lot of expensive, toxic, superfluous products crowding the market. Chances are, you already have one of the best, all-purpose cleaning agents in your pantry: white vinegar. Vinegar actually works as a great laundry booster, stripping away the chemical build-up that detergent leaves behind (and gets rid of clingy odors in the process). And beyond that, there are tons of other applications for the stuff around your home. Here, from vinegartips.com and frugalfun.com, 25 ideas for making the most of vinegar:

1. Deodorize the sink: Pour 1 cup baking soda, followed by 1 cup hot vinegar, down the drain. Let sit for at least 5 minutes, then rinse with hot water.
2. Deodorize the garbage disposal: Make ice cubes out of vinegar. Run the disposal with a few vinegar ice cubes and cold water.
3. Clean countertops: Wipe down surfaces with a rag dipped in vinegar.
4. Clean the fridge: Use a mixture of half water, half vinegar to wipe down the interior shelves and walls.
5. Remove soap build-up and odors from the dishwasher: Once a month, pour 1 cup of vinegar into an empty dishwasher and run the machine through its entire cycle.
6. Bust oven grease: If you’ve got grease spots on the oven door, pour some vinegar directly on the stains, let it sit for 15 minutes, and wipe away with a sponge.
7. To make old glassware sparkle: To get rid of the cloudy effect, wrap a vinegar-soaked towel around the glass and let it sit. Remove and rinse with hot water.
8. Get rid of lime deposits on your tea kettle: Fill the kettle with vinegar and let it bowl. Allow it to cool, and rinse with water.
9. Remove stains in coffee cups: Create a paste using of equal parts vinegar and salt (or in lieu of salt, baking soda) and scrub gently before rinsing.
10. Treat Tupperware stains (and stinkiness): Wipe the containers with a vinegar-saturated cloth.
11. Remove stains on aluminum pots: Boil 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup water.
12. Deter ant infestations: Spray outside doorways and windowsills, and anywhere you see a trail of critters.
13. Clean can openers: Scrub the wheel of your can opener with vinegar using an old toothbrush.
14. Remove stickers or labels: Cover the sticker with a vinegar-soaked cloth. Let it sit overnight—it should slide right off by morning.
15. Shine porcelain sinks: A bit of vinegar and a good scrub should leave them sparkling.
16. Clean grout: Pour on some vinegar, let it hang out for a few minutes, and buff with an old toothbrush.
17. Clean the shower door: Spray them down with vinegar pre-shower, or post (after you’ve squeegeed the glass) to remove hard water deposits.
18. Clean a grimy showerhead: To get rid of scum, fill a Ziploc with ½ a cup of baking soda and 1 cup vinegar and tie it around the showerhead. Let it sit for an hour, until the bubbling has stopped. Remove the bag and run  the shower.
19. Make a toilet sparkle: Pour in a cup or two of vinegar and let it sit there overnight before scrubbing with a toilet brush.
20. Polish linoleum floors: Add 1 cup of vinegar for every gallon of water you use to wash the floor.
21. Clean paintbrushes: Soak paintbrushes for an hour before simmering them on the stove to remove hardened paint. Drain and rinse.
22. Clean grills: Spray vinegar on a ball of tin foil, then use it to give the grate a firm scrub.
23. Disinfect wood cutting boards: Wipe down wood boards with a wash of vinegar.
24. Clean the microwave: Fill a microwave-safe bowl with 2 cups water and ½ cup vinegar. Heat it on full power for 3-4 minutes until it comes to a boil. Keep the door closed for a few minutes longer to let the steam fill the microwave, loosening the grime. Remove the bowl (carefully!) and wipe down interior walls with a sponge.
25. Polish patent leather accessories: Give them a rub with a vinegar-soaked cloth. Buff with a dry cloth.

Featured Alternative: Weeds #2 - Cattail

Cattail (Typha latifolia) - the pollen can be used to enrich flour. The unripe flower spikes can be cooked as a vegetable and the young shoots and inner stems are eaten raw or cooked. It is even known to use them as torches when dipped into oil or animal fat. You can even make beautiful baskets out of the leaves.

Made into a poultice is good for cuts wounds, stings and bruises. Ash from the burned leaves can be used as an antiseptic or styptic for wounds.

The 'fluff' from the tops can be used as pillow stuffing and insulation for clothing. 
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Featured Alternative: Weeds #1 - Burdock

 Burdock (Arctium lappa) - cultivated as a vegetable in Japan where it is known as gobo. The stalks are scraped and cooked like celery. The roots are sweet and can be eaten raw in salads or added to stir fries.
Traditionally, burdock has been used as a remedy for measles, arthritis, tonsillitis, viruses like colds, throat pain, and as a diuretic.
   Mostly thought to be a weed because it's good for sticking to you and your furry pets. Keep in mind, once its burrs have opened, tiny hair-like needles 'thorn' themselves into your skin. Don't worry, the itching will go away and a rash may appear, but it will be gone in about a day or so.

Featured Alternative: Weeds

Looking throughout your lawn, garden, side of the road and even the woods, keep in mind that those 'weeds' you have been brainwashed into hating could very well help you or even, save your life! Don't pull em or even through them out! If they are somewhere you don't want them simply dig them up and replant them in their own bed!

This month we will show the various different types of weeds, a brief example of what they are good for and many pictures!