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Wellness/Food Garden/Nutrition
Welcome to the Local Missoula Food Garden page,
the combined source for all your Food,
Gardening, Health, Nutrition and Wellness
needs. Featuring healthy recipes to go with the
season, nutritious local foods and organic
options, tips on battling the winter flu bug and
avoiding springtime allergens, natural herbal
remedies and the best-kept secrets of Montana
gardening.
 Nature’s
First Aid Kit
Compliments of Meadowsweet Herbs
By
Elaine Scheff
Ah, summertime! A wonderful time to enjoy
outdoor activities such as picnics, hiking,
barbeques and sports. The perfect season for
spending time outdoors, summer also brings more
scrapes, bruises, bug bites and injuries.
Luckily, it is the season when nature grows its
own herbal first aid kit.
more...
 Spring
Cleaning: Not Just For Your House!
Compliments of Meadowsweet Herbs
By
Elaine Scheff
With its long nights and shorter days, winter is
a time of reduced activity. We tend to be more
sedentary and spend more energy on simple things
like tying to stay warm. It makes good sense to
the body to sleep a little more, eat a little
more and get some rest during the wintertime.
Then spring arrives, stirs our blood and bodies,
and awakens our dear plant friends! The promise
of new potential arrives. There are many ways
that we can help our bodies adjust well to the
changing of the season. You know,
spring-cleaning isn't just for our houses!
more...
Dangerous
Toxins May Be Lurking in Your Home
Weill Medical College
of Cornell University
As
long as you breathe, eat and drink, you can't
entirely escape environmental toxins. Research
on the risks associated with these toxins is
ongoing, but many scientists believe that
existing evidence suggests that toxic buildup in
our bodies contributes to the development of
Parkinson's disease and may increase risk for
some types of cancer and other serious
conditions. more...
A Time to Plant:
Some Helpful Tips on Herb Gardening
Compliments
of Meadowsweet Herbs
Herbs are often easier to grow than vegetables
because they generally require less water and
fertilizer. Annuals (plants that have a one year
life cycle) are usually easier to germinate than
perennials. Some easy to grow annuals include
sweet basil, borage, calendula, California
poppy, German chamomile, feverfew, and holy
basil.
Perennials are plants that grow back year after
year. They are easy to maintain once
established. Many perennials have a special
germinating technique. They need to be
stratified by mimicking nature’s process of
freezing and thawing. These herbs include
Echinacea, pleurisy and lavender. To stratify
seeds, put them in moist sand in the
refrigerator for at least 30 days before
planting.
Allergies:
Nothing to Sneeze At
Compliments of
Meadowsweet Herbs
By Elaine Sheff
Are you one of the hundreds of people who dreads
that fine spring day when pollen starts to fly?
In addition to what you breathe, you may be
allergic to what you eat or touch. There are two
main types of allergic reactions -- innate and
acquired. more...
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THE WISDOM OF AGING: TREATING MENOPAUSE
NATURALLY
Compliments
of Meadowsweet Herbs
By Elaine
Sheff
Menopause: the Wisdom of Aging
As we learn more about the dangers of hormone
replacement therapy, it is an exciting time to
explore herbal remedies for menopause. Menopause
is not a disease. It is not an illness and does
not need, nor have, a cure. Like puberty, the
hormonal changes during menopause are not always
necessarily pleasant or easy. Nevertheless,
menopause is a natural phase of a woman’s life
cycle.
more...
Restaurant Guide
Missoula is known
for having some of the best restaurants.
Everyone here at Localmissoula.com has enjoyed
countless amazing dining experiences from some
of the more exquisite restaurants like Shadow's
Keep to enjoying some of the finer tacos at Taco
Del Sol. Here are some of Localmissoula.com's favorite restaurants.
Please come back as this list will grow.
 Recipes
Localmissoula.com is dedicated to keeping
the Missoula community healthy as well as
keeping the individual healthy and happy.
Here you will find delicious healthy recipes I
hope you all will enjoy. Please come back
as this list will grow. If you would like
to submit a healthy recipe contact:
webmaster@localmissoula.com
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