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So many songs have been written in honor of summertime. The Beach Boys entire catalog is an ode to the endless summers of Southern California. Musicals and movies show summer as a carefree time, filled with sun and beach get-aways, camping and picnics. Memorial Day weekend in the States signals the start of summer. Warmer weather and sunshine are officially here in the Northern Hemisphere....

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Traditionally, plants were gathered for both food and medicinal uses. Even after people began farming, many plants which were used as medicine were harvested from the wild. Humans have been trying to protect their plants from pests for centuries.  In some neighborhoods around the country, the soil still contains high levels of arsenic from it's use as a pesticide in the 1800s. This was true...

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In every culture and society around the world, fragrance has been used for thousands of years. Fragrance has served many purposes. It has been used as medicine, to sanctify or clean a space, as an offering to the local deities as part of a religious ceremony and as a symbol of status are a few of the many ways aromatics have been used throughout history....

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The skin is a boundary between our inner world and the environment. It is one of the main ways that we connect with the world. Your skin is the largest organ in your body. It both absorbs and expels and is one of the main methods the body uses to relate with the outer world. Whether we consciously notice it or not, the skin is...

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