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How to Dehydrate Food for Preservation

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By Barbara Pleasant
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How long does dehydrated food last? Learn how to dehydrate food for preservation, including the best things to dehydrate, how to dehydrate blueberries, and tips for sun-drying to save you time and keep you eating local year-round. Many gardeners freeze, can or give away surplus zucchini and tomatoes, but what about drying them?
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Preventing Ticks – Mother Earth News

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By Barbara Pleasant
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Preventing ticks can be a tough task. Practice these tick-prevention strategies on your property and in your home to help prevent Lyme disease from affecting the health of your household. About 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease every year, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lyme disease is caused by bacteria that multiply in the bodies of ticks, people and animals, including mice, deer and dogs.
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How to Prevent Ticks in Your Yard

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By Barbara Pleasant
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Given their capacity to carry Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, learning how to prevent ticks in your yard is a must if you’re spending time outdoors. Here are 10 tips we recommend. If you live near or often spend time in a wooded area, blood-sucking ticks are part of your world. When tick populations rise, you’ll again feel those familiar tickling sensations on your legs and neck, and again drag the dog into the sunlight so you can spot and remove those darn ticks.
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