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Getting in Shape: 10,000 Steps to Terrific Health by Thomas OgrenGetting in Shape: 10,000 Steps to Terrific HealthThomas Leo OgrenWhat if I could show you a completely simple, inexpensive, low risk, foolproof method to lose some weight, get healthy, and get in shape? Sound too good to be true? Well, it is true, and all it takes is a serious commitment and a $15 step-counting pedometer.It has been one full year now since I first strapped on a pedometer and started getting my 10,000 steps in a...
•Mad Cow Disease Revisited
Mad Cow Disease Revisited by Thomas OgrenMad Cow Disease RevisitedThomas Ogren The practice of feeding animals to non-carnivorous domestic animals is one that must be stopped now. It is entirely possible that the current news of mad cow disease is but the tip of the iceberg for future potential health problems. When I used to milk cows I was encouraged by my vet to add "bone meal" to my feed as a way to increase protein levels in the dairy grain. Normally we would use extra soybean meal to...
•Some food allergies and how to avoid them: Almonds to Coconut
Some food allergies and how to avoid them: Almonds to Coconut by Thomas OgrenSome food allergies and how to avoid them: Almonds to Coconut:Thomas Leo OgrenIn the following list I’ll outline some of the more common food allergies. Just because some food isn’t in this list doesn’t mean that it couldn’t cause an allergy. Remember, almost any food that you eat too often and too much of over an extended period of time can trigger a food allergy. It is always smart to eat a wide variety of food...
•Increases in Allergy Caused By Women’s Lib?
Increases in Allergy Caused By Women’s Lib? by Thomas OgrenIncrease in Allergy Caused By Women’s Lib?Thomas Leo Ogren Recently my brother-in-law, a college professor, was seeing a famous San Diego allergist, who I’ll not name. He tried to tell the allergist all about my book, Allergy-Free Gardening. The allergist dismissed it all as unimportant and then told him, “You want to know why there’s so much allergy nowadays?”My brother-in-law said that, yes, he certainly did want to know. “Women’s...
•Allergy-free Wedding Flowers
Allergy-free Wedding Flowers by Thomas OgrenAllergy-free Wedding Flowers Thomas Ogren I get quite a few emails from brides-to-be, asking me which flowers would be good to use at their weddings, flowers that won’t make them or their bridesmaids start sneezing and sniffling right in the middle of the wedding. I get enough of these requests that I thought that the subject warranted its own article.Wedding flowersFirst, flowers for a wedding ought to be bright, fun, cheerful, festive flowers....
•Best Trees for Growing in Lawns
Best Trees for Growing in Lawns by Thomas Ogren Trees for LawnsIn order to be a good tree to grow in a lawn it needs a number of things going for it. In particular a good lawn tree:1.Should be deciduous, meaning it should loose all of its leaves in the winter. This will let in light in the wintertime, when light levels are lowest. Deciduous trees also do not block any warming winter sunlight from reaching the house. Trees on the south or east sides of any house should always be deciduous,...
•Insecticides & Fungicides/Spreader-stickers, Wetting Agents: Getting the most out of Your Sprays
Insecticides & Fungicides/Spreader-stickers, Wetting Agents: Getting the most out of Your Sprays by Thomas Ogren Spreader-stickers, Wetting Agents: Getting the most out of Your SpraysThomas OgrenSpreader-stickers or if you prefer, sticker-spreaders, are agents we can add to garden sprays to make them more effective. These additives are commonly used in commercial horticulture and in agriculture, but for some reason are as yet relatively unknown to most gardeners.Sticker-spreaders can be made...
•The Terrorist’s Favorite Weed/ Castor Bean
The Terrorist’s Favorite Weed/ Castor Bean by Thomas OgrenThe Terrorist’s Favorite Weed/ Castor BeanThomas OgrenThe Castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) with its large bold, highly colored leaves is native to tropical Africa. In cold climates it is an annual, growing quickly, setting many seeds, and dying off in winter. In mild winter areas it is a long-lived perennial, sometimes reaching small tree size. It has gone wild and naturalized in many places and is especially common in coastal...
•A Dozen Tips for Producing Low Allergy Gardens
A Dozen Tips for Producing Low Allergy Gardens by Thomas Ogren A Dozen Tips for Producing Low-Allergy GardensÓ Thomas Leo OgrenWhat we plant often has a direct effect on our own health and the health of those near us. A pollen-producing male tree in our own yard will easily expose us to ten times more pollen than would a similar tree growing just down the block. This can be compared to second-hand smoke. It is possible to inhale some smoke from a person smoking a block or two away from you,...
•Cottonwood “cotton” is flying/ Bad Company
Cottonwood “cotton” is flying/ Bad Company by Thomas Ogren Cottonwood “cotton” is flying/ Bad CompanyÓ Thomas Leo OgrenI originally saw the question below posted in an Internet gardening forum and decided to answer it. It was a question I’d been asked many times before and I knew my answer would be useful in an article on springtime allergies caused by city trees. So I saved it to share with you here.“Does anyone else here really suffer from allergies when the seeds of Cottonwood are flying?...
•CO2, Global Warming, and Pollen-Allergies
CO2, Global Warming, and Pollen-Allergies by Thomas OgrenCO2, Global Warming, and Pollen-AllergiesThomas OgrenThe benefits of added organic matter to the soil have long been known and are usually attributed to increased nitrogen, greater water-holding capacity and an increase in activity of soil earthworms and microbes. But experiments have shown that the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) release that accompanies added organic matter is certainly one of the main reasons why adding organic...
•Allergies, Asthma and City Trees
Allergies, Asthma and City Trees by Thomas OgrenAllergies, Asthma and City Trees Thomas Leo OgrenSome urban tree species cause an inordinate amount of asthma and allergy problems, while other tree species cause little or no health problems. A large part of the problem is that the arborists and landscape professionals, who plant these trees, often don’t know the difference.The type of trees (and shrubs) used in modern city landscapes has changed dramatically in the past three decades. In the...
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