The Garden of Eden

04/08/2026

My 94 & 82-year-old grandmas used witch hazel as their ONLY toothbrush… and they’ve still got their real teeth.

Let that sink in a minute. 🌿

This ain’t just some store-bought toner… this is old mountain medicine.

Witch hazel is one of those plants that speaks first—it blooms when most everything else is going quiet, almost like it’s signaling the shift of seasons and pointing you toward what’s coming next out here in the wild Ozarks.

She’s an astringent through and through—tightens skin, tones tissue, and pulls things back where they belong. That’s why it’s been used for generations after childbirth, helping the body recover the way nature intended.

Skin irritated?
Bug bites got you tore up?
Sunburn got you glowing the wrong way?

Witch hazel steps in cool, calm, and collected.

✨ It tightens pores
✨ Soothes inflammation
✨ Supports skin healing
✨ Helps take the itch and sting out of bites & rashes

And if you’ve used anything from me, you already know…

🌿 She’s the BASE of my Fountain of Youth Beauty Serum, find it at https://thegardenofeden1999.com/products/eden-s-fountain-of-youth-beauty-roller
🌿 And the backbone of my Goodbye Poison Ivy + Sunburn Relief Spray (and bug bite relief too). Find it at ➡️ https://thegardenofeden1999.com/products/goodbye-poison-ivy-sunburn-spray
🌿 It’s also the Base of my Beauty Berry & To***co Bug Spray https://thegardenofeden1999.com/products/native-beauty-berry-tobacco-bug-spray

There’s a reason I reach for her again and again.

This is one of those remedies that’s stood the test of time—passed down, proven, and still doing her job better than most things sitting on a shelf today.

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04/08/2026

I sure had a fun time fishin 🎣 yesterday!

🌸🗝️ I’m at the Beard and Lady Inn until 3 today🗝️🌸

Yall come and see me for all your feral grocery trip (I have a bunch of Farm Fresh Eggs today)🪺 🍳🥚

04/07/2026

What a beautiful view driving back from the sporting goods store today! 🎣🐠🐄

04/07/2026

Recap of Frank the Speckled King Snake from my live the other day in case yall missed seeing him🐍

04/06/2026

Out here in the Ozarks, them tender greenbrier tops are one of spring’s quiet little gifts if you know where to look. When they first come up—soft, curling, and still young—you can pinch those tips right off and eat ’em fresh or toss ’em in a skillet. They’ve got a flavor mighty similar to asparagus, just a touch wilder and greener.

Nutritionally, those shoots carry a good bit of vitamin C and minerals that help wake the body up after a long winter. It’s no wonder the deer browse them heavy—they know good medicine when they taste it. You’ll often find the tops nipped clean off where deer have been passing through.

Best way is simple: gather only the young, tender tips before they toughen up, and enjoy ’em raw, sautéed in a little butter, or dropped into a spring mess of greens. Another fine reminder that the wild still feeds those willing to learn its ways 🌿

04/06/2026

🧾Don’t let Taxes ruin your health!!!!❤️‍🩹

🧾 Why wear gloves when handling thermal receipt paper?

1. Thermal paper often contains Bisphenol A (BPA) or similar chemicals
• BPA is used as a heat-sensitive coating so receipts can print without ink.
• Some newer papers use Bisphenol S instead—but it behaves very similarly in the body.

2. BPA can absorb through your skin
• You don’t have to ingest it—handling receipts transfers BPA onto your fingers.
• Studies show it can pass through the skin, especially if your hands are moist, sweaty, or oily (like after using hand sanitizer or lotion).

3. BPA is linked to hormone disruption
• BPA is an endocrine disruptor, meaning it can mimic estrogen in the body.
• Research has associated BPA exposure with:
• Reproductive issues
• Metabolic problems
• Developmental concerns

4. Possible cancer concerns (long-term exposure)
• BPA has been studied for links to certain cancers (like breast and prostate), mainly due to its hormone-like activity.
• It’s not that touching one receipt causes cancer—but repeated exposure over time (like cashiers handling receipts daily) raises concern.

5. High exposure jobs are most at risk
• Cashiers, retail workers, and anyone handling receipts all day can have significantly higher BPA levels than the general population.

🧤 Why gloves help
• Create a barrier so BPA/BPS can’t transfer to your skin
• Reduce cumulative exposure over time
• Especially useful if you handle receipts frequently (like in a shop setting)

⚠️ Extra tips (if you don’t use gloves)
• Don’t handle receipts right after using hand sanitizer or lotion (this increases absorption)
• Wash hands after handling
• Avoid touching your face or food after handling receipts
• Store receipts separately from food or herbs

Bottom line

Handling thermal receipt paper isn’t instantly dangerous—but it does expose you to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and over time that adds up. Wearing gloves is a simple way to reduce that risk, especially if you’re handling them often.
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04/06/2026

Found about 7 more Paw Paw trees today. They are in full bloom!!

Happy Easter 🥚✝️🥚 Matthew 28:6 (NIV): "He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

04/06/2026

Looking out the window in grandmas sunroom. 🪟

This is a beautiful female Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Now here’s the wild little secret most folks miss…

👉 The female’s red only runs from her beak to the back of her head
👉 The male? He’s got that red crown going ALL the way over the top

So if you don’t see that full blaze of red across the crown… you’ve got yourself a woodland lady 💃🌿

And fun fact—
Despite the name, that “red belly” is usually faint and hard to see. It’s more like a soft blush hidden under feathers… kinda like the Ozarks themselves—full of secrets if you slow down enough to notice.

These girls are hard workers too—
🔨 Pecking into bark for insects
🌰 Stashing nuts for later
🐜 Keeping trees clean from pests

04/06/2026

Happy Easter Yall 🍄‍🟫✝️🪺

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

Even In The Stillness… You’re Becoming Stronger 🌾

The woods go quiet before something shifts.
The soil rests before it brings life.

And the Good Book tells us—
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
— Bible (Psalm 46:10)

There’s something holy about slowing down.
About stepping out of the noise long enough to hear Him again.

Because it’s in the silence…
that you meet God.

Not in the rush.
Not in the chaos.
But in that quiet place where your breath steadies
and your spirit remembers where it came from.

So if you’re moving slow today—good.
You might be exactly where you’re supposed to be.

Even in the stillness…
you’re becoming stronger.

🌿
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04/03/2026

WOOHOO 🎉 finally got me some hydrated lime 🍋‍🟩 stocked back up after my deer 🦌 hide projects this winter