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If you want an abundant, productive organic vege garden then it’s important to first understand a little about the different vegetable types, and the conditions in which they thrive. Vegetables tend to be grouped into 3 main categories: fruit and seed vegetables; leaf and stem vegetables, and root and bulb vegetables, depending on the part of the plant that is most commonly eaten.

They can also be grouped according to their temperature preferences: cool season vegetables grow best at low temperatures of 50-70 deg F (10-20 deg C); warm vegetables grow best at temperatures of 70 def F (20 deg C) or above, while a third, temperate group prefers temperatures of between 60 -75 deg F (15-25 deg C). If you grow vegetables out of season then, despite your best intentions, you are doomed for disappointment as your vegetables will either fail to germinate and grow, or rapidly bolt to seed.

This article is not designed to act as a comprehensive guide to growing individual vegetables – there are many good books available that will cover these basics and that may be well tailored to your own particular climate. Instead, you will find an overview of each of these groups, and their requirements, in turn. If you do not have a vegetable gardening book then most seed packets give detailed maps or descriptions on the back, explaining the best time to plant in your area.

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Fruit and seed vegetables.

This group include beans, peas, eggplants (aubergines), capsicums (bell peppers), tomatoes, sweetcorn and cucurbits (vine crops such as cucumber, zucchini (courgettes), pumpkins and squash).

As a general rule, these are warm or temperate season plants which hate frost. In colder areas they should not be planted out until early summer, but will grow quickly. Do not be tempted to plant them out too soon – you will only be frustrated at their lack of inclination to thrive.

Leaf and stem vegetables.

This group includes vegetables such as cabbages, lettuce, brussel sprouts, rhubarb, chard (silverbeet), spinach and celery. Broccoli and cauliflower are also often included in this group, although strictly we eat the flower buds, not the leaves or stems.

This group includes a range of cool and temperate weather crops which are sown in the cooler winter months or early spring.

Root and bulb vegetables.

This group includes most of the kitchen staples such as onions, shallots, carrots, potatoes, turnips and beets. Again, this group tends to include mainly cool and temperate crops, which may run to seed if planted too late in the season.

Crop rotation

The key to successful crop rotation is to keep it simple. Unless you are a commercial gardener very few people have the time or inclination to prepare complex crop rotation plans year on year.

As I have far too many things on my ‘to do’ list as it is, I keep my planting schedule as simple as possible. My approach is to divide my beds up into blocks, and then plant only one vegetable category, such as bulb vegetables, or leaf vegetables, in each block. Then the next season I move all the plantings one block to the right, so I am now planting a different vegetable category in each block. This seems to have worked well so far!

If you follow this simple guide to vegetables you should have no trouble planning a successful, disease-resistant garden to feed you and your family year round!

Making your own health care decisions

Yes, you do.  A health care proxy speaks for you if you can’t speak for yourself.  A health care proxy is a legal paper that lets you pick another person to make health care decisions for you, if and only if you are unable to communicate.

Any competent adult over 18 can make a health care proxy.  The health care proxy is written by you, or filled out by you.  The legal documents can be obtained on line, from the hospital, doctor’s office, senior citizen offices, and medical facilities.  The person who speaks for you should have your own interest in mind.  This is used in cases of temporarily unconscious, coma, or any other condition that you can not speak.  A doctor has to put in writing that you lack the ability to make health care decisions at the time.

You pick the person who will speak for you. This person is referred to as a health care agent.  Your agent must be someone you can trust.  A person who knows what you want and will make the correct choice with your interest and only your interest in mind.  The person should convey your wishes, desires and medical treatment when you can not says so for yourself.  You can put specific limits on the authority you give to your agent.

A health care proxy is not a living will.  A living will is not a health care proxy.  They are two very different legal documents.  A living will allows you to leave written instructions that explain your health care wishes, especially about end-of-life care.  A living will is a written statement of your wishes. A health care proxy empowers another person to speak for you.  A living will has no place for you to express your choice of medical treatments.

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Many states have different names for health care proxies.  New York calls the paper Health Care Proxy Law. Florida, California and several states call the paper Health Care Surrogate; Rhode Island calls the paper, Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. A living will is not legally binding in Massachusetts. The following web site lists the states and the papers they accept.  Check out your laws and the laws of other states that you might be an agent for a loved one residing in that state. http://estate.findlaw.com/estate-planning/living-wills/estate-planning-law-state-living-wills.html

You are not mandated to make a health care proxy.  This is your right. You will receive good health care either with or without an agent.  You can change your health care decisions at any time. If you change your mind, or if your health changes, you and your doctor can discuss options and you can change your proxy.  Make sure you relay any changes in your desires to your health care agent.

Some of the decisions about your medical treatments can include; chemotherapy, surgery and life-sustaining treatments.  It is very important that your agent knows exactly what you want.  It is also important that you understand the terms CPR and life-sustaining treatments.  You have the right to decline to be resuscitated or to limit these types of procedures. You may decide to have a do not resuscitate (DNR) order.  A DNR order is not the same as a health care proxy.  In emergency situations, the ambulance workers or EMT’s are required by law to give CPR and treatment while responding to a call.  Once you are treated by a medical doctor at the hospital or facilities your living will and your health care proxy come into play.
A life-sustaining treatment requires the use of a machine to take the place of bodily functions that no longer work. These machines can be used for long periods of time or can be used while healing takes place.  When they are used to prolong the process of dying, the health care proxy can be extremely important.  Examples of these types of machine and medical situations include:  machines used to breathe for the patient and kidney dialysis machines.  Medications, nutrition and hydration procedures that are given through a tube or machine, also are conditions to be consider by you and your health care agent.

health care proxies are not required.  They are the best way to ensure that your health care treatment wishes are followed.

Looking to improve your quality of life? Switching to whole health foods will cause your body to do back flips, eliminate that tired sluggish feeling and improve your quality of life.

There are plenty of benefits to eating whole foods and the sooner you start the better you’ll feel. Eating whole foods leaves plenty of immediate health benefits as well as the obvious ideological ones.

One of the most important reasons to eat whole health foods is simply to see the difference that this diet will impart.

In today’s world, if you’re anything like me, you run around from morning until night, and the food that is readily available to you is no where near as good for you as you would like.

The overly processed food that saturates our supermarkets results in us eating more and still not getting the same nutritional benefits or satisfaction that we would get from a smaller amount of whole health food.

Do you remember food tasting better when you were younger? Over the last few decades, food processing has increased a great deal, leaving us with food that is poorer in tastes and nutritional benefit.

Do you know that it would take 38 cans of todays spinach to equal the nutritional value of just one 1954 can of spinach. That is a big difference!

Your whole family will reap the benefits of your shopping for whole health foods. If you have young children, an increase in whole foods will improve their memory and their attention span, something that is essential during their early developmental year.

With older family members, a diet of whole health foods provides a boost in energy. With more energy to spare, I’ve found that people have a good deal more patience for each other, something that any family can use!

Buying whole health foods is also a great way to introduce environmental responsibility to your family.

Did you know that the normal processing that goes into regular foodstuffs contributes heavily to air pollutants? With this in mind, even a small thing like switching your household over to whole foods can make an important difference.

Eating whole foods is a way to be eco friendly while integrating this theme into your family’s regular life.

When we talk about leaving a legacy to our descendants, we’re usually talking about property or money or trust funds, but what about things like their planet and their bodies?

Through eating whole foods, your family is making an investment in the future and ensuring that the planet your grandchildren receive is as clean and as unspoiled as possible.

Likewise, kids who grow up on a healthy diet pass this on to their children, so you are helping untold generations to lead healthy, fulfilled lifestyles! Insure that you leave an inheritance of environmental concern to you family beside the heirlooms.

Take a look at your diet and then take a look at the world around you. If you’re looking for a way to make a difference in both your own health and that of a planet take a look at whole health foods!

What is Home Health?

Home Health Care is skilled nursing care and certain other health care services that you receive in your home for the treatment of an illness or injury. This could also include physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Medicare Part A will cover home health expenses at 100%. Private duty home care is not covered by Medicare and is paid for by the individual receiving the service. This type of service usually includes housekeeping and other routine personal care services (cooking, laundry, and shopping, and live in care givers.).
This could also include physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Medicare Part A will cover home health expenses at 100%. Private duty home care is not covered by Medicare and is paid for by the individual receiving the service. This type of service usually includes housekeeping and other routine personal care services (cooking, laundry, and shopping, and live in care givers.).

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