Natural Cough Remedy
In 1849, a farmer prescribed a “dirt cure” for a winter cough. Janice Stillman, editor of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, demonstrates this natural remedy. (Warning: Humor required!)
See the Almanac’s natural remedies for cough relief.
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The soil (hummus) has Beneficial Bacteria; most likley;
At first I was intrigued, then after the third shovel of snow, thought it was a joke. Inhaling the smell of dirt was interesting, but nonsense as a medical or natural cure. Then, you totally lost me at "do this for a quarter of an acre".
its a joke.. they don't really "cure" it.
it is possible there could be
pro-biotics in the soil or certain fungus that could have made the diff.
I'll have to try next winter because right now the ground in my backyard is pretty solid.