Welcome Eilis, I feel I should mention here that peppermint is a hybrid and produces inert seeds. If you bought peppermint seeds (and I have seen them ...
Thank you Ameline for your kind welcome! I bought some 2002 Ferry-Morse seeds on sale. How can they sell seeds that are not what they claim? I started 2...
... In general, because mint hybridizes so readily, seeds of mint plants can't be depended on to come true to variety. However, it's perfectly possible to sell...
Hi Sinech, You seem very knowledgeable in this area. How does one go about becoming
involved in SCA? How do you decide on a persona and where to reside, etc?...
Hi, Me too, me too! It's really cool to hear all your voices! I'm pretty new to the SCA. I've been going to some things in my area (Kingdom of Endewearde,...
What you posted is exactly what I understood from the info I have read about hybrids, etc. BTW, I love your Anais Nin quote. Thanks so much for quick reply. I...
Sinech, I, too, was impressed with your knowledge. When I saw Lady Roma & Robin's posts, I related to them b/c I was too am interested in a persona along...
... Hi! ... Well, thank you! :-) ... First, I'd go to the Website www.sca.org/ which has lots information about what the SCA is and does, as well as help to...
Greetings! Mark your calendars! The East Kingdom herbalists & apothecaries guild meeting at Pennsic will be held from 3-5 pm on Monday August 11. The first...
Hi Robin and other newer SCAdians! As someone else suggested, you can find out an awful lot by starting online at www.sca.org and then finding the websites for...
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Mar 5, 2003 2:43 pm
Thanks for the early scheduling- now if we can keep the soothsayers from putting theirs at the same time.... -- Tchipakkan Arastorm the Golden Lady of...
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Mar 5, 2003 2:43 pm
I went to a workshop recently (at EtheraCon) about the ancient Celtic approach to herbal healing. I can't find my notes right now, but there's a story about...
If you are really searching for those 360 herbs, check out how homeopathy uses each herb. They often divide up into left sided/right sided remedies. Alexandra...
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Mar 5, 2003 4:34 pm
If you are really searching for those 360 herbs, check out how homeopathy uses each herb. They often divide up into left sided/right sided remedies. Alexandra...
Eek! Someone asked me for my anti-chafe powder recipe, and I actually worked out how much of what to add. Now I can't find where I wrote it down. Could the...
Here you go Jadwiga! Dianaim Anti-Chafing Powder Rub through a sieve about 3 tablespoons of dried rose petals, and about 1 1/2 to 2 Tbsp of dried lavender...
Thank you for this, Dianaim. May I also make a suggestion? A way to finely-sift powders (specifically flour) in period was to use what was called a "bolter",...
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Mar 6, 2003 3:00 pm
... That and many people have corn allergies! For them a rice flour based powder would be a godsend! -- Tchipakkan Arastorm the Golden Lady of Stormgard...
Help, can people please look at this handout: http://www.lehigh.edu/~jahb/herbs/herbcrafts.html and let me know if anything is missing or misspelled or...
... Um, it is posted in the "files" section under Personal Care. That and Bruise Balm... Remember, this is a good place to post recipes...it is much harder to...
... I read it, and can only see a couple of small things: 1. In the Directions for the anti-chafe powder, you have rose petals as one word, and elsewhere as...
I would recommend adding at least 1/4 to 1/3 powdered slippery elm bark, especially for an anti-chafe powder. It has wonderful qualities of, almost,...
I'm pretty sure slippery elm (as opposed to other elms) is a distinctly US tree and therefore wouldn't have been used in a medieval recipe. Alywn ... "If you...
In the hand washing water you have: To use at table, have the person hold their hands over a shallow basin and a small amount of the water over their hands...
jadwiga... I was reading through the document, and I thought of something that might be helpful for this. It's really interesting to read, and yes I'm...
Greetings. Can anyone suggest an antiseptic/healing herbal wash I can concoct that won't harm a cat if he licks it off (this could be difficult for him, since ...
... A warm wet wash cloth is good for drawing out infection. Dont know all my herb things, but a diluted solution of a healing herb shouldnt hurt. Check for...
I have a big black Tom who yearly gets into it , (even though he is fixed) with someone somewhere..and every Halloween he brings me at least 2 injured black...
I usually start with opening up the abscess and draining it and cleaning it with a solution of 80 % warm water and 20% hydrogen peroxide (this is the...
