My husband and I were hiking through a local forest preserve and we came across a huge thicket of wild rose bushes that were just covered with rose hips. I...
I don't know about storing them except for putting them in an airtight container and refrigerating them. Left out they will dry up. The skins can be eaten as...
As a child living in Alaska, we used to pick them and eat them right off the bush.(cut them open and scrape out the seeds and fuzz first). They were pretty...
No, no frost yet...however, I am unemployed this week and can spend time tromping in the woods, tracking mud in the house, scratching up my hands and arms, and...
Wouldn't mind a copy of that recipe myself as i love rosehips in general and jam in particular. Unfortunatelt, here in the dessert, all i can find is dried...
Since I've never tried this recipe before, I'm going to wait until after I make the jelly. That way, if it turns out... I'll know I've got a good recipe and...
Hello folks! I've just finished re-potting a bunch of my plants, and my aloe-vera produced more babies than a rabbit practicing math. I don't want to throw ...
The Guild of St. Hildegard here in the West sent Queen Karin with eye relaxation pillows and I made bath gift sets for all the Queens at Pennsic if there are...
Does anyone have a good, reliable source for bulk(ish) essential oils? I've outgrown my need for 1/2 oz bottles and need to buy bigger bottles (2 to 4 oz) but...
... Honey would be a more authentic sweetener, and will give a different flavor than cane or beet sugar. That is, if you want to have some idea how the...
Try some of the massage type places. I know Biotone offers good quality oil, but you will pay for it. I have not tried them, but I use several of their other...
I buy my essential oils from Starwest Botanicals. They have a nice line of certified organic oils and a large list of oils that are not. I don't, however,...
A lot of the Massage Journals have ads for massage supplies. Many of these supply companies sell essential oils in bulk. I have a few catalogs somewhere, but...
I have thought about how to make the recipe more period, so any information about the honey would be cool. However, this time around, I'm going to make it the...
I am a professional soapmaker/herbalist and buy almost all of my oils from www.libertynatural.com I get them in the 7# small drum for the most part (thank...
Arnica-infused oil can be purchased from Sage Woman Herbs, and the quality is very nice. Or, you can infuse the arnica into oil yourself...not difficult at...
Authentic for what time and what location? Sugar was used to make rose petal jam, rose syrup, and all manner of candies and sweets well before the 13th century...
I use CH Imports and Essential Wholesale www.essentialwholesale.com for my Essential Oils and Absolutes. I've found that CH Imports usually ships within 2...
... I adore Helichrysum and blended with Black Pepper, Rrosemary, Lavender and a little Hyssop in a base of 10 percent infused calendula/90 percent sweet...
... This is late and you've probably already found a billion extremely interesting ways to use your rose hips but have you considered making rose hip wine? I...
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Dzien dobry! I'm going to be trying to pull out messages to be posted to Stefan's Florilegium as files. As I pull 'em out, I'll be posting the files in the...
Coming out of lurk mode I'm sorry to make you repeat since I know this has been brought up before, but there was a discussion of things to do for arthritis...
... Sex is also supposed to help, and would be a lot more fun than bee stings! ... so maybe whatever is in it that works is also in bee stings. If it's ...