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6261 Katherine Stark
marionnicgalen Send Email
Jun 19, 2007
7:16 pm
greetings all, Im having a small problem with the last batch of white willow bark that I recieved, whenever I use it it comes out as slime. This hase already...
6262 Sydney Walker Freedman
freedmas1 Send Email
Jun 20, 2007
3:44 am
Maybe it's not actually willow bark and is some other bark that has lots of musilage in it (slippery elm, maybe?). There could have been a mistake in packing....
6263 Heather Josselyn
hjosselyn Send Email
Jun 20, 2007
1:57 pm
Good gentles, Someone has been eating my roses. There are round holes on some of the higher leaves - really, it looks as though someone has taken a hole-punch...
6264 Tim Kane
koreelahst Send Email
Jun 20, 2007
2:19 pm
Hello, I'm in Australia so my ideas may not be appropriate to your area, but anyway here goes. When I was studying horticultural pests we learnt about one ...
6265 Sara Glaze
presleysmom_... Send Email
Jun 20, 2007
11:42 pm
pencil shavings around the plant work well. Most bugs do not like the smell. Sorcha ... From: Heather Josselyn To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
6266 Katherine Stark
marionnicgalen Send Email
Jun 21, 2007
4:02 am
No it just said white willow bark. this was wild crafted by a woman that ive delt with for years,and i have never had a problem before. thank you have fun...
6267 Thee Lady Dandi
theeladydandi Send Email
Jun 21, 2007
8:47 pm
Hey Guys, Haven't read all the input here so these might be repeated... But these are some that tend to work. One thing about any Home Remedy you end up...
6268 Avacyn
avecyn Send Email
Jun 21, 2007
10:11 pm
May I suggest Hilo Bay by the light of a full moon? The black sand is like fine powder and I can't think of any beach prettier by moonlight! L. Avacyn, who...
6269 austin_baebe Send Email Jun 22, 2007
8:02 pm
I apologize for the bandwidth but I've been trying to contact Ghazalah for several weeks now. I sent her money for some of the items below but I haven't heard...
6270 Lauren Grover
hennadancerd... Send Email
Jun 22, 2007
9:07 pm
Sorry about this, I was moving on the day you paid me and I didn't get email set up for a week, so I didn't know you'd sent it. I'll email you privately with...
6271 Theresa Brooks
izzy_licious... Send Email
Jun 27, 2007
4:09 pm
OK here I go biting the bullet and going public :) :) For those of you in the EK or thinking of heading to Glenn Lynn this weekend. They are having a number of...
6272 Susan Saladini
susansaladini Send Email
Jun 28, 2007
2:46 pm
I'll be looking foward to taking your soap making class. Sof'ia Serfimiskaia ... -- Sof'ia Serafimskaia Chatelaine, Barony of Settmour Swamp MOAS, Canton of...
6273 MUSICA88@...
musickareena Send Email
Jun 28, 2007
5:58 pm
where is Glen Lynn? You mentioned camping as well? Where is there a class listing> thanks k ************************************** See what's free at...
6274 Theresa Brooks
izzy_licious... Send Email
Jun 28, 2007
7:03 pm
The Shire of Glenn Lynn is in mid to upstate NY depending on whom you ask ;) the event of Glenn Lynn is in Warrensburg NY at the county fair grounds. It is a...
6275 Laura
ladybaron2 Send Email
Jul 5, 2007
11:24 pm
I looked out the back door the other day and it seems that the thistles just appeared overnight. I weeded that area earlier in the spring and even laid down...
6276 Amy Provost
sparrowhawk1970 Send Email
Jul 5, 2007
11:35 pm
How about making an oil or tincture with the plantain for later use in lotions or a green clay mixture for bug bites and rashes? Ameline ... -- ...
6277 Tristana of Bonwicke
aprilmoon08 Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
1:54 am
Just wanted to know if it is possible to get a laural in Herbalism, and where do I get a lot of my research material? Would or does anyone know?...
6278 Steve Mesnick
baron_steffan Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
4:59 am
... Why not? If it's an aspect of period culture, it's possible to get a Laurel in it. (Note that this addresses the question asked, not the minutiae of how...
6279 Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / ...
jenneheise Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
3:30 pm
... Hi! Yes, it is possible, at least in some kingdoms, to get a laurel in herbalism; I did. Most of the period texts, however, are not readily available...
6280 Jibra'il 'Att...
purplellamaboi Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
3:36 pm
... Absolutely! Aside from Mistress Jadwiga, I believe Mistress Agnes got her Laurel in Calontir for herbalism (and persona development). Agnes is now in the...
6281 Ysabeau
austin_baebe Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
3:42 pm
Not to be picky here...and I did see the caveat earlier...but I have question/comment - I was recently introduced to a laurel who had not been active in a...
6282 Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / ...
jenneheise Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
3:49 pm
... I think it depends. In some cases, there's a definite sense that a person got theirs for a specific art-- in fact, it often says so on the scroll. But that...
6283 Shanalee C Hollingshead
auntelysant Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
4:53 pm
"...my friend that you don't get a laurel for any specific area but for your "body of work" that is expected to encompass many areas with one or two...
6284 Eric Kobuck Wagner
ariciajehane Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
7:01 pm
FYI: I have one . I got it about 10 years ago in the Kingdom of the West. I have several apprentices and we cover...
6285 Eric Kobuck Wagner
ariciajehane Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
7:11 pm
YOu have to really know your stuff when you get a laurel for just one thing. (I also am a scribe and got mine for that too, but mostly everyone see's me for...
6286 jeannie
jeannie_radc... Send Email
Jul 6, 2007
7:42 pm
dont know much about thistle, if it's milk thistle it has medicianal uses as a liver cleanser, plantain, is great, I make an ungent, beeswax, olive oil, and a...
6287 Steve Mesnick
baron_steffan Send Email
Jul 7, 2007
3:33 am
... This, as it turns out, appears to be one of the most intense examples of Interkingdom Anthropolgy I've encountered, with vastly differing ideas of what the...
6288 Squire Morgan
squire_morgan Send Email
Jul 7, 2007
3:09 pm
I was wondering if anyone a recipe for a drawing save? (Spelling and right name?) I remember my grandmother using it on us when we where little but she is ...
6289 steffan@...
baron_steffan Send Email
Jul 7, 2007
8:08 pm
... Or, at least, such was the urban (rural?) legend. "Drawing salve" is Ichthammol Ointment. Actually it's a mild antiseptic. It's commercially available as...
6290 Rosie (aka Nawojka)
rosie_0801 Send Email
Jul 7, 2007
9:49 pm
I was ... encompass many ... It seems in Lochac at the moment people are laurelled for a specific area. Not so specific as 10th century hats, but for costuming...
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