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6822 Belle Mamad
lilliansgard... Send Email
Feb 5, 2008
6:31 pm
Here is a link http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~mukluk/rose.html and Here is a recipie that i tried and it does work but you need alot of rose petals. HTH Belle ... ...
6823 Jennifer Heise
zajaczkowa Send Email
Feb 5, 2008
7:06 pm
Pomanders are definitely period, and some have rose petals in them. "Rose beads" as we know them, I have not been able to document to period. Rosaries, that is...
6824 Jennifer Heise
zajaczkowa Send Email
Feb 5, 2008
7:08 pm
It needs updating, but you might start with this document: http://www.gallowglass.org/jadwiga/herbs/easterneuropeherbs.html...
6825 R B
catch_the_dr... Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
3:36 am
Rose Recipes From Olden Times edited by Eleanor Sinclair Rhode has these recipe and a 81 others (for roses, not just for beads) mostly 16th century. A Pomander...
6826 Elaine
elle2crazy Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
4:11 pm
Hi all can anyone tell me please where I will find the best information on this herb. I know its from Egypt and is considered an aphrodisiac but thats about ...
6827 Lady Biya
aisinbiya Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
4:17 pm
Thank you Marion...I&#39;m going to try to play with your database...be prepared for shouts of "help" if I can't figure it out. I'm not familiar with these...
6828 Lady Biya
aisinbiya Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
4:18 pm
Alex lists? Perhaps someone would be kind enough to begin by telling me a little about plants in europe as a starting point. For example...oak is extremely...
6829 Marian Walke
oldmarian Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
4:26 pm
... Could this be a misprint for calamus? If so, it might be Sweet Flag, Acorus calamus, which is sometimes considered an aphrodisiac. Go to www.pfaf.org and...
6830 Rickard, Patty
pattyrickard Send Email
Feb 6, 2008
4:27 pm
Sorry, Alex the Congo African Grey, who died last September (5 months ago today) has 2 (at least) associated yahoo groups. One called Remembering Alex for...
6831 Melinda Kirby
theoilmaven Send Email
Feb 13, 2008
11:58 pm
I am currently working on 2 A&S projects and would appreciate any help available. The first is a period first aid kit...I am looking for resouces as to how...
6832 S. Brenciaglia
ladycatairley Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
2:09 pm
... From: Melinda Kirby To: SCA-Herbalist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:35 PM Subject: [SCA-Herbalist] Research help I am currently...
6833 S. Brenciaglia
ladycatairley Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
2:09 pm
Hello all, I am quite proud of my large Rosemary plant, she is in a 24" diameter pot and is about 4' high, not counting the pot. She sits in a bay window and...
6834 Sara Glaze
presleysmom_... Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
2:28 pm
Found this by searching "uses for Rosemary"...Sorcha Uses Rosemary is royal in stature. It stimulates sensitivity, increases creativity by lifting exhaustion,...
6835 Amy Provost
sparrowhawk1970 Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
2:52 pm
Rosemary is also an antispasmodic, so would be beneficial if infused in an oil for sore muscles and/or massage. Have you tried making soaps? Mmmm, rosemary...
6836 Apollonia de Avena
apollonia_de... Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
6:14 pm
You can use it to make a wonderful scented wreath for your door. Just get a grapevine or wire form from the craft store and intertwine long sprigs of rosemary...
6837 royalbabysitter Send Email Feb 14, 2008
8:45 pm
... help ... and ... Phials, Flasks, and small pouches would probably all have been used to contain herbs in. A few herbs that would have been in use would be:...
6838 Lynda Boots
primevalooze Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
8:46 pm
Rosemary and garlic oil. If they cook at all, they will not be able to resist using it. Dreda...
6839 Lilinah
urtatim_alqu... Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
8:55 pm
... For spice route information, the recent and quite excellent and enjoyable: The Spice Route: a history (California Studies in Food and Culture, 17) by John...
6840 Sydney Walker Freedman
freedmas1 Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
10:17 pm
You can get apothecary vials at http://www.pilotvials.com and some wonderful glass bottles at E.D. Loose Packaging (can't think of the URL). Historic...
6841 Adhaniá
macmullenchild Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
10:27 pm
Also "soup wreaths"! Good for just about any kind of soup you like to make. Use long limbs of the rosemary instead of a wreath form. Make a base wreath about...
6842 Eric Kobuck Wagner
ariciajehane Send Email
Feb 14, 2008
10:53 pm
I have rosemary everywhere, as I try to grow alot of what I use in my herb business. I have a creeping rosemary that is about 4 ft. wide and 3 feet tall....
6843 Robin Kennedy
woodchuck_alpha Send Email
Feb 15, 2008
1:02 am
Good morrow, Gentles, I, too, would be interested in how herbs and oils would have been stored for travel. If the answers could be posted to the list, please? ...
6844 Shield of Peace
eileen_trono... Send Email
Feb 15, 2008
1:48 am
Take a large empty widemouthed jar (like a 5 pound honey jar) and rinse it well. Pack it with rosemary leaves. Fill the rest with Sandeman's Reserve or some...
6845 Aelfwyn@...
aelfwynmarie Send Email
Feb 15, 2008
3:01 pm
Wow, what wonderful responses! How I wish I had a rosemary bush, but mine dies each winter when I try to bring it inside. A friend and I keep the local ...
6846 Rosie (aka Nawojka)
rosie_0801 Send Email
Feb 16, 2008
12:39 am
I have been making Rosemary vinegar for gifts but I have threatened to stop as people do not use it (the bottle, etc is "too pretty to use" ?!?). Uh, put the...
6847 Diana Smith
ratshrink Send Email
Feb 16, 2008
3:49 pm
... Here is Southern California rosemary always grows "wild". When I get too much in store and can't throw away that heavenly scent, I dry it, grind/powder it...
6848 Ellie Jayne
ashwaganda222 Send Email
Feb 21, 2008
2:02 am
Licorice is thought to be one of the master herbs. It does just about everything including sweeten teas and tinctures. It is only harmful if taken in massive...
6849 Jennifer Heise
zajaczkowa Send Email
Feb 28, 2008
3:54 pm
Periodically, we get a run on questions about the plague on this list. Here's some info from About.com guide Melissa Snell: ...
6850 Brett Chandler-Finch
goldweard Send Email
Feb 29, 2008
5:52 pm
Ansteorra is sponsoring a herbalist/botanical tent at Gulf Wars. There will be classes every day. I am teaching 6 classes myself on Tuesday. come to the war...
6851 Dereder ingen Donncha...
derederesca Send Email
Feb 29, 2008
8:50 pm
I know I have perused the Class Schedules and have already determined to be at all six classes on Tuesday! I'm looking forward to learning lots!!! Lady...
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