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Alaska farm girl
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
dorothy
skagway
Alaska
USA
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 Posted - Mar 03 2007 : 10:22:13 AM
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This past fall I made 2 batches of calendula cream with some ingredients from my yard.Basic ingre. were calendula flowers,comfrey root and leaves,cottonwood oil,olive oil, coconut oil and beeswax.
I started using a store-bought product years ago. When my son was little,he had "cradle cap". I used that on his head and it cleared up.When my daughter was a baby,she had a weeping rash under her fat chin.The calendula salve worked wonders on that.I finally got around to making my own batch. I use it on my dry scalp,for scraps and scratches,and such.Its great for kids' owies(sp)I would like to offer it to anyone interested.I put the salve in tiny canning jars but they are still pretty big,it should last a long time.The cottonwood is a poplar tree.My grandma used to collect the spring buds and make a burn salve with it. The smell is wonderful.Oh,for Spring.Come soon! |
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
1122 Posts |
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2007 : 10:29:29 AM
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Dorothy,
Where did you find the Cottonwood Oil? I've never seen that one. Did you distill it yourself? I just remembered that I went on an herb walk last summer and the herbalist said that the Cottonwood was wonderful for healing.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Alaska farm girl
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
dorothy
skagway
Alaska
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2007 : 7:00:14 PM
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Yes,trading sounds exciting!
Across the country my calendula cream goes!
I'll send it out and if you like it I'll send the recipe.
My friend makes all kinds of oils with a press he made. Balm Bud Salve is made with cottonwood.It is good for burns.
The smell of spring comes with cottonwood buds opening in the hot sun....oh to dream still
but March winds I hear. |
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
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Mikki
True Blue Farmgirl
1510 Posts
Mikki
Austin
Indiana
USA
1510 Posts |
Posted - Mar 09 2007 : 08:22:51 AM
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Dorothy, what is the price of your cream? It sounds really great! If you have other recipes maybe you could make a recipe book and sell those also, that would be neat. Any ways, I'm really interested in your cream. Does it have to stay refrigerated?
~~Blessings, Mikki
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/ |
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Alaska farm girl
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
dorothy
skagway
Alaska
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2007 : 7:49:19 PM
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yes,I would recommend that it be refrigerated.There's that oil in it and it might not be so greasy if it's chilled.
I think I'll ask $9.00 per jar.I would also do trades. |
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Lisa Nezovich
Farmgirl at Heart
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Lisa
Columbus
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2007 : 2:13:20 PM
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If you add corn starch to your salve, it won't be as greasy feeling.
www.Botanical-Bath.com |
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