Calendula Craft

From natural skin care to ritual tool, florida water has been with us for centuries, literally! Over the hundreds of years the recipe has changed but some things stay the same like citrus peel, aromatic herbs, and a couple of spices that are always a part of the mix. Today I used orange and lemon peel, fresh rosemary, mint, dried lavender, powdered cinnamon, cloves, and grain alcohol. In a month I will also add the distilled water and put this into spray bottles. If you are interested in following a more traditional recipe for florida water, I have made a short tutorial of my process here >>>

Time Travel

We are in the depths of winter and there isn't much to collect herb-wise. There is, however, plenty of tea drinking and medicine making to do. So, a couple of days ago I made a few jar fulls of herbal elixir.

For such a epic name elixirs are suprisingly easy to make. The ingredients are fresh or dried herbs, vodka (or brandy), raw honey, a clean jar with lid per remedy.