Making Soap and More.

I'm really loving the Calendula soap that I made recently. I'm working on a cream as well, experimenting on myself of course lol. Seriously though, I have some of the most sensitive skin on the planet apparently. Even many natural scents, herbs, and oils do not work with my skin, and I also wanted to come up with something gentle enough even for children and pets. I tested it on the pugs, and their coats came out so so nice! 

Once I'm sure that I'm totally happy with it, I will offer the soap and cream on Etsy mostly likely. 

She's butter...where the heck have you been all my life?! 

I may offer a few other things such as a chapstick balm/stick I'm working on for a quick, mess-free and portable way to apply some peppermint based balm for headaches and nausea, as well as a healing salve.

I will not offer anything to others that I haven't used successfully on myself, my pets, and my family! 

I will be planting my own calendula and a few other new things next year for my soaps and creams. I've grown my lemon balm and peppermint as well as a few others for several years now. 

We need to return to the old ways and skills that have been all but lost, especially in times like we're living in these days. 

Cheryl 

Oxine AH

 Sharing a link to an article about the uses of Oxine, unactivated. It's effective against mold, viruses, bacteria and more, and can be used in chickens drinking water and as a treatment for respiratory issues. 

To read the article, 

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Farm Eggs - Food Shortage?

82 degrees and my poor Cochins are already hot..then we'll go back to the 50's in a day or so apparently 🙄 can't nobody make up their mind, even the weather!
Just wanted to take a min to bring up the subject of "farm eggs."
With worry about food shortages, people are more interested than ever to get eggs from farms or friends who raise them ect.

So here's the deal..
Alot of people have gotten turned off to farm eggs for various reasons. I've heard horror stories of people cracking open these eggs they were looking forward to, and finding partially developed chicks, or that the eggs stink and are rotten ect.
That's why you do NOT get them from just random people unless you know how they do things!
I'm extremely picky about our eating eggs. Some eggs are always for hatching depending on the breed, and some are from layers only.
I get the eggs three times a day, especially when it's hot or cold enough to freeze them.
It takes 12 hours for a chick to start to form in a fertile egg, so if you get an egg like that, it's because they weren't gathered often and a hen had sat on them. I know people who cook any egg they happen to find randomly in the barn, sheds, or out in the grass somewhere.
Nope, that's just nasty ,and they dang sure shouldn't be selling them.
Oh you can do float tests ect to see how old they are, but I won't. They would either be pitched or fed to the animals.
Sometimes, you will also get an egg that has  blood spots or meat spots. It's fine to eat them with the meat spots, but again, I don't lol.
Store bought eggs go through a process of detecting and kicking out the eggs with spots but some sneak through. I've cracked store bought eggs with blood spots.
To sum it up, buy from a reputable person, or have your own hens so you know what you're eating. Also, I've always told my kids about the "egg bowl."
The grandmas would always have a small bowl called the egg bowl. You crack each egg one at a time in that bowl. That way, if it's not good, you pitch it instead of cracking it into your ingredients and ruining the whole thing.
Egg bowl! 😏