My pot of calendula has been growing wonderfully. It was recently time to cut and dry them, and make a jar of calendula herbal oil.
The jar sat about 6 weeks in a sunshine filled window, then strained.
I used the oil to then make my first healing salve (recipes from Mountain Rose Herbs).
The calendula salve will be great on my sore muscles too.
I also made lip balm with the calendula oil. I have made lip balm in the past, but not with home grown herbs. This is a first for me as well. Although a few girls here want their lip balm in tubes, not jars, they are willing to try it. The recipe made 6 - 1/4 oz. jars. I took one and started using it right away. I love the smell too! I added lavender to this batch.
Update: This also fills 10 lip balm tubes, making more from one batch. Also, these tubes are less expensive than the jars I used (pictured above).
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We've been seeing this growing in fields and ditches in NC for years and wondered what they were. (Now we know. LOL)
Have even tried to transplant some from the field across the road from us (the neighbor doesn't mind). Once moved and replanted, they didn't take. So this year, we're going to try for the seeds.
God bless.
RB
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