I infused skullcap oil (instructions on how to infuse an oil can be found on Mountain Rose Herbs blog online) to maintain care of the scar tissue and heal it the best I can. Although there are other herbs/weeds to infuse, I chose skullcap. In my research it aids in healing acne scars, so I went with that to care for my spider bite scar.
I know it will be sensitive to sunlight this summer, not that my leg sees much sun (I wear pants in the garden).
Just a quick update and another way to treat scars. If you have another way, please share.
After 2 days of dark days, we finally had beautiful sunshine.
Thursday was what I call a full blown "dish day." I literally washed a mountain of dirty dishes, dried them and put them away, and almost immediately found myself getting more than half of them back out to cook/bake. Oh look! There are rotten bananas. Must make banana bread. Reaching in the fridge for chocolate chips....oh look! Over abundance in milk. I should make Mom's overnight casserole to use some up. Must not waste anything. Oh look, eggs can be boiled. Sigh....I do it almost every day. Lord help me.
I finally scooted outside to hunt down some chicken wire for another project, but was back in to do the dishes again.
I picked this recipe box for our oldest daughter. She loves sunflowers. There are divider cards inside and extra recipe cards. I scanned family favorite recipes, glued them to index cards, and slipped them into a plastic recipe card protector. I hope she likes it.
Something I learned (but haven't tried) - you can eat used tea leaves. I'm talking about nettle, comfrey etc. Edible weeds. I just learned of this, and of course they won't be as strong as they've already been used for tea, but edible (tossed in a frittata, eggs, pasta etc. I have a compost bin, so I have never thought of this until I read about it. Do any of you use your medicinal tea leaves for another meal?