We now have listings on both Etsy and Local Harvest. Items are a bit limited right now but we do have plans to add to the list as the season and time permits.
On Etsy we have gift baskets, rag rugs, goat milk soap, bubble bath and candles. Our items are made using 100% essential oils. They are made right here on the farm and the proceeds go to help purchase animal feed, pay vet bills and get habitat houses for the wild critters. Here is the link to our Etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6841193
Please stop by and check our two new web presences out and then drop us a line to let us know what you think.
Have a wonderful day!
We have been on Local Harvest for a while now, but just got our shop set up. We have three items right now, farm fresh chicken eggs and two different choices for dried mugwort. Here is the link to our Local Harvest Storefront http://www.localharvest.org/store/M23685&ul
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To my amazement when I walked into the greenhouse today I was greeted by the bloom of this lovely Hedychium. Somehow I had missed the flower scrape, possibly because I have been entranced by the green Cananga fruticosa blooms. I am anxiously awaiting the day they turn yellow and that lovely ylang ylang smell permeates the greenhouse.
Hibiscus Red Road has been a faithful bloomer this year since being potted up and moved back into the greenhouse. The bright red blooms are so nice and will certainly brighten up the place come winter.
Above is a photo of the green blooms of cananga fruticosa. I am so excited about this plant having flowers, especially at its young age. I simply cannot wait for them to turn yellow. I am not sure if I am going to leave them on the plant or tincture them. I will make up my mind when the time comes.
Another fragrant beauty that is blooming, but not quite in full bloom is Brugmansia. This one was supposed to be pink, but as you can see, it is white. The fragrance is heavenly however and it is one of my staple plants.
While I did not get a picture, my cestrum nocturtum is also in full bloom. I have never seen one so full of blooms before. I just couldn’t resist, especially since I was making a lemon verbena tincutre, so I climbed back to it, cut some of the flowers off and am attempting to make a tincture.
I am not sure what fragrant concotion I will come up with to use the tinctures in, maybe a perfume that reminds me of the greenhouse or hot tropical nights.
I hope you have enjoyed the photos of what is in bloom. Stay tuned, there are many more fragrant tropical plants in the greenhouse with buds on them. You just never know what I might have blooming in my tiny Indiana greenhouse.
Filed under Herbal Preparations, Natural Perfumes, Tinctures by on Nov 2nd, 2009. Comment.
With the economy in the slump it is in, selling handmade craft items has not been easy. Items like goat milk soap still sell of course, but the rag rugs did not, which really suprised me. I gave them as Christmas gifts with the exception of the one pictured above, which I still have for sale.
The people whom I gave the rugs too really enjoyed them and made quit a fuss over them. In the spring, once the sheep are sheared, I will spin their fiber into yarn. With that yarn, I think I will make a rug. One to keep – maybe one to sell.
Of course, the loom is not empty. There is yet another rug on it being made. The economy will improve. These items will sell again. I have thought of joining Etsy. Anyone have any experiences with them to share?
Sheri
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