Calendula blossoms can be used in cooking—eaten fresh in salads, added to rice, or dried and used as a poor man’s saffron, calendula petals make an ordinary meal seem special. See ourrecipe for Mixed Greens With Calendula. Read Next Growing Edible Flowers in Your Garden Calendula: Beautifu...
I harvested and dried so much Tulsi throughout the growing year (from spring to fall!)I was able to share it with others, enjoy lots of herbal teas, and I madethe most incredibletulsi-infused body oil. It was such a joy. This year, I’m growing lots of calendula for the same inten...
How to harvest:Harvest flowers with a snip or garden scissors. Calendula in the kitchen Flowers:Calendula flowers have a mild peppery flavor; they have no fragrance. Remove the petals from the center of the flower; sprinkle the petals over salads, soups, stews, sandwiches, cheeses, eggs, butt...
Calendula - Prepare one tablespoon of dried petals in 250 ml of water to make a calendula infusion. Strain the liquid by using a gauze and then apply it to the affected area for three times a day. Aloe vera - Apply the aloe vera gel using a cotton swab on the affected area several...
To use:Just before showering, rub the scrub gently onto damp skin, avoiding any tender areas such as the face, then shower off or rinse with cool water. Ingredients: Peel or zest of two oranges Old fashioned oats Dry thyme Dry rose petals ...
Bright, vivid orange is very easy to get using natural soap colors. You can add specks of orange using pieces of calendula flower petals or go all out for an almost luminous all-over orange. The best orange, in my experience, is created from annatto seeds. Used in Indian cooking, you ...
11. Garlic, Olive Oil, And Calendula Petals For Ear Infection Now is the addition of calendula petals to the mixture of olive oil and garlic for ear infection treatment. Calendula petals, in fact, have relieving properties to ease the pain and infection as well. ...
Lavender Bath Salts: Uselavender essential oiland lavender flower buds to create a relaxing bath soak all your family members will love. Citrus: Use sweet orange oil and lemon oil and use calendula leaves to create this invigorating salt soak that’s great for chilling out and for anyone who...
Making Salves, Lip Balms & etc.: Close of the Calendula Series How to make a Calendula oil infusion Harvesting and Drying Calendula Strange brew: herbal steam for a chest cold and sinus pain Failed Experiment: Bermuda Buttercup or Sour Grass (Oxalis pes-caprae) as Dye...
When I infuse calendula into oils for sugar scrubs, I use the petals only in the infusion (as opposed to the whole flower), and instead of straining the herb out of my oil, I like to leave the petals in the oil adding them to my sugar scrub. I think it not only gives it a pr...