Jojo Cameron

[Sorry -- uploaded photos in reverse order.]

Okay, trying this one again.

I'm not really sure how many dishes I'm supposed to do, but I used 4.5 litres of water, which turns out to be 1.2 gallons, so I've lowballed myself a bit.

I think the link to the soap website's on the label, a photo of which I'm uploading.  It's pure olive oil soap, anyway, which is detailed on the label.

The two rackfuls took 2 pitchers, and the extra dishes along the worksurface were done with the third.

Hoping it's enough!

-- Jojo

Note:  The last attempt failed due to lack of a link and lack of a description of the soap, but I did describe the soap, and all the details are in the label I uploaded in the photo.  Here's the link, but the site's in German, and all the information's already on the label:

https://www.finigrana.de/aleppo-seifen/traditionell-handgeschnitten/

The soap is literally olive oil and sodium hydroxide mixed with water to form sodium olivate and glycerin.  It's Aleppo soap -- you can't get anything simpler.  The reason it doesn't have 'greywater safe' on it is that it's the most basic soap there is.  This version doesn't even have the laurel berry additive.

Here are my submissions for the PEP Natural Medicine Sand Badge:

https://permies.com/wiki/167820/pep-natural-medicine/rose-blossom-infused-oil-PEP#3848355

https://permies.com/wiki/167864/pep-natural-medicine/rose-blossom-salve-PEP-BB#3851795

https://permies.com/wiki/116043/pep-natural-medicine/garlic-infused-vinegar-PEP-BB#2375405

https://permies.com/wiki/152273/pep-natural-medicine/Create-infusion-dandelion-leaves-PEP#2399974

https://permies.com/wiki/10/152938/pep-natural-medicine/decoction-willow-bark-PEP-BB#2400251

https://permies.com/wiki/152262/pep-natural-medicine/PEP-BB-medicine-sand-drystingingnettle#2468661

https://permies.com/wiki/166069/pep-natural-medicine/blackberry-syrup-gummies-PEP-BB#3833237

https://permies.com/wiki/20/119132/pep-natural-medicine/Plantain-Leaf-Poultice-PEP-BB#3834654

https://permies.com/wiki/162899/pep-natural-medicine/St-John-Wort-blossom-tincture#3834665

Hello,

I harvested the petals about 6 weeks ago, dried them, then let the oil extract stand for a month before making this salve.

Cheers,

-- Jojo

I harvested rose petals locally, extracted the goodness for a month in organic extra virgin olive oil, then decanted the oil and labelled the jar.

I'd forgotten that I finished this one a couple of weeks ago.  The oil extract turned red in the fridge, which was a surprise, but I haven't read anything about colour changes affecting the properties of the thing.  The blossoms were air-dried in the little glass cup, in a hot room with air extraction.

I harvested thyme from my windowsill (not too much, because it's a small plant), air-dried it in a hot room wuth air extraction, steeped it in vinegar for a week or so, then filtered it and labelled it up.

I kept some St. John's Wort blossoms in extra virgin olive oil for 4 weeks, then strained it and added approx. 1/3 the same weight in beeswax, following one of the recipes linked to on the arnica salve page.  This is my first salve, and for some reason making salves feels like the real deal, as opposed to, say, teas and vinegar extracts!