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Dry rose hips/blossoms/petals for a tea, infusion or decoction - PEP BB medicine.sand.dryrose

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

In this badge bit, you will harvest, dry and store rose hips, buds, blossom and/or petals



You need to dry enough to make a tea, infusion or decoction.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.
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I started working on this bit yesterday!

I decided to harvest lemon balm, rose petals, and rosemary. (I know I only get credit for one for my BB but I'll definitely use them so I figured why not!)
I picked everything yesterday and laid it out on a towel to air-dry overnight.

I tried air/hang drying some lemon balm last week and it didn't turn out so well, so I attempted oven-drying today. It worked great!

The rosemary is currenly outside on the back porch because it was extremely pungent and released a lot of oils during drying.

Lemon balm and rose petals have already been stored in jars, and all three (Plus some catmint for my boys) recorded in the journal.









I'm going to let everthing cool and then i'll close them up and get them labeled!
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I also have a question about harvesting rosehips. My roses are "Knock out" roses and do not seem to form a large "hip" they also do not ever turn red. Can they still be harvested and used?

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Unfortunately I don't know the answer about red rose hips. My Texas rose hips never turned red either. Throwing you an apple for the HEB jars. I sure miss HEB.

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Carolyne Castner wrote:I also have a question about harvesting rosehips. My roses are "Knock out" roses and do not seem to form a large "hip" they also do not ever turn red. Can they still be harvested and used?


Yup! Let them get dry, even if they don't brown, so they are ripe, and size doesn't matter. Just use more to end up with the amount you need.
Some varieties of rose make huge hips, some make very small. The ones you can buy came off a large hipped variety, because they sell well and are easy to harvest. All are excellent.

I had a climbing Peace rose that never made huge hips, but it made up for it in quantity. It went way up over my roof! Lots of flowers and lots of hips.

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Thank you both very much!

I'll have to try collecting some of the green hips today and see if I can get them to work once they're dried out

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Hi Carolyne, it looks like you're either missing one picture or it didn't upload correctly.  I can't see:

- a picture of your journal page recording where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.

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Mike Haasl wrote:Hi Carolyne, it looks like you're either missing one picture or it didn't upload correctly.  I can't see:

- a picture of your journal page recording where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.



Oops I forgot a page! I'll add it here

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Probably this won't give me the BB. But anyway I want to show my Rosehips and what I did with them ...


The page in the Journal about Rose & Rosehips


The Rose bush overloaded with Rosehips (Rosa canina, a native wild Rose)


The harvested Rosehips and the Rose bush in the distance


Rosehips and Vodka, because I am going to make a Rosehips Tincture.
I know that isn't part of the BB, but it is easier than drying them ...


Rosehips in Vodka, after abouty 6 weeks this will be Rosehips Tincture

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Yup, no BB for this one since it needs to be dried.  Nice work though!

 
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Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Dry of Rosehips BB.  

I harvested some green rosehips at Wheaton Labs and made a tea but they were green and the tea was nearly tasteless.
So, I harvested some ripe rosehips at Doug's Beach on the Columbia River earlier this month and dried them on a screen rack.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container
          - label shows where the herbs came from, the date, and the method of drying

Harvesting


Drying


Storing

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I foraged rose hips, and dried them in the dehydrator.  This is a first for me, and I was very surprised how good they smelled in the dehydrator.  Such a sweet fruity aroma.

Rose hips in the wild.


Harvesting.


Into the dehydrator.


Out of the dehydrator.


In a sealed and labeled quart jar, plus some extra.


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Dried rose petals, picked from my yard, dried in the dehydrator without heat.  No AC in the part of the house, so they did not need any extra heat.  
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Harvesting petals
Harvesting petals
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Drying on the dehydrator sheet
Drying on the dehydrator sheet
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In labeled container
In labeled container
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For the picture of me harvesting the rose hips, will a photo or three of of my cute kids harvesting them be sufficient?  The picture of me picking didn't apparently actually get taken, but we were all plenty busy.  We got a 22 lb haul today!  I am so stinking excited!  
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Tracey, their needs to be proof that you personally completed the BB requirements, so there would have to be a photo of you doing part of the harvesting for it to be approved. That's an incredible haul, though! I'd be excited by that, too.

 
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These photos (like my mullein harvest) got lost in my phone for several months.  I found some rose hips on a walk down by the river (Sundance rec area) last fall.  I picked them, air dried them in a small cloth steeping bag, and sealed them in a small bottle with appropriate labeling.  Just enough for a couple cups of tea.
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I harvested and dried rose petals. It's gonna be great in a facial toner!!
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Harvesting agrimony, a member of the rose family
Harvesting agrimony, a member of the rose family
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Dehydrating in my excalibur
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I harvested rose petals and dehydrated them on the lowest setting for a few hours. I did this a few times over the course of a week.
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harvesting roses
harvesting roses
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getting ready to dehydrate
getting ready to dehydrate
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dehydrated and changed color!
dehydrated and changed color!
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dried rose petals
dried rose petals
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with a label
with a label

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Note: Well, it looks like you did all the drying and stuff right. I'm not familiar with that kind of rose. What is it?

 
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Hi Rebekah - It is a rose of sharon, but I looked it up and it is actually in the hibiscus family. Should I delete this post and submit under hibiscus?

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In this badge bit, you will harvest, dry and store rose hips, buds, blossom and/or petals

You need to dry enough to make a tea, infusion or decoction.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container.
- label shows where the herbs came from, the date and method of drying.
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Rose petals are all ready
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harvesting
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a few petals drying
a few petals drying
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all jarred and labeled
all jarred and labeled

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