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I did a google search for rose petals and waded through pages of freeze-dried and silk rose petals, rose petal jams & jellies & sauces, and a convent that makes rose petal beads and sells them as rosaries and was close to giving up when I found your site. My great aunt, who died at 89 about the time Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile, had given me a strand of rose petal beads she made as a child. The string broke so I had them restrung with knots between each bead. I've always loved these beads. They still smell of roses and are particularly lovely because they are of two distict sizes, some plain and some incised with a floral flourish, arranged in a pattern that shows the variations to advantage.
My daughter gave me a dozen roses for Mother's Day, and I wanted to see whether I could turn them into beads. I could hardly believe the timimg of my search and your recent updating. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm just delighted.
I don't know how Aunt Jennie did the incising. I presume it must have been while the beads were still soft, before they dried, but don't know what tool she used. Any ideas on this?
Peg
I'd dry them on a needle.
great site
Searching for a nice Eryngium to put in a dune-garden I accidently found your website. Greatings from a fellow Henriette- Netherlands-
Great job! I've forgotten most of the Finnish I used to know....sigh....
But I can still read it!! TADA!!
Such fun being able to read good old Finnish again.
Kitos!
Kaija
Very informative! Thank You!
Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate your site. You seem to be a caring and thoughtful person with a real love of Mother nature. Thank You
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Great info here!
What a treasure of information! It's nice to see that someone is preserving all of this valuable knowledge for future generations.
Your website is very informative! Thank You!
Your pages had the most useful info for someone like me. Just a dabbler in herb gardening and drying, uses both culinary and medicinal. Always want to know more. Thanks
Hi! Just found your website, putting it on my "Favorites" -- Herb grower/user/student/captive since 1987. Moved to new place in Texas four years ago and still adapting to new soil ... much wetter here ... determined to have a thriving Rosemary by summer!! Always glad to see another herbalist!
I would like some news about edgeworthia chrysanta:someone can help me? Thankyou.
Thanks so much for your web page. The depth of information is very useful. I am a lifelong migraine sufferer. I am going to try feverfew. So many doctors have put me on so many different kinds of medicine to prevent attacks. they all have horrible side effects. I am keeping my fingers crossed for feverefew.
thanks again for your site.
Kathy Crank
nice to see a site that is still basically text.
Hello! I have recently moved to the Spokane, Washington area. This place is a wonder of wild medicinal herbs! My problem is that I can find no reference material for the fauna of this area. I see many I know, but just as many that I don't. I have gone to the colleges, libraries, nurseries, etc and no one can help me. It is spring and some of the herbs will be past their optimum harvest potential soon, Can you help me please! There is a yellow flower, looks almost like a yarrow, but the leaves and scent are wrong. Leaves are a grey-green, curling blade type growing in groups off the stems. Flower is brilliant buttercup-yellow. and grow in small massed groups, one to three stems to each plant. The flower towers above the plant from 15 to 24 inches...foliage is not noticable from a distance.. thank you.
Post a picture somewhere on the web and post your question on the herblist.
Havent looked at your site very much , will though marked it as favorite, so i can reture easily I am looking for a good site to find out the ways to use herbs as mecical I have been on chemical medications for so long they are truly getting me down, I have sever osteparthritis and am on pain medication all the time, I am alergic to sulfer and sulfates so cant take joint herbs looking for anything that might help me. Thanks for having a sight that maybe i can find some answers. Have been into herbs for a long time but had gangreen and got away from all of them, now trying to find my way back without so mcuh pain dont know if it is going to be possible. thanks again and God Bless
I am impressed. Going to go over this site thoroughly. Thanks for all your good work and helpful interesting information!
Mer
WOW I haven't done all the site but will be back later have bookmarked it. Thank you for the work you've done and alowed us to share your knowledge
Judy
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