Recent content by tbeck3579

Sorry to hear that. I visited Norway many years ago, in '89. It is so pretty! I know things are much more expensive but you have a wonderful social system that I am very envious of. If it wasn't so dog gone cold in the winter I would seriously consider becoming a resident! I really loved...

I do some selling on ebay. Recently someone from Norway purchased one of my items. When I saw you were in Norway I thought it may be worth mentioning this... Norway is one of the countries listed in the ebay international shipping program. Ebay pays all the shipping once the item leaves the...

Here is a picture of the color (heart). The round bar is black walnut, highly concentrated. I don't recommend black walnut in high concentrations; it bleeds. It appears the barberry is color fast. I only made 2 bars to test my color -- I do a lot of different botanical tests at the same...

There are a lot of videos on youtube -- click here for one video, but search "soap stamping" and you'll get more.

I'm so excited -- finally a natural color that isn't yellow, orange or green. I've been experimenting with everything I can find on the farm. The barberry bushes have berries right now, no leaves just berries. The birds eat them throughout the winter so I grabbed some before the easy-to-reach...

Awesome video! Thanks so much for taking the time to teach. I have no idea how you held the camera and made soap at the same time -- multi-talented :clap:. When I was selling on ebay I had to take a lot of still pictures and couldn't hold the camera as still as you did. I ended up buying a...

I'm not sure which link I posted now, but I do know I've never purchased from YL -- haven't a clue who YL is, hehehe. I'm used to "editing" when I read. Many web pages have good information, but I have no intention of buying from them. Bulk Apothecary still has the best overall price on the...

I understand being leery of plants with big poison labels glaring at me. Before I started studying plants for medicinal and herbal qualities I was terrified to use them. I thought I was going to kill myself. Pokeberry dye was used commercially to color our food! We ate it! If you think...

I got the same color. Pretty but a little pink would have been nice. My favorite naturals are still cinnamon and black walnut. The black walnut looks a little lavender with a smaller amount.

We are expecting more thunderstorms today so I decided I had better go pick a few before they get knocked to the ground. It didn't take many to get a lot of juice. Now I need to find time to make the soap.

I went out to pick berries yesterday and the storm we had knocked the ripe ones off. I should have picked sooner but I was busy with the bees. The honey and beeswax is a priority -- I still am bottling the stuff -- big job. Weeds being what they are there plenty more will ripen soon. I let...

I can send you some dried leaves, but the fruit doesn't can well. PM your address and I'll send you some. I cut a few branches today and hung them in the garden shed to dry. I used some dried persimmon leaves in my iced tea today -- very refreshing -- seemed to mellow the Lipton tea. My...

What do you think about adding the 20% glycerin to the berry juice? I haven't seen that in a colorant before and I wondered what glycerin would do if added after trace. I'll do a Google search on adding glycerin after trace. When used in fabric pokeberries can take a fairly high heat, but...

I'm so busy harvesting, drying, making teas, grinding corn flour, etc. Everything seems to happen all at once. While out harvesting I came across Pokeweed and thought, wow, the berries may be the prettiest berries of any when it comes to natures bright, almost neon, colors. Now I'm having...

Thank you for taking the time to answer, and as always, great answers! Your help is much appreciated.