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  1. tbeck3579

    Suppliers?

    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...
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    Suppliers?

    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...
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    Natural Burnt Sienna Color Using Barberry

    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...
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    Molding/Stamping Curing Soap?

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

    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...
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    Soaping 101 liquid soapmaking video?

    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...
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    Making own essential oils

    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...
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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...
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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.
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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.
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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...
  12. tbeck3579

    Free Walnuts & Persimmons S Central IL

    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...
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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...
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    Pokeweed Berries for a Deep Fuscia Red

    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...
  15. tbeck3579

    Natural Colorants vs Micas/Oxides

    Thank you for taking the time to answer, and as always, great answers! Your help is much appreciated.
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    Free Walnuts & Persimmons S Central IL

    I know of at least one member who lives near me. I am south of Springfield and soon I will have a lot of Black Walnuts falling. I pulled a few off today and they came off easily. The trees are too big to harvest so I need to wait until they drop. We mow over them and I always feel bad they...
  17. tbeck3579

    calling on all seed savers!!

    I don't need any seeds but I do have a couple of plants with seeds that are ready. My Golden Rain Tree has a large number of seed pods that have started to break open. The seeds germinate fairly easily. The seeds are very pretty and people use them as beads and string them. It is a beautiful...
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    Surgical Spirit to combat soda ash

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubbing_alcohol The link above says surgical spirit is the same. I assume it is the same in the UK as the US, you can buy either a 70% or 90% solution. I understand how hard it is with the language differences. Though subtle it can be challenging. I lived in...
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    Natural Colorants vs Micas/Oxides

    I found a cheat-sheet on this page: http://www.japudo.com.br/en/2013/05/14/the-importance-of-lye-concentration/ This chart appears to be very helpful and just what I need. Do you feel it is fairly accurate?
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    SMF Soap Challenge August - Inverted Stamping

    When do I need to post the entry? The 25th? I need to look at the rules again. I've kept up the exploration and I'm trying these stamps on the soap I make tomorrow. I've had fun with it but I need to take care of the everyday stuff after this. Somehow the garden, yard, house and laundry...
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