Making Herbal Infusions

So I spent most of today moving my soap over to my parents where there is air condition and a dehumidifier since the soap has been having problems drying out in this humidity. Ugh! Its too early for this.

In lieu of making soap I turned my attention to my gardens and got my medicinal plants in the ground.

I went to a great herb farm with Carrie in NJ just outside of Hackettstown a week or so ago http://www.wellsweep.com/ where they have every possible herb plant that a budding herbalist could want. All their plants are organic and the place is just beautiful. They have some neat workshops too.

I made some infusions of calendula and comfrey and arnica for some healing balms that I am working on. One will be a general heal-all type balm, one a belly balm for expectant mothers and the other will be a muscle rub. Ever since I started training for the triathlon I am in need of muscle rub so I started thinking it would be a nice addition to the products at my yoga studio.

Michelle, my graphic designer extraordinaire http://www.mlcorby.etsy.com/ is almost done with the labeling for the way cool all in one shampoo bars. We are calling them Outpost soaps because you can use them camping/hiking etc for your hair and body and they won't hurt Mother Earth. We have also decided to put our most popular Goats Milk Lotion in a nifty squeeze bottle so Chell is working on a label for that too. What would she do without me keeping her up to her eyes in labels??