Oil Infusion

in homesteading •  7 years ago  (edited)

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I started my first cold infusion of the year with olive oil and dried calendula flowers.

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It's a very simple process, just take your dry flowers and add olive oil in a jar, and leave it alone for a month or two!

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When it's done, the lovely healing properties from the calendula have been added to your olive oil.

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After that, I use it to make a lotions and creams and whatever else I can think of. Right now I'm in desperate need of some more lip balm, the winter winds have started early this year.

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I can't wait until this infusion is finished!

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Very persistant plants those calendula! I have all stages in the garden...from tiny seedlings, to flowering young ones, and all the way to scraggly giants with brown seed heads. Gotta love em!

Yes! I still have some flowering in my yard, everything else has been killed by the frost except the calendula and the kale ;p