Larose Forest Summer Meet -July 7th Ottawa Valley and area

http://lavergnewesternbeef.com/index.html

Here is the info and link for address on that meat place that sells the pre-mixed curing salts

I want to thank farmgal, Mr. farmgal (and anyone else who helped) for putting this event together. I am one of the new ones, so wasn't sure what to expect. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Not at all as scary as it could have been. I learned something from each of you. and want to thank you for sharing. Knowledge is half the battle. I hope we can do this again. Next time I will bring goodies.

By the way, I fried up the canned potatoes and boiled the governance sauce and used it as a condiment for french fries and turkey wings. Umm Umm good. I want the recipe for the sauce (can't remember your handle - just your real name). Plus the soap is super great. I have already washed my hands at least 10 times. I will indeed try my hand at making it.

I regret not being able to make it to the meet today. 😥 I was looking SO forward to it........ next time.

I regret not being able to make it to the meet today. 😥 I was looking SO forward to it........ next time.

...what she said!
Oh well...at least the garden got weeded out!

I want to thank farmgal, Mr. farmgal (and anyone else who helped) for putting this event together. I am one of the new ones, so wasn't sure what to expect. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Not at all as scary as it could have been. I learned something from each of you. and want to thank you for sharing. Knowledge is half the battle. I hope we can do this again. Next time I will bring goodies.

By the way, I fried up the canned potatoes and boiled the governance sauce and used it as a condiment for french fries and turkey wings. Umm Umm good. I want the recipe for the sauce (can't remember your handle - just your real name). Plus the soap is super great. I have already washed my hands at least 10 times. I will indeed try my hand at making it.

I really have to agree with Denise. We were prepared to be cautious and careful but all of you were so welcoming and nice and not at all what we expected. Thank you, Farmgal & Mr and to all that made it just a great way to spend a day. Farmgal, Mr Oops (me also) is truly amazed at your knowledge and your ease at being able to share. Anitapreciouspearl, thank you for the demo on armcharm, will definitely try it.
It was really great to put faces to names and talk to other like minded people. Looking forward to the next get together.

So for the folks that expressed an interest in a canning day? was that a passing thought, or something we want to see if we can indeed make it happen, I would be in fact be willing to do the drive over with goodies, and canners etc if we wanted a many hands make light work day?

In truth, I would be more then willing to come do a many hands make light work and hauling my soap making gear and after we do prepwork and get the canning done up to the point of a full load of pressure canning going, giving a soap making demo as I know that was of interest as well?

I too would love to participate in a canning day (and especially soap making), since I have never done it before. I would also like to know if any of you have ever made your own lye. I was going to try this winter with the ashes from my fireplace (I certainly had enough of it), but never got around to it.

Alright Farmgal...you got me interested...
Did you have a specifics in mind?
When, where, what?

Ok, so let me do the little blub first.. this is advice only, try a small amount yourself to make sure you don’t have a reaction and if anything gets worse etc discontinue use..

homemade salve.. that clearly I should have brought more of 🙂 This is the first very basic one, I will get the more advanced recipe up tomorrow for you..

Basic Healing Salve 1

◾Plaintain – Fresh picked twenty to twenty five average spring size leaves with stems.
◾half a cup of nettle leaves (no stems)
◾1 full cup of wild violets mix of leaves with flowers

Bring in the house, clean them, wash them in truly needed otherwise, don’t.. Roll them into bundles and chop them and then bruise them with the back of the knife or rolling pin if you don’t know how to use the knife correctly for that..

Into a steel pot or even better a double boiler, just cover with the best quality oil olive you own, low, low, LOW heat, gentle warm and allow to steep.. ideally at least an hour or two..

Add in 4 tbsp. of coconut oil and 1 oz of raw beeswax, allow to melt into the mix.. strain and jar the mix into small canning jars, put your lid on and allow to cool.

You can add to the mix while hot if you want to, example a few drops of tea tree oil per jar and mix with a clean dry spoon. This is a hot method of making this salve, you can do the same salve with the cold process but you will need to dry your fresh plants and then allow them to soak in the oils for four to six weeks in a cool dark dry place before straining them and making the rest of the salve.

Ideally, you should only make enough for a 3 month supply but I have had the salves last at least six months at a time. I recommend putting the different plants into the list to be dryed and therefor you can make this salve fresh even when its winter time, the fresh made is excellent, the dried is very good.. both will get the job done

here is the follow up info on that book we were talking about.. The Food Substitutions Bible: More Than 6,500 Substitutions for Ingredients, Equipment and Techniques

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0778802450

Mr W Plantain follow up for you..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantago_major

Plantago major is one of the most abundant and widely distributed medicinal crops in the world. A poultice of the leaves can be applied to wounds, stings, and sores in order to facilitate healing and prevent infection. The active chemical constituents are aucubin (an anti-microbial agent), allantoin (which stimulates cellular growth and tissue regeneration), and mucilage (which reduces pain and discomfort). Plantain has astringent properties, and a tea made from the leaves can be ingested to treat diarrhea and soothe raw internal membranes.

Broadleaf plantain is also a highly nutritious wild edible, that is high in calcium and vitamins A, C, and K. The young, tender leaves can be eaten raw, and the older, stringier leaves can be boiled in stews and eaten

Alright Farmgal...you got me interested...
Did you have a specifics in mind?
When, where, what?

Hi Dean,

I will need to get back to you, the idea at the event was that a Ottawa event member asked if some of us ladies would like to go to their house during heavy harvest time, and we could have a canning day, I will need to speak with the possible host on if they are comfortable having folks they have not meet yet to their home?

Having said that, I was thinking late aug/early sept, as for what, no details on that yet..

Got ya...private meet...no problems.

I am home sweet home 🙂 What a terrific weekend!!! I can echo all of the above statements about how great it was to meet all of you. thanks to everyone for contributing!!!

OopsieDaisy - armcharm - hahahahaha!!!