Final Herbal Antibiotics Study Group & Pot Luck - Day-trippers welcome!

This is the last class of our 5-class Herbal Antibiotics, Part II. Those who are completing the whole series (Parts 1 & II) have studied a whopping 60 hours of hands-on herbal antibiotics wisdom with me - many hours spent identifying, learning about and lovingly gathering herbs outside, as well as processing herbal remedies together in our "home laboratory" (Thanks again, Carmen!).

What an incredible journey of discovery and skill-sharing!

In this final session, we'll decant our herbal oils, reserving some for use as ear-drops and the rest as a base for making our healing salves. We also must complete our last tincture - the amazing Red Root - and pour off and label up our previous herbal remedies, if that has not been completed at home.

We will collect and measure out the herbs required for the Nasal Spray and put them together so they are ready when you next need to make an infusion - or package up to give as a gift. And, to wrap up our hands-on part of the day, we will test out the willow corticosteroid cream which I am making and which you all helped gather bark for. It's just simply far too fiddly to actually prepare it in class, considering it takes two weeks to cook and then has to be watched it doesn't burn in the last few minutes of cooking...

At any rate, it will be a fun and full day, as usual.

Day-trippers (drop-in guests) are welcome to join us and see what our excitement and passion for wild herbs is all about!

But there's more - we'll celebrate our herbal journey and kinship with a joyful pot-luck - so bring something to share for our little feast. It doesn't necessarily have to be wild food, and it doesn't have to be home-made (not everyone loves to cook, I do understand!)... but may I ask that what you contribute reflects something about yourself, what we have learned together, or an idea you'd like to share?

We will meet at Carmen's. See the list below for what to bring.
Please check your Meetup Messages on the eve before and/or the morning of the event in case of any changes!

• I have automatically RSVP'd for all our regular students. If you cannot make it, please update your RSVP so we know.

UPDATED "TO-BRING" LIST:

• clean, shallow glass or metal containers with tight-fitting lids - suitable for our salve to go in OR a regular mason-type jar for storing the salve in bulk form if you prefer
• Beeswax and Coconut Oil (I will update on the amounts - you can use old beeswax candles if they are clean)
• Nasal Spray bottle (reuse an old one, buy a new one, or buy a spare from me) (if you are a Day-Tripper and don't have these, don't worry!)
• One bottle of vodka (or apple-cider vinegar, or glycerine) for tinctures
• Clean mason jar, quart-sized or larger, with tight-fitting lid
• labels, tape, scissors
• small kitchen scale, if you have one to share
• good to have cutters of some kind on hand
• Notebooks, writing utensils,
• Bag-lunch and snacks, water, and perhaps hot water in a thermos
• Your pot-luck contribution!
• ...and any questions or ideas to discuss, share, inform or ask.
  (stay tuned in case of additions to this list)