“You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.”'
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Today we are featuring three posts from our latest edition of "The Art of Home-Making Mondays" link up. They concern that "pesky" plant we call dandelions. I loved seeing how many wonderful ways a prudent homemaker can utilize this so-called "weed"!
Annie at Annie's Place shares all about dandelions in her herb series. She shares the medicinal properties and the many uses for this humble plant. She shares how you can make them into tinctures, vinegar, dry them for capsule form, make them into meals, etc. You will learn much from a visit to her blog.
Jan at The Nerdy Farm Wife shared how to make a moisturizer from only two ingredients; coconut oil and dandelion flowers. That sounds delightfully dandy to me!
She also shared how to make dandelion lotion bars which would be a blessing for chapped and rough skin. This looks like a fun project and a great gift idea.
After reading these informative posts, I am sure you will come away thinking that a dandelion is anything but common! You may also want to add this information into your herbal. Thank you ladies for sharing your wisdom with us! I invite you all to join us this upcoming week at the Art of Home-Making Mondays.
“It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stony street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.”
~ Henry Ward Beecher
This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays, The Scoop, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Roses of Inspiration, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop, Wow Us Wednesdays, Wildcrafting Wednesday, Coffee and Conversation, So Much at Home, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Home Acre Hop, Growing in Grace Thursdays, From the Farm Blog Hop, Farmgirl Friday, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these.
Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI love dandelions and can't wait to make the lotion bars! It sounds really easy! Thanks for sharing such great posts!:)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you have organized this post with you darling pictures and nostalgic quotes. Thanks for featuring my post and more recipes to add to my dandelion arsenal - can't wait to try those dandelion lotion bars!
ReplyDeleteI love Jan's recipes
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous recipes! I did not realize you could do so much with Dandelions. I greatly appreciate this :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you!
Love it! How creative!
ReplyDeleteWe had such a long and hard winter this year (at least compared to what we're used to). When the dandelions started popping, we were thrilled to see them. Thanks for sharing these ideas with us. ~ Abby
ReplyDeleteBeautiful website...love the vintage images!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!! :)
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